Tsur (צור) means rock in Hebrew.
It can also mean fortress and God. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
rock, fortress, God
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Tsur.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מצוק, סלע גדול.
כִּי מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ, וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ...
- 2בהשאלהמעוז, מחסה מוגן ובטוח.
הֱיֵה לִי לְצוּר מָעוֹז לְבֵית מְצוּדוֹת לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי.
- 3כינוי לאלהים.
הַצּוּר תָּמִים פָּעֳלוֹ, כִּי כָל־דְּרָכָיו מִשְׁפָּט; אֵל אֱמוּנָה וְאֵין עָוֶל, צַדִּיק וְיָשָׁר הוּא.
- 4שם פרטי לזכר
וְשֵׁם הָאִשָּׁה הַמֻּכָּה הַמִּדְיָנִית, כָּזְבִּי בַת־צוּר; רֹאשׁ אֻמּוֹת בֵּית־אָב בְּמִדְיָן הוּא.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Tsur is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- צוּר
- Written without vowel points
- צור
- Said
- tsur
- Root
- צ־ו־ר
- Pattern
- קֹטֶל
- Plural
- צוּרִים
- Inflections
- ר' צוּרִים, צוּרֵי־
- Gematria
- 296
This is how Tsur is said in other languages.
- English
- rock, fortress, God
These words rhyme with Tsur.
The word Tsur is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מעוז צור
- צור החרטום
- צור הירכתיים
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The word Tsur comes from the root צ־ו־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Tsur in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tsur.
What does Tsur (צור) mean in Hebrew?
Tsur (צור) means rock, fortress, and God. It is said tsur, with the stress on tsur.
What rhymes with Tsur (צור)?
Words that rhyme with Tsur (צור) include כדור, יצור, דיבור, ציבור, אור, and אור.
Is Tsur (צור) masculine or feminine?
The word Tsur (צור) is a masculine noun, and its plural is צוּרִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry צור of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.