Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6643
צְבִי
tsebitseb-ee'
beauty; gazelle
33 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tsᵉbîy
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6643is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 23spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6643
splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)
The King James renders it: beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tsebi is rendered "beauty; gazelle". It stands 33 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "beauty".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 12:15But 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,
- The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.
The first use
But 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,
Deuteronomy 12:15כַּצְּבִ֖י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in ten of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: beauty, and gazelle.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| beautyStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereDeuteronomy 12:15But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates… |
| gazelleStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- beauty of6
- the beauty4
- beauty3
- splendor3
- to a gazelle3
- by gazelles2
- like a gazelle2
- like the gazelle2
- and a gazelle1
- and beauty of1
- and gazelle1
- and like gazelles1
and 4 more, 33 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| צְבִיָּה | tsebiah | gazelle | Uses2 |
The words it stands beside
All 33, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
23 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- צְבִ֣י4
- בִּצְבָא֔וֹת2
- הַצְּבִי֙2
- כִּצְבִ֣י2
- כַּצְּבִ֖י2
- צְבִ֔י2
- צְבִ֖י2
- צְבִ֥י2
- הַצְּבִ֖י1
- הַצְּבִ֔י1
- הַצֶּֽבִי׃1
- הַצְּבָיִ֖ם1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular6HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular6HR/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular5HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · feminine plural2HR/Ncfpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural1HC/R/Ncmpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HTd/Ncmpa
Deuteronomy
four uses
But 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,
- כַּצְּבִ֖יkatzevipreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the gazelle
Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
- הַצְּבִי֙hatzevithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the gazelle
the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
- וּצְבִ֖יutzeviconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a gazelle
Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.
- כַּצְּבִ֖יkatzevipreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the gazelle
2 Samuel
two uses
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
- הַצְּבִי֙hatzevithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the beauty
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
- הַצְּבָיִ֖םhatzevayimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gazelles
1 Kings
one use
ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
- וּצְבִי֙utzeviconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and gazelle
1 Chronicles
one use
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
- וְכִצְבָאיִ֥םvekhitzvayimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and like gazelles
Proverbs
one use
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- כִּצְבִ֣יkitzvipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a gazelle
Song of Solomon
five uses
O 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.
- בִּצְבָא֔וֹתbitzvaotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: by gazelles
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
- לִצְבִ֔יlitzvipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to a gazelle
Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
- לִצְבִ֗יlitzvipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to a gazelle
O 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.
- בִּצְבָא֔וֹתbitzvaotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: by gazelles
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
- לִצְבִי֙litzvipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to a gazelle
Isaiah
eight uses
On 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.
- לִצְבִ֖יlitzvipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into beauty
Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
- כִּצְבִ֣יkitzvipreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a gazelle
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
- צְבִ֣יtzevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: beauty of
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
- צְבִ֔יtzevinoun · masculine singulartagged: splendor
From 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.
- צְבִ֣יtzevinoun · masculine singulartagged: splendor
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.
- צְבִ֣יtzevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: beauty 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.
- צְבִ֣יtzevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: beauty of
On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
- צְבִ֔יtzevinoun · masculine singulartagged: beauty
Jeremiah
two uses
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.
- צְבִ֖יtzevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: beauty of
- צִבְא֣וֹתtzivotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: beauties of
Ezekiel
five uses
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.
- וּצְבִ֤יutzeviconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and beauty of
On 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.
- צְבִ֥יtzevinoun · masculine singulartagged: beauty
Moreover, 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—
- צְבִ֥יtzevinoun · masculine singulartagged: beauty
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.
- צְבִ֗יtzevinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: beauty of
then 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.
- צְבִ֖יtzevinoun · masculine singulartagged: splendor
Daniel
four uses
From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
- הַצֶּֽבִי׃hatzevithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the beauty
The 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.
- הַצְּבִ֖יhatzevithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the beauty
He 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.
- הַצְּבִ֔יhatzevithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the beauty
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.
- צְבִי־tzevi-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: beauty of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.