Sur
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Sur . 1 . A gate ( 2 Kings 11:6 ). See Jerusalem (Ii. 4 ). 2 . A town on the seacoast of Palestine ( Jdt 2:28 ). The site, if a different place from Tyre, is unknown.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
Gate of the temple, or the king's house. 2 Kings 11:6 . Apparently the same that is called 'gate of the foundation' in 2 Chronicles 23:5 .
King James Dictionary [3]
Sur, a prefix, from the French, contracted from L. super, supra, signifies over, above, beyond, upon.
Webster's Dictionary [4]
A prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
sûr (Codex Vaticanus Ἀσσούρ , Assoúr , Codex Alexandrinus Σούρ , Soúr ): 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 Sūr ), with which, therefore, it can hardly be identified. No probable identification has been suggested. See also Jerusalem .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(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).
