צְבָא
tsᵉbâʼ · tseb-aw'
to please
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H6623 (פִּתְרוֹן) in the figurative sense of summoning one's wishes;
to please
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: will, would.
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
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within › strength, the leader
To pursue the straight path of the house, what is within of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צְבָא 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- he will4 · 40%
- and whom he would3 · 30%
- according to his will1 · 10%
- whom he would1 · 10%
- i would1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel10
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.