צוּץ
tsûwts · tsoots
to twinkle, i.e. glance; by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to twinkle, i.e. glance; by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)
- to twinkle, i.e. glance
- by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bloom, blossom, flourish, shew self.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
To pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צוּץ 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and bloomed1 · 11%
- shall flourish1 · 11%
- it flourisheth1 · 11%
- do flourish1 · 11%
- so he flourisheth1 · 11%
- flourish1 · 11%
- shewing1 · 11%
- shall blossom1 · 11%
- hath blossomed1 · 11%
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.