צְבִי
tsᵉbîy · tseb-ee'
splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6638 (צָבָה) in the sense of prominence;
splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)
- splendor (as conspicuous)
- also, a gazelle (as beautiful)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within › the hand that works
To pursue the straight path of the house, what is within of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צְבִי 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
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- roe2 · 6%
- by the roes2 · 6%
- a roe2 · 6%
- the glory2 · 6%
- which is the glory2 · 6%
- in the glorious2 · 6%
- thereof, as of the roebuck1 · 3%
- even as the roebuck1 · 3%
- and the roebuck1 · 3%
- as the roebuck1 · 3%
- the beauty1 · 3%
- and roebucks1 · 3%
- as the roes1 · 3%
- thyself as a roe1 · 3%
- to a roe1 · 3%
- be beautiful1 · 3%
- of all glory1 · 3%
- even glory1 · 3%
- whose glorious1 · 3%
- and the glorious1 · 3%
- of glory1 · 3%
- a goodly1 · 3%
- as for the beauty1 · 3%
- glory1 · 3%
- and toward the pleasant1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.