צַד
tsad · tsad
a side; figuratively, an adversary
Lexicon
Derivation: contr. from an unused root meaning to sidle off;
a side; figuratively, an adversary
- a side
- figuratively, an adversary
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be-) side.
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
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the doorway, the way in
To pursue the straight path of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צַד 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 · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- side9 · 27%
- sides2 · 6%
- in your sides2 · 6%
- at thy side2 · 6%
- in the side thereof1 · 3%
- out of the sides1 · 3%
- over the sides1 · 3%
- of the sides1 · 3%
- it in the side1 · 3%
- that is beside1 · 3%
- which is beside1 · 3%
- you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides1 · 3%
- beside1 · 3%
- by the side1 · 3%
- on the side1 · 3%
- on this side1 · 3%
- on that side1 · 3%
- upon her sides1 · 3%
- thee from one side1 · 3%
- to another1 · 3%
- upon thy side1 · 3%
- with side1 · 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.