צָבַר
tsâbar · tsaw-bar'
to aggregate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to aggregate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gather (together), heap (up), lay up.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
To pursue the straight path of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָבַר 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and lay up1 · 14%
- gathered1 · 14%
- and they gathered them together1 · 14%
- though he heap up1 · 14%
- he heapeth up1 · 14%
- for they shall heap1 · 14%
- and heaped up1 · 14%
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.