Word Study · Strong's H6842 · Hebrew
צָפִיר
tsaphir
tsaw-feer'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsâphîyr
“a male goat (as prancing)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a male goat (as prancing)
Rendered in the KJV as
(he) goat.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- וְהַ֨צָּפִ֔יר1
- וְהַצָּפִ֥יר1
- וּצְפִ֥יר1
- וּצְפִירֵ֨י1
- צְפִיר־1
- צְפִירֵ֥י1
How it is rendered · 5
- and the he-goat2
- [the] he-goat of1
- and [the] he-goat of1
- and he-goats of1
- he-goats of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmpc · 1
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmpc · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Daniel4 occurrences
- Daniel 8:5צְפִיר־tzefir-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.here: [the] he-goat of
- Daniel 8:5וְהַ֨צָּפִ֔ירvehatzafirconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAs I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.here: and the he-goat
- Daniel 8:8וּצְפִ֥ירutzefirconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.here: and [the] he-goat of
- Daniel 8:21וְהַצָּפִ֥ירvehatzafirconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.here: and the he-goat