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Lexicon :: Strong's H6810 - ṣāʿîr

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צָעִיר
Transliteration
ṣāʿîr
Pronunciation
tsaw-eer'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1948a

Strong’s Definitions

צָעִיר tsâʻîyr, tsaw-eer'; or צָעוֹר tsâʻôwr; from H6819; little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble:—least, little (one), small (one), young(-er, -est).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H6810 in the following manner: younger (8x), least (4x), youngest (3x), little (2x), little ones (2x), small one (1x), small (1x), young (with H3117) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H6810 in the following manner: younger (8x), least (4x), youngest (3x), little (2x), little ones (2x), small one (1x), small (1x), young (with H3117) (1x).

  1. little, insignificant, young

    1. little, insignificant

    2. insignificant, mean

    3. young, younger, youngest

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָעִיר tsâʻîyr, tsaw-eer'; or צָעוֹר tsâʻôwr; from H6819; little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble:—least, little (one), small (one), young(-er, -est).
STRONGS H6810: Abbreviations
† I. צָעִיר adjective little, insignificant, young; — absoluteצָעִיר Genesis 25:23 +; feminine צְעִירָה Genesis 19:31 +; צְעִרָה 1 Samuel 9:21; masculine plural צְעִירִים Job 30:1; suffix צְעִירֶיהָ Jeremiah 48:4 Qr (Kt צעוריה but see צֹעַר); צְעִירֵיהֶם Jeremiah 14:3 (Kt צעוריהם), etc.; —
1.
a. little, with idea of insignificance Judges 6:15 (|| הַדַּל), compare 1 Samuel 9:21 (|| קְטַנֵּי), Micah 5:1 [Micah 5:2]; Psalm 68:28 [Psalm 68:27]; Isaiah 60:22 (opposed to גוי עצום); of horn in vision [H4704 Daniel 8:9], read probably אחרת צעירה for אחת מִצְּעִירָה, compare Bev Dr; צְעִירֵי הַצֹּאן Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45 (figurative of helpless captives).
b. insignificant, mean, Psalm 119:141 (|| נִבְזֶה), Jeremiah 14:3 (as substantive); on Jeremiah 48:4.see צֹעַר.
2. more often of age, young (usually with article the younger, youngest, as substantive), of son (brother), opposed to הַבְּכוֺר Genesis 43:33; Genesis 48:14 (both J), Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 16:34, opposed to רַב Genesis 25:23 (J), compare אני צ׳ לְיָמִים ואתם יְשִׁישִׁים Job 32:6; of daughter (sister), opposed to הַבְּכִירָה Genesis 19:31, 34, 35, 38(J) Genesis 29:26 (E); — here belongs also צְעַירִים מִמֶּנִּי לימים Job 30:1, si vera lectio; GHBWr Siegf Bu strike out ממני לימים; Greek Version of the LXX ἐλἁχιστοι); put then under 1b.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:31; 19:31; 19:34; 19:35; 19:38; 25:23; 25:23; 29:26; 43:33; 48:14

Joshua

6:26

Judges

6:15

1 Samuel

9:21; 9:21

1 Kings

16:34

Job

30:1; 30:1; 32:6

Psalms

68:27; 119:141

Isaiah

60:22

Jeremiah

14:3; 14:3; 48:4; 48:4; 49:20; 50:45

Micah

5:2

H6810

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6810 matches the Hebrew צָעִיר (ṣāʿîr),
which occurs 24 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 - So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 - The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi.[fn] He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the LORD said to her,
“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you[fn] shall be divided;
the one shall be stronger than the other,
the older shall serve the younger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26 - Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:33 - And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, “Cursed before the LORD be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho.
“At the cost of his firstborn shall he
lay its foundation,
and at the cost of his youngest son
shall he set up its gates.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - And he said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - “But now they laugh at me,
men who are younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:6 - And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said:
“I am young in years,
and you are aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to declare my opinion to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 - There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:141

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:141 - I am small and despised,
yet I do not forget your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22 - The least one shall become a clan,
and the smallest one a mighty nation;
I am the LORD;
in its time I will hasten it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - Her nobles send their servants for water;
they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
they return with their vessels empty;
they are ashamed and confounded
and cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:4 - Moab is destroyed;
her little ones have made a cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Therefore hear the plan that the LORD has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the plan that the LORD has made against Babylon, and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - [fn] But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old,
from ancient days.
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