Unauthorized זוּר

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Mar 10, 2026 · 3m

We are in chapter thirty of Exodus with our word for today. זוּר strange, different, heterogeneous, illicit, unauthorized, prohibited, other. It is used 70 times in the Old Testament, twice in our chapter. It is used in the sense of other or someone else. Proverbs 27:2 Let זָ֣רsomeone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips. Proverbs 14:10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no זָֽרone else can share its joy. We also see our word used in the sense of a stranger or foreigner. Proverbs 11:15 Whoever puts up security for a זָ֑ר stranger will surely…