(Heb. Tsur, צוּר , a rock, being substantially the same as the Heb. name of Tyre [q.v.]; Sept. Σούρ v.r. Ι᾿σούρ; Vulg. Sur), the name of two men.
1. Third named of the five princes of Midian who were slain by the Israelites when Balaam fell (Numbers 31:8). B.C. 1618. His daughter Cozbi was killed by Phinehas, together with: her paramour Zimri, the Simeonitish chieftain (Numbers 25:15).. He appears to have been in some way subject to Sihon king of the Amorites (Joshua 13:21).
2. Second named of the eight sons of Jehiel (the founder of Gibeon) by his wife Maachah (1 Chronicles 8:30; 1 Chronicles 9:36). B.C. post 1612.