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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 Box Jdg 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple H6776 of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two H6776 asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - And he took a yoke H6776 of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:14 - And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke H6776 of oxen might plow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple H6776 of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:19 - So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke H6776 of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:21 - And he returned back from him, and took a yoke H6776 of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:17 - And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two H6776 mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together H6776 after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke H6776 of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke H6776 of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 - Yea, ten acres H6776 of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:7 - And he saw a chariot with a couple H6776 of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:9 - And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple H6776 of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; H6776 and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
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