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Lexicon :: Strong's H6643 - ṣᵊḇî

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צְבִי
Transliteration
ṣᵊḇî
Pronunciation
tseb-ee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From צָבָה (H6638) in the sense of prominence
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TWOT Reference: 1869a,1870a

Strong’s Definitions

צְבִי tsᵉbîy, tseb-ee'; from H6638 in the sense of prominence; splendor (as conspicuous):—beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H6643 in the following manner: roe (9x), roebuck (5x), glory (8x), glorious (6x), beautiful (1x), beauty (1x), goodly (1x), pleasant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H6643 in the following manner: roe (9x), roebuck (5x), glory (8x), glorious (6x), beautiful (1x), beauty (1x), goodly (1x), pleasant (1x).

  1. beauty, glory, honour

    1. beauty, decoration

    2. honour

  2. roebuck, gazelle

    1. perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צְבִי tsᵉbîy, tseb-ee'; from H6638 in the sense of prominence; splendor (as conspicuous):—beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).
STRONGS H6643: Abbreviations
† I. צְבִי noun masculine 2 Samuel 1:19 beauty, honour; — absolute צ׳ 2 Samuel 1:19 +, צֶבִ֑י Daniel 8:9; construct צְבִי Isaiah 13:19 +; plural construct צִבְאוֺת Jeremiah 3:19 (so Targum Ki Thes Hi Gf Ol § 145 b Köii. l, 584 and others; > from צבא Syriac Version Gie and others); —
1.
a. beauty, decoration, עֶדְיוֺ צ׳, of silver and gold Ezekiel 7:20, of products of soil Isaiah 4:2 (predict.)
b. elsewhere in figure: of drunkard's chaplet, תִפְאַרְתּוֺ צ׳ Isaiah 28:1, 4 (figurative of Samaria); עֲטֶרֶת צ׳ Isaiah 28:5 (of י׳); הַצּ׳ 2 Samuel 1:19 (Saul and Jonathan); גְּאוֺן כָּלצֿ׳, of Tyre Isaiah 23:9; מַמְלָכוֺת צ׳ Isaiah 13:19 (of Babylonian); of land of Israel (Judah), צְבִי הִיא לְכָלהָֿאֲרָצוֺת Ezekiel 20:6, 15, גּוֺיִם נַחֲלַת צְבִי צִבְאוֺת Jeremiah 3:19 (see above) heritage of the beauty of beauties of the nations, i.e. most beauteous heritage; הַצּ׳ especially of Jerusalem and temple Daniel 8:9 (Bev), compare אֶרֶץ הַצּ׳ Daniel 11:16, 41 (see Dr), קֹֿרֶשׁ הַר צ׳ Daniel 11:45(i.e. temple-hill); of cities of Moab, אֶרֶץ צ׳ Ezekiel 25:9.
2. = honour, דִּיק לַצּ׳ צ׳ Isaiah 24:16. — Ezekiel 26:20 read בִי וְתִתְיַצְּ׳ for וְנָתַתִּי צְבִי, so Lxx Co Berthol Toy Krae and others

† II. צְבִי noun masculineIsaiah 13:14 gazelle; — צ׳ absolute Deuteronomy 12:15 +; plural צְבָיִם 2 Samuel 2:18, צְבָאיִם 1 Chronicles 12:9 (Gi Baer; van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:8), צְבָאוֺת Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5; — gazelle, allowed as food Deuteronomy 14:5, compare Deuteronomy 12:15, 22 (although not for sacrifice, Dr; all + אַיָּל), so Deuteronomy 15:22 (+ אַיָּל, יַחְמוּר, etc.), see 1 Kings 5:3; simile of swiftness 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 12:9 see above, Proverbs 6:5; of grace and beauty Songs 2:9, 17; Songs 8:14 (compare JacobArab. Dichter iv. 20 f.); hence used in adjuration Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5 (+ אילות); מֻדָּח צ׳ Isaiah 13:14, simile of fugitives.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

12:15; 12:15; 12:22; 14:5; 15:22

2 Samuel

1:19; 1:19; 1:19; 2:18; 2:18

1 Kings

5:3

1 Chronicles

12:8; 12:9; 12:9

Proverbs

6:5

Song of Songs

2:7; 2:7; 2:9; 2:17; 3:5; 3:5; 8:14

Isaiah

4:2; 13:14; 13:14; 13:19; 13:19; 23:9; 24:16; 28:1; 28:4; 28:5

Jeremiah

3:19; 3:19

Ezekiel

7:20; 20:6; 20:15; 25:9; 26:20

Daniel

8:9; 8:9; 11:16; 11:41; 11:45

H6643

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Strong's Number H6643 matches the Hebrew צְבִי (ṣᵊḇî),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 - Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer, according to the blessing the LORD your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:22 - Eat them as you would gazelle or deer. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:5 - the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:22 - You are to eat it in your own towns. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - “A gazelle[fn] lies slain on your heights, Israel. How the mighty have fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was as fleet-footed as a wild gazelle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:23 - ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 - Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:17 - Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 - She: Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:2 - In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:14 - Like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd, they will all return to their own people, they will flee to their native land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians,[fn] will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 - The LORD Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16 - From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley— to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - That fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley, will be like figs ripe before harvest— as soon as people see them and take them in hand, they swallow them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:5 - In that day the LORD Almighty will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 - “I myself said, “ ‘How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.’ I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - They took pride in their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their detestable idols. They made it into vile images; therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands—

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9 - therefore I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning at its frontier towns—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon and Kiriathaim—the glory of that land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:20 - then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place[fn] in the land of the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:9 - Out of one of them came another horn, which started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:16 - The invader will do as he pleases; no one will be able to stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land and will have the power to destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries will fall, but Edom, Moab and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:45 - He will pitch his royal tents between the seas at[fn] the beautiful holy mountain. Yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
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