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Lexicon :: Strong's H6728 - ṣîyî

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צִיִּי
Transliteration
ṣîyî
Pronunciation
tsee-ee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as צִיָּה (H6723)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1908

Strong’s Definitions

צִיִּי tsîyîy, tsee-ee'; from the same as H6723; a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast:—wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H6728 in the following manner: desert (3x), wilderness (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H6728 in the following manner: desert (3x), wilderness (3x).

  1. a wild beast, desert-dweller, crier, yelper

    1. a specific wild beast but not certainly identified

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צִיִּי tsîyîy, tsee-ee'; from the same as H6723; a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast:—wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.
STRONGS H6728: Abbreviations
† II. [צִי] noun masculineJeremiah 50:39 a wild beast, properly either desert-dweller (denominative from צִיָּה, so most), or crier, yelper (√ *צוה = bdb085014 [yelp, Dozy], BaNB 188, compare Ew§ 146 g, note); — in any case a specific animal, but not certainly identified; BoHieroz. i, lib. 3, § 14, compare Arabic bdb085015 wild cat; — plural צִיִּים Isaiah 13:21 (feminine אִיִּים Isaiah 13:22), Isaiah 23:13; Isaiah 34:14 (+ אִיִּים), Jeremiah 50:39 (id.; all betokening desolation); לְעַם לְצ׳ Psalm 74:14 (read לְעַם צ׳ Hup-Now Bae); apparently of people Psalm 72:9, but probably corrupt, Ol conjectures צָרִים (|| אֹיְבָיו), and so most moderns.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

72:9; 74:14

Isaiah

13:21; 13:22; 23:13; 34:14

Jeremiah

50:39; 50:39

H6728

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6728 matches the Hebrew צִיִּי (ṣîyî),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 - May the desert tribes bow before him and his enemies lick the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 - It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 - But desert creatures will lie there, jackals will fill her houses; there the owls will dwell, and there the wild goats will leap about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 - Look at the land of the Babylonians,[fn] this people that is now of no account! The Assyrians have made it a place for desert creatures; they raised up their siege towers, they stripped its fortresses bare and turned it into a ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:14 - Desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and wild goats will bleat to each other; there the night creatures will also lie down and find for themselves places of rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - “So desert creatures and hyenas will live there, and there the owl will dwell. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
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