First name Zur in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Zur is the name of the head of a household in Midian and father of Cozbi (NUM 25:15), as well as name of King of Midian (NUM 31:8)- possibly the same as Zur_1, father of Cozbi (NUM 25:15)? and son of Jeiel and Maacah (1CH 8:30). Meaning of the name: stone; rock; that besieges. Related names are: Midian, Rekem, Reba . The translations of Zur in 22 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Xu-Rơ in Vietnamese to צ֑וּר in Hebrew!
Wear it!And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. (NUM 25:15)
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. (NUM 31:8)
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. (JOS 13:21)
And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, (1CH 8:30)
And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, (1CH 9:36)