צְפִירָה
tsᵉphîyrâh · tsef-ee-raw'
a crown (as encircling the head); also a turn of affairs (i.e. mishap)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine formed like H6842 (צָפִיר);
a crown (as encircling the head); also a turn of affairs (i.e. mishap)
- a crown (as encircling the head)
- also, a turn of affairs (i.e. mishap)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: diadem, morning.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to speak, the word › the hand that works › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To pursue the straight path that works to speak, the word of the hand that works of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צְפִירָה 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the morning2 · 67%
- and for a diadem1 · 33%
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.