צָב
tsâb · tsawb
a palanquin or canopy (as a fixture); also a species of lizard (probably as clinging fast)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to establish;
a palanquin or canopy (as a fixture); also a species of lizard (probably as clinging fast)
- a palanquin or canopy (as a fixture)
- also, a species of lizard (probably as clinging fast)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: covered, litter, tortoise.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within
To pursue the straight path of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the tortoise1 · 33%
- covered1 · 33%
- and in litters1 · 33%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.