# Tyre

Phoenicia · today Sur

A Phoenician city of sea trade. Paul spends seven days here, and the disciples try to persuade him not to go up to Jerusalem.

## Ancient names

- Ṣor: Biblical Hebrew
- Τύρος (Tyros): Greek
- Ṣūru: Akkadian

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678437).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i387450.jpg (Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Remains_of_ancient_columns_at_Al_Mina_excavation_site,_Tyre,_Lebanon.jpg).

## Passages

- **Joshua 19:29** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/19/29
- **2 Samuel 5:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/5/11
- **2 Samuel 24:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/24/7
- **1 Kings 5:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/5/1
- **1 Kings 7:13-14** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/7/13
- **1 Kings 9:11-12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/9/11
- **1 Chronicles 14:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/14/1
- **1 Chronicles 22:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/22/4
- **2 Chronicles 2:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/2/3
- **2 Chronicles 2:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/2/11
- **2 Chronicles 2:14** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/2/14
- **Ezra 3:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/3/7
- **Nehemiah 13:16** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/13/16
- **Psalms 45:12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/45/12
- **Psalms 83:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/83/7
- **Psalms 87:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/87/4
- **Isaiah 23:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/23/1
- **Isaiah 23:3-5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/23/3
- **Isaiah 23:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/23/8
- **Isaiah 23:10** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/23/10
- **Isaiah 23:15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/23/15
- **Isaiah 23:17** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/23/17
- **Jeremiah 25:22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/25/22
- **Jeremiah 27:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/27/3
- **Jeremiah 47:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/47/4
- **Ezekiel 26:2-5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/26/2
- **Ezekiel 26:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/26/7
- **Ezekiel 26:15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/26/15
- **Ezekiel 26:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/26/19
- **Ezekiel 27:2-3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/27/2
- **Ezekiel 27:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/27/8
- **Ezekiel 27:32** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/27/32
- **Ezekiel 28:2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/28/2
- **Ezekiel 28:12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/28/12
- **Ezekiel 29:18** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/29/18
- **Ezekiel 29:20** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/29/20
- **Hosea 9:13** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/9/13
- **Joel 3:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/4
- **Amos 1:9-10** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/9
- **Zechariah 9:2-5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/9/2
- **Matthew 11:21-22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/11/21
- **Matthew 15:21** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/15/21
- **Mark 3:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/3/8
- **Mark 7:24** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/7/24
- **Mark 7:31** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/7/31
- **Luke 6:17** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/6/17
- **Luke 10:13-14** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/10/13
- **Acts 12:20** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/20
- **Acts 21:3-6** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/3
- **Acts 21:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/3
- **Acts 21:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/7

## Coordinates

33.2708, 35.1961

## Straight-line distances

- **Sidon**: about 22 mi (36 km) in a straight line, 2 days on foot
- **Chorazin**: about 33 mi (53 km) in a straight line, 3 days on foot
- **Babylon 1**: about 540 mi (860 km) in a straight line
- **Jerusalem**: about 100 mi (170 km) in a straight line, 8 days on foot

## In the reference maps

- **Israel and Judah**: The two kingdoms: Israel until 722, Judah until 586 BC. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/israel-e-juda
- **The Galilee of Jesus**: The places of the Gospels, from Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/galileia-de-jesus
- **Paul's journeys**: 3rd journey (Acts 21:3-6). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/viagens-de-paulo

## This document

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