צָעַד
tsâʻad · tsaw-ad'
to pace, i.e. step regularly; (upward) to mount; (along) to march; (down and causatively) to hurl
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to pace, i.e. step regularly; (upward) to mount; (along) to march; (down and causatively) to hurl
- to pace, i.e. step regularly
- (upward) to mount
- (along) to march
- (down and causatively) to hurl
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bring, go, march (through), run over.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 › to see and know › the doorway, the way in
To pursue the straight path that works to see and know of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָעַד 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- run1 · 13%
- when thou marchedst out1 · 13%
- had gone1 · 13%
- and it shall bring1 · 13%
- when thou didst march1 · 13%
- and he went1 · 13%
- because they cannot go1 · 13%
- thou didst march through1 · 13%
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.