צִיבָא
Tsîybâʼ · tsee-baw'
Tsiba, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H6678 (צוֹבָא); station;
Tsiba, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ziba.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 hand that works › the house, what is within › strength, the leader
To pursue the straight path of the hand that works of the house, what is within of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צִיבָא 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to ziba2 · 13%
- and ziba2 · 13%
- was ziba1 · 6%
- unto him, art thou ziba1 · 6%
- unto him? and ziba1 · 6%
- is he? and ziba1 · 6%
- now ziba1 · 6%
- ziba1 · 6%
- of ziba1 · 6%
- of the hill, behold, ziba1 · 6%
- unto ziba1 · 6%
- what meanest thou by these? and ziba1 · 6%
- with him, and ziba1 · 6%
- thou and ziba1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
- 2 Samuel16
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.