Strong's Lexicon

H6731

H6731 — צִּיצּ צִּץ

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

Hebrewtsiytsnoun mascOccurrences: 15TWOT: 1911

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6731
Word:צִּיצּ צִּץ
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H6692
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:15
Transliteration:tsiyts
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:tseets (or tsits {tseets}) n-m.
Meaning:1. (properly) glistening, i.e. a burnished plate 2. also a flower (as bright-colored) 3. a wing (as gleaming in the air)
KJV Renderings:blossom, flower, plate, wing.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6079

מַעֲלֶה19 noun masculine Isa 15:5 ascent; — ׳ מ Neh 12:37 construct מַעֲלֵה Josh 10:10 + 14 t.; מַעֲלָו֯ Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37

1. ascent of hill or mountain: to a city 1Sam 9:11, to the royal sepulchers (in Jerusalem) 2Chr 32:33 הַזֵּיתִית ׳ מִ 2Sam 15:30 (see זַיִת 3); עַקְרַבִּים ׳ מ = Srorpion-pass, on southern border of Palestine, Judg 1:36; Num 36:4; Josh 15:3 (both P ), i.e. probably the Na‡b eƒ-ƒafâ southwest from Dead Sea BuhlGeogr. 16. 66 Di and GFM on the passage, and references; often defined by proper name, of a location: אֲדֻמִים ׳ מ Josh 15:7; Josh 18:17, south of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, compare modern Tel`at ed-dâm BuhlGeogr. 98.; see also בֵּית חוֺרֹן I. גּוּר, II. חֶרֶס, לוּחִית, II. ציץ .
2. of stairs Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37 to a wall Neh 12:27 מַעֵלֵה הַלִּוִיִּם Neh 9:4. p.111, 158, 357, 532, 851


BDB6998

I. צִיץ noun masculine Isa 28:1

1. blossom, flower.
2. shining thing
; — ׳ צ absolute Isa 42:7 +, construct Isa 42:6 +; plural צִצִּים 1Kgs 6:18 + 3 t. 6 (on form see ii. l, 60); —
1. blossom, flower, Num 17:23 ( P ; of Aaron's rod); (figurative of man Isa 40:7; Isa 40:8 (both ׳ נָבֵל צ; || חָצִיר), compare simile צִיץ הַשָּׂדֶה Isa 40:6 (|| id.), Ps 103:15, and ׳ צ alone Job 14:2 נֹבֵל ׳ צ Isa 28:1 (figurative of Samaria), so probably also Isa 28:4 (for ᵑ0 ׳ צִיצַת נ; so Marti); פְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים , as ornaments of temple 1Kgs 6:18; 1Kgs 6:29; 1Kgs 6:32; 1Kgs 6:35.
2. shining thing, plate of gold, constituting the diadem on front of high priest's mitre, Lev 8:9; Exod 28:36 ; Exod 39:30 (all P ). — I, III. צִיץ, see below


BDB7054

II. צִיץ noun [masculine] meaning dubious; only in תְּנוּצִֿיץ לְמוֺאָב Jer 48:9 usually (after AW Ra Ki and others) wings (collective) (compare Aramaic צִיץ wing, fin, Thes Gf and others);

Aramaic צִיץ wing dubious Levy322 b; Aramaic נוֺצִיץ very rare; but note Late Hebrew צִיץ filament, small hair. compare PerlesAnal.46 , who reads נוֺצִיץ (wing-) feathers (as in Aramaic); ᵐ5 σημεῖα, whence Gie sign-post, reading צִיוּן, — or נֵס, — (indicating flight).


Other Resources

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

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