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<p> ( '''''Τύρος''''' ) '','' the Greek form of the name of two places in Palestine. </p> <p> '''1.''' The well-known city of TYRE (See [[Tyre]]) (q.v.), as the name is usually Anglicized, but "Tyrus" in the A. V. in certain passages (&nbsp;Jeremiah 25:22; &nbsp;Jeremiah 27:3; &nbsp;Jeremiah 47:4; &nbsp;Ezekiel 26:2-4; &nbsp;Ezekiel 26:7; &nbsp;Ezekiel 26:15; &nbsp;Ezekiel 27:2-3; &nbsp;Ezekiel 27:8; &nbsp;Ezekiel 27:32; &nbsp;Ezekiel 28:2; &nbsp;Ezekiel 28:12; &nbsp;Ezekiel 29:18; &nbsp;Hosea 9:13; &nbsp;Amos 1:9-10; &nbsp;Zechariah 9:2-3; &nbsp;2 [[Esdras]] 1:11 &nbsp;Judith 2:28; &nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 5:15; &nbsp;2 Maccabees 4:18; &nbsp;2 Maccabees 4:32; &nbsp;2 Maccabees 4:44; &nbsp;2 Maccabees 4:49). 2. A place described by [[Josephus]] as lying "between [[Arabia]] and Judaea, beyond the Jordan, not far from the country of Heshbon," where [[Hyrcanus]] built a strong castle, of a sumptuous character, as the center of his power in that region (Anf. 12:4, 11). It has been identified in modern times with the magnificent ruins Airak el-Emir, four hours from Hesban, which Tristram minutely describes as corresponding to the statements of the [[Jewish]] historian (Land of Israel, p. 529). </p>