Strong's Lexicon

H6833

H6833 — צִּפּוֹר צִּפּוֹר

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

Hebrewtsippowrnoun femOccurrences: 40TWOT: 1959a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6833
Word:	צִּפּוֹר צִּפּוֹר
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H6852
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	40
Transliteration:	tsippowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	tsip-pore' (or tsippor {tsip-pore'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. a little bird (as hopping)
KJV Renderings:	bird, fowl, sparrow.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7211

I. צִפּוֺר, צִפֹּר₄₀ noun feminine^{Amos 3:5} (masculine Ps 102:8, compare Kö^{Synt § 252 a}, so Ps 104:17, yet compare Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896). 71}), bird; — absolute צִפּוֺר Hos 11:11 + 15 t., צִפֹּר Gen 15:10 + 11 t., construct צִפּוֺר Deut 4:17 + 5 t., צִפֹּרֹ Ps 8:9 plural צִפְָּרִים Lev 14:4 + 5 t.; —

1. single bird, Amos 3:5; Hos 11:11 (simile; || יוֺנָה), Lam 3:52; Job 40:29; Ps 102:8; Ps 124:7; Prov 6:5; Prov 7:23; Prov 26:2; Prov 27:8 (all simile), Lev 14:5 + 10 t. Lev 14 ׳ בָּנָף כָּלצֿ Deut 4:17, טְהוֺרָה ׳ כָּלצֿ Deut 14:11 ( כל distributive); ׳ קַןצֿ Deut 22:6 bird's nest, ׳ קוֺל הַצּ Eccl 12:4 plural Isa 31:5 (simile), Neh 5:18; Lev 14:4 ( שְׁתֵּי צִפְָּרִים, in purify.; compare We^{Heid. 2.171} RS^{Semitic i. 402, 2nd ed. 422}), Lev 14:49 (id.), Ps 104:17; Eccl 9:12.

2. less often collective, either def. Gen 15:10 (two), or indefinite Ps 11:1 (figurative), צִפֹּר שָׁמַיִם Ps 8:9, especially כָּלכָּֿ֠נָף ׳ צ Ezek 39:17; Ps 148:10, כָּלכָּֿנָף ׳ כֹּל צ Ps 17:23; Gen 7:14, also redund. with עַיִט, כָּלכָּֿנָף ׳ עֵיט צ Ezek 39:4 birds of prey of all kinds.

BDB9844

[צִפַּר] noun feminine^{Dan 4:18} (compare K^{p. 165, Anm. 3}) bird (see Biblical Hebrew II. צפר ); — plural absolute צִפֲּרִין Dan 4:30, emphatic צִפְּרַיָּא v.Dan 4:11, construct צִפֲּרֵי) v.Dan 4:9 v.Dan 4:18.

Other Resources

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