Strong's Lexicon

H6632

H6632 — צָּב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewtsabnoun mascOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1866a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6632
Word:צָּב
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root meaning to establish
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:tsab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:tsawb
Meaning:1. a palanquin or canopy (as a fixture) 2. also a species of lizard (probably as clinging fast)
KJV Renderings:covered, litter, tortoise.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6906

I. צָב noun [masculine] litter; — absolute ׳ צ, in עֶגְלֹת צָב Num 7:3, probably litter-wagons, i.e. wagons covered, like palanquin; plural צַבִּים Isa 66:20 litters (on Vrss compare DiNu).


BDB6908

II. צָב noun [masculine] lizard, as unclean, Lev 11:29.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חרצבות (g’har-tzoob-bohth’)

Psalms 73:4

KJV: For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.firm: Heb. fat
EHCC: For (there are) no Sands in their death:

Isaiah 58:6

KJV: Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?the heavy…: Heb. the bundles of the yokeoppressed: Heb. broken
EHCC: loose the bands of wickedness,
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