Definition

properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

Etymology

or צֻר; from H6696 (צוּר);

Word family

• צוּר tsûwr

How the KJV renders it

• edge
• (mighty) God (one)
• rock
• sharp
• stone
• strength
• strong. See also H1049 (בֵּית צוּר)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.