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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54295" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54295" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> SUR </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . A gate ( 2 Kings 11:6 ). See [[Jerusalem]] (II. <strong> 4 </strong> ). <strong> 2 </strong> . A town on the seacoast of [[Palestine]] ( Jdt 2:28 ). The site, if a different place from Tyre, is unknown. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68929" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68929" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63511" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63511" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> SUR, a prefix, from the French, contracted from L. super, supra, signifies over, above, beyond, upon. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_181745" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_181745" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8567" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8567" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' sûr ''''' (Codex Vaticanus Ἀσσούρ , <i> ''''' Assoúr ''''' </i> , Codex Alexandrinus Σούρ , <i> ''''' Soúr ''''' </i> ): Those that dwelt in Sur are mentioned along with the inhabitants of Sidon, Tyre, Ocina, etc., as dreading the approach of [[Holofernes]] and the [[Assyrian]] any ( [[Judith]] 2:28 ). The names run from North to South, and Sur immediately follows [[Tyre]] (modern <i> ''''' Sūr ''''' </i> ), with which, therefore, it can hardly be identified. No probable identification has been suggested. See also | <p> ''''' sûr ''''' (Codex Vaticanus Ἀσσούρ , <i> ''''' Assoúr ''''' </i> , Codex Alexandrinus Σούρ , <i> ''''' Soúr ''''' </i> ): Those that dwelt in [[Sur]] are mentioned along with the inhabitants of Sidon, Tyre, Ocina, etc., as dreading the approach of [[Holofernes]] and the [[Assyrian]] any ( [[Judith]] 2:28 ). The names run from North to South, and Sur immediately follows [[Tyre]] (modern <i> ''''' Sūr ''''' </i> ), with which, therefore, it can hardly be identified. No probable identification has been suggested. See also Jerusalem . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62714" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62714" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Suir, סוּר, '' | <p> (Heb. Suir, סוּר, ''Reinoved,'' as in Isaiah 49:21; Sept. αἱ ὁδοί; Vulg. Sur), the name of one of the gates of the Temple at Jerusalem ( 2 Kings 23:6); called in the parallel passage ( 2 Chronicles 23:5) "the gate of the ''Foundation,'' " יְסוֹד (which is the preferable reading), being apparently that which led across to [[Zion]] by the causeway or bridge. (See [[Temple]]). </p> | ||
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