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Lexicon :: Strong's H6833 - ṣipôr

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צִפּוֹר
Transliteration
ṣipôr
Pronunciation
tsip-pore'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1959a

Strong’s Definitions

צִפּוֹר tsippôwr, tsip-pore'; or צִפֹּר tsippôr; from H6852; a little bird (as hopping):—bird, fowl, sparrow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H6833 in the following manner: bird (32x), fowl (6x), sparrow (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x
The KJV translates Strong's H6833 in the following manner: bird (32x), fowl (6x), sparrow (2x).

  1. bird, fowl

    1. bird (singular)

    2. birds (coll)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צִפּוֹר tsippôwr, tsip-pore'; or צִפֹּר tsippôr; from H6852; a little bird (as hopping):—bird, fowl, sparrow.
STRONGS H6833: Abbreviations
I. צִפּוֹר, צִפֹּר 40 noun feminineAmos 3:5 (masculine Psalm 102:8 [Psalm 102:7], compare KöSynt § 252 a, so Psalm 104:17, yet compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896). 71), bird; — absolute צִפּוֹר Hosea 11:11 + 15 times, צִפֹּר Genesis 15:10 + 11 times, construct צִפּוֹר Deuteronomy 4:17 + 5 times, צִפֹּרֹ Psalm 8:9 [Psalm 8:8]; plural צִפֳּרִים Leviticus 14:4 + 5 times; —
1. single bird, Amos 3:5; Hosea 11:11 (simile; || יוֺנָה), Lamentations 3:52; Job 40:29 [Job 41:5]; Psalm 102:8 [Psalm 102:7]; Psalm 124:7; Proverbs 6:5; Proverbs 7:23; Proverbs 26:2; Proverbs 27:8 (all simile), Leviticus 14:5 + 10 times Leviticus 14; בָּנָף כָּלצֿ׳ Deuteronomy 4:17, טְהוֺרָה כָּלצֿ׳ Deuteronomy 14:11 (כל distributive); קַןצֿ׳ Deuteronomy 22:6 bird's nest, קוֺל הַצּ׳ Ecclesiastes 12:4; plural Isaiah 31:5 (simile), Nehemiah 5:18; Leviticus 14:4 (שְׁתֵּֽי־צִפֳּרִים, in purification; compare WeHeid. 2.171 RSSemitic i. 402, 2nd ed. 422), Leviticus 14:49 (id.), Psalm 104:17; Ecclesiastes 9:12.
2. less often collective, either def. Genesis 15:10 (two), or indefinite Psalm 11:1 (figurative), שָׁמַיִם צִפֹּר Psalm 8:9 [Psalm 8:8], especially כָּלכָּֿ֠נָף צ׳ Ezekiel 39:17; Psalm 148:10, כָּלכָּֿנָף כֹּל צ׳ Ezekiel 17:23; Genesis 7:14, also redund. with עַיִט, כָּלכָּֿנָף עֵיט צ׳ Ezekiel 39:4 birds of prey of all kinds.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6853.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:14; 15:10; 15:10

Leviticus

14; 14:4; 14:4; 14:5; 14:49

Deuteronomy

4:17; 4:17; 14:11; 22:6

Nehemiah

5:18

Job

41:5

Psalms

8:8; 8:8; 11:1; 102:7; 102:7; 104:17; 104:17; 124:7; 148:10

Proverbs

6:5; 7:23; 26:2; 27:8

Ecclesiastes

9:12; 12:4

Isaiah

31:5

Lamentations

3:52

Ezekiel

17:23; 39:4; 39:17

Hosea

11:11; 11:11

Amos

3:5; 3:5

H6833

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6833 matches the Hebrew צִפּוֹר (ṣipôr),
which occurs 40 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14 - they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:10 - And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live[fn] clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh[fn] water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:7 - And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - and shall kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet yarn, along with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the fresh water and sprinkle the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the fresh water and with the live bird and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:53 - And he shall let the live bird go out of the city into the open country. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:11 - “You may eat all clean birds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 - “If you come across a bird’s nest in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now what was prepared at my expense[fn] for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:5 - Will you play with him as with a bird,
or will you put him on a leash for your girls?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1 - To the choirmaster. Of David.
In the LORD I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
“Flee like a bird to your mountain,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:3 - Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O LORD of hosts,
my King and my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7 - I lie awake;
I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:17 - In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has her home in the fir trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - We have escaped like a bird
from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 - Beasts and all livestock,
creeping things and flying birds!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 - save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,[fn]
like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - till an arrow pierces its liver;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
a curse that is causeless does not alight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:8 - Like a bird that strays from its nest
is a man who strays from his home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low—

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:5 - Like birds hovering, so the LORD of hosts
will protect Jerusalem;
he will protect and deliver it;
he will spare and rescue it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:52 - “I have been hunted like a bird
by those who were my enemies without cause;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:4 - You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your hordes and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:17 - “As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Speak to the birds of every sort and to all beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 - they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
and like doves from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth,
when there is no trap for it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when it has taken nothing?
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