strength; rock; sharp
(same as Tyre)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Ty'rus. This form is employed in the Authorized Version of the books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, (Joel has "Tyre"), Amos and Zechariah, as follows: Jer_25:22; Jer_27:3; Jer_47:4; Eze_26:2-4 : Eze_26:7; Eze_26:15; Eze_27:2-3; Eze_27:8; Eze_27:32; Eze_28:2; Eze_28:12; Eze_29:18; Hos_9:13; Amo_1:9-10; Zec_9:2-3.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
tı̄?rus. See TYRE.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Τύρος), the Greek form of the name of two places in Palestine.
1. The well-known city of TYRE SEE TYRE (q.v.), as the name is usually Anglicized, but Tyrus in the A. V. in certain passages (Jer_25:22; Jer_27:3; Jer_47:4; Eze_26:2-4; Eze_26:7; Eze_26:15; Eze_27:2-3; Eze_27:8; Eze_27:32; Eze_28:2; Eze_28:12; Eze_29:18; Hos_9:13; Amo_1:9-10; Zec_9:2-3; 2Es_1:11 Jdt_2:28; 1Ma_5:15; 2Ma_4:18; 2Ma_4:32; 2Ma_4:44; 2Ma_4:49). 2. A place described by Josephus as lying between Arabia and Judaea, beyond the Jordan, not far from the country of Heshbon, where Hyrcanus built a strong castle, of a sumptuous character, as the center of his power in that region (Anf. 12:4, 11). It has been identified in modern times with the magnificent ruins Airak el-Emir, four hours from Hesban, which Tristram minutely describes as corresponding to the statements of the Jewish historian (Land of Israel, p. 529).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.