Word Study · Strong's H6643 · Hebrew
צְבִי
tsebi
tseb-ee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsᵉbîy
“splendor (as conspicuous)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)
Rendered in the KJV as
beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).
- 33occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 23inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 33 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 23
- צְבִ֣י4
- בִּצְבָא֔וֹת2
- הַצְּבִי֙2
- כִּצְבִ֣י2
- כַּצְּבִ֖י2
- צְבִ֔י2
- צְבִ֖י2
- צְבִ֥י2
- הַצְּבִ֖י1
- הַצְּבִ֔י1
- הַצֶּֽבִי׃1
- הַצְּבָיִ֖ם1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 18
- [the] beauty of5
- the beauty4
- splendor3
- to a gazelle3
- [is] beauty2
- by gazelles2
- like a gazelle2
- like the gazelle2
- and [the] beauty of1
- and a gazelle1
- and gazelle1
- and like gazelles1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 11
- noun · masculine singular6
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6
- preposition + noun · masculine singular6
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · feminine plural2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 6
- HNcmsc · 6
- HR/Ncmsa · 6
- HTd/Ncmsa · 5
- HC/Ncmsa · 2
- HR/Ncfpa · 2
- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/R/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcfpc · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 33, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah8 of 33 · 24%
- Song of Solomon5 of 33 · 15%
- Ezekiel5 of 33 · 15%
- Deuteronomy4 of 33 · 12%
- Daniel4 of 33 · 12%
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Deuteronomy4 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 12:15כַּצְּבִ֖יkatzevipreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBut whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,here: like the gazelle
- Deuteronomy 12:22הַצְּבִי֙hatzevithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularIndeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.here: the gazelle
- Deuteronomy 14:5וּצְבִ֖יutzeviconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularthe deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.here: and a gazelle
- Deuteronomy 15:22כַּצְּבִ֖יkatzevipreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularEat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.here: like the gazelle
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 1:19הַצְּבִי֙hatzevithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!here: the beauty
- 2 Samuel 2:18הַצְּבָיִ֖םhatzevayimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,here: the gazelles
Song of Solomon5 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 2:7בִּצְבָא֔וֹתbitzvaotpreposition + noun · feminine pluralO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.here: by gazelles
- Song of Solomon 2:9לִצְבִ֔יlitzvipreposition + noun · masculine singularMy beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.here: to a gazelle
- Song of Solomon 2:17לִצְבִ֗יlitzvipreposition + noun · masculine singularBefore the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.here: to a gazelle
- Song of Solomon 3:5בִּצְבָא֔וֹתbitzvaotpreposition + noun · feminine pluralO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.here: by gazelles
- Song of Solomon 8:14לִצְבִי֙litzvipreposition + noun · masculine singularCome away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.here: to a gazelle
Isaiah8 occurrences
- Isaiah 4:2לִצְבִ֖יlitzvipreposition + noun · masculine singularOn that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.here: into beauty
- Isaiah 13:14כִּצְבִ֣יkitzvipreposition + noun · masculine singularLike a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.here: like a gazelle
- Isaiah 13:19צְבִ֣יtzevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.here: [the] beauty of
- Isaiah 23:9צְבִ֔יtzevinoun · masculine singularThe LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.here: splendor
- Isaiah 24:16צְבִ֣יtzevinoun · masculine singularFrom the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.here: splendor
- Isaiah 28:1צְבִ֣יtzevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.here: [the] beauty of
- Isaiah 28:4צְבִ֣יtzevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.here: [the] beauty of
- Isaiah 28:5צְבִ֔יtzevinoun · masculine singularOn that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,here: beauty
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 3:19צְבִ֖יtzevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.here: beauty of
- Jeremiah 3:19צִבְא֣וֹתtzivotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.here: beauties of
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 7:20וּצְבִ֤יutzeviconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.here: and [the] beauty of
- Ezekiel 20:6צְבִ֥יtzevinoun · masculine singularOn that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.here: [is] beauty
- Ezekiel 20:15צְבִ֥יtzevinoun · masculine singularMoreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—here: [is] beauty
- Ezekiel 25:9צְבִ֗יtzevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.here: [the] beauty of
- Ezekiel 26:20צְבִ֖יtzevinoun · masculine singularthen I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.here: splendor
Daniel4 occurrences
- Daniel 8:9הַצֶּֽבִי׃hatzevithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFrom one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.here: the beauty
- Daniel 11:16הַצְּבִ֖יhatzevithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.here: the beauty
- Daniel 11:41הַצְּבִ֔יhatzevithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.here: the beauty
- Daniel 11:45צְבִי־tzevi-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.here: [the] beauty of