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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.
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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 - One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 - So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 - The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi[fn]; he is the father of the Ammonites[fn] of today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26 - Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:33 - The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: “At the cost of his firstborn son he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - Saul answered, “But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you say such a thing to me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the LORD spoken by Joshua son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - “But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:6 - So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said: “I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I was fearful, not daring to tell you what I know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 - There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah’s princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:141

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22 - The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will do this swiftly.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with their jars unfilled; dismayed and despairing, they cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:4 - Moab will be broken; her little ones will cry out.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Therefore, hear what the LORD has planned against Edom, what he has purposed against those who live in Teman: The young of the flock will be dragged away; their pasture will be appalled at their fate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore, hear what the LORD has planned against Babylon, what he has purposed against the land of the Babylonians: The young of the flock will be dragged away; their pasture will be appalled at their fate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans[fn] of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
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