צָנִיף
tsânîyph · tsaw-neef'
a head-dress (i.e. piece of cloth wrapped around)
Lexicon
Derivation: or צָנוֹף; or (feminine) צָנִיפָה; from H6801 (צָנַף);
a head-dress (i.e. piece of cloth wrapped around)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: diadem, hood, mitre.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › to speak, the word
To pursue the straight path of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָנִיף 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- diadem2 · 33%
- mitre2 · 33%
- and a diadem1 · 17%
- and the hoods1 · 17%
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.