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Lexicon :: Strong's H6776 - ṣemeḏ

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צֶמֶד
Transliteration
ṣemeḏ
Pronunciation
tseh'-med
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A yoke or team (ie pair)
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TWOT Reference: 1927a

Strong’s Definitions

צֶמֶד tsemed, tseh'-med; a yoke or team (i.e. pair); hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough)—acre, couple, × together, two (donkeys), yoke (of oxen).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H6776 in the following manner: yoke (7x), couple (4x), two (2x), together (1x), acres (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H6776 in the following manner: yoke (7x), couple (4x), two (2x), together (1x), acres (1x).

  1. couple, pair, team, yoke

    1. couple, pair, span (usually of animals)

    2. acre

      1. the amount of land a span of oxen could plow in one day

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֶמֶד tsemed, tseh'-med; a yoke or team (i.e. pair); hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough)—acre, couple, × together, two (donkeys), yoke (of oxen).
STRONGS H6776: Abbreviations
† צֶ֫מֶד noun masculine 1 Kings 19:19 couple, pair; — צ׳ construct Judges 19:3 +; suffix צִמְדּוֺ Jeremiah 51:23; plural צְמָדִים 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 9:25 (but see below); construct צִמְדֵּי Isaiah 5:10 (Ges§ 93m); —
1. couple, pair, usually of animals, חֲמֹרִים צ׳ Judges 19:3, 10; 2 Samuel 16:1; בָּקָר (הַ) צ׳ span of oxen 1 Samuel 11:7; 1 Kings 19:21, plural of more than one span 1 Kings 19:19 (ploughing), Job 1:3; Job 42:12; פְּרָדִים צֶמֶד 2 Kings 5:17; פָּרָשִׁים צ׳ Isaiah 21:7, 9 a pair of horsemen; plural also of one pair of riders 2 Kings 9:25 (but read probably צֶמֶד, so Kit); צ׳ alone = span (of oxen) Jeremiah 51:23.
2. a measure of land (only square measure in OT) like acre; originally apparently what a span can plough (in a day; see NowArchaeology i. 202 BenzArchaeology 208; compare modern faddan, = what, can be ploughed in a season SchumacherZPV xii (1889), 163 f., Across Jordan 22, or in a day BergheimPEQ, 1894, 192, Ency. Bib.ACRE), שָׂדֶה צ׳ 1 Samuel 14:14 (on text see Dr HPS); צִמְדֵּיכֶֿרֶם Isaiah 5:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

19:3; 19:3; 19:10

1 Samuel

11:7; 14:14

2 Samuel

16:1

1 Kings

19:19; 19:19; 19:19; 19:21

2 Kings

5:17; 9:25; 9:25

Job

1:3; 42:12

Isaiah

5:10; 5:10; 21:7; 21:9

Jeremiah

51:23; 51:23

H6776

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6776 matches the Hebrew צֶמֶד (ṣemeḏ),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - And her husband rose up, and went after her [fn]to speak kindly to her, to recover her to himself; and [fn]he had his young man with him, and a pair of asses; and she brought him into the house of her father; and the father of the damsel saw him, and was well pleased to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man would not lodge there, but he arose and departed, and came to the part opposite Jebus, (this is Jerusalem,) and there was with him a pair of asses saddled, and his concubine was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - And he took two cows, and cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoso comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall they do to his oxen: and a transport from the Lord came upon the people of Israel, and they [fn]came out to battle as one man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:14 - And the first [fn]slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer effected was twenty men, with darts and [fn]slings, and pebbles of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - And David passed on a little way from Ros; and, behold, Siba the servant of Memphibosthe came to meet him; and he had a couple of asses laden, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred cakes of dates, and a bottle of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:19 - And he departed thence, and finds Elisaie the son of Saphat, and he was ploughing with oxen; there were twelve yoke before him, and he [fn]with the twelve, and he [fn]passed by to him, and cast his mantle upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:21 - And he returned [fn]from following him, and took [fn]a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled them with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and he arose, and went after Eliu, and ministered to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:17 - And Naiman said, Well then, if not, let there be given to thy servant, I pray thee, the load of a yoke of mules; and thou shalt give me of the red earth: for henceforth thy servant will not offer whole-burnt-offering or sacrifice to other gods, but only to the Lord [fn]by reason of this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - And Ju said to Badecar his chief officer, Cast him into the portion of ground of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, for I and thou remember, riding as we were [fn]on chariots after Achaab his father, [fn]that the Lord took up this burden against him, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses in the pastures, and a very great household, and he had a great husbandry on the earth; and that man was most noble of the men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning: and his cattle were fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand she-asses of the pastures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 - For where ten yoke of oxen plough the land shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:7 - And I saw two mounted horsemen, and a rider on an ass, and a rider on a camel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:9 - and, behold, he comes riding in a chariot and pair: and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all her images and her idols have been crushed to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - (LXX 28:23) And by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.
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