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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 - With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every kind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:10 - So Abram presented all these to him and killed them. Then he cut each animal down the middle and laid the halves side by side; he did not, however, cut the birds in half.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar,[fn] some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:7 - The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:53 - he will release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. Through this process, the priest will purify the house, and it will be ceremonially clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - an animal on the ground, a bird in the sky,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:11 - “You may eat any bird that is ceremonially clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 - “If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and there are young ones or eggs in it with the mother sitting in the nest, do not take the mother with the young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - The provisions I paid for each day included one ox, six choice sheep or goats, and a large number of poultry. And every ten days we needed a large supply of all kinds of wine. Yet I refused to claim the governor’s food allowance because the people already carried a heavy burden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:5 - Can you make it a pet like a bird,
or give it to your little girls to play with?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

I trust in the LORD for protection.
So why do you say to me,
“Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:3 - Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young
at a place near your altar,
O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7 - I lie awake,
lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:17 - There the birds make their nests,
and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
The trap is broken, and we are free!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 - wild animals and all livestock,
small scurrying animals and birds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 - Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
like a bird fleeing from a net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.
He was like a bird flying into a snare,
little knowing it would cost him his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:8 - A person who strays from home
is like a bird that strays from its nest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - Remember him before the door to life’s opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:5 - The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will hover over Jerusalem
and protect it like a bird protecting its nest.
He will defend and save the city;
he will pass over it and rescue it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:52 - My enemies, whom I have never harmed,
hunted me down like a bird.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - It will become a majestic cedar, sending forth its branches and producing seed. Birds of every sort will nest in it, finding shelter in the shade of its branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:4 - You and your army and your allies will all die on the mountains. I will feed you to the vultures and wild animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:17 - “And now, son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call all the birds and wild animals. Say to them: Gather together for my great sacrificial feast. Come from far and near to the mountains of Israel, and there eat flesh and drink blood!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 - Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt.
Trembling like doves, they will return from Assyria.
And I will bring them home again,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Does a bird ever get caught in a trap
that has no bait?
Does a trap spring shut
when there’s nothing to catch?
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