צָעִיר
tsâʻîyr · tsaw-eer'
little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
Lexicon
Derivation: or צָעוֹר; from H6819 (צָעַר);
little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
- little
- (in number) few
- (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: least, little (one), small (one), [phrase] young(-er, -est).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to see and know › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To pursue the straight path that works to see and know of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָעִיר 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- unto the younger2 · 9%
- the younger2 · 9%
- surely the least2 · 9%
- also: and the younger1 · 5%
- and the younger1 · 5%
- and the youngest1 · 5%
- who was the younger1 · 5%
- and in his youngest1 · 5%
- and i am the least1 · 5%
- the least1 · 5%
- thereof in his youngest1 · 5%
- but now they that are younger1 · 5%
- i am young1 · 5%
- there is little1 · 5%
- i am small1 · 5%
- and a small one1 · 5%
- their little ones1 · 5%
- her little ones1 · 5%
- though thou be little1 · 5%
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.