Word Study · Strong's H6797 · Hebrew
צָנִיף
tsaniph
tsaw-neef'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsânîyph
“a head-dress (i.e. piece of cloth wrapped around)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a head-dress (i.e. piece of cloth wrapped around)
Rendered in the KJV as
diadem, hood, mitre.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- הַצָּנִ֨יף1
- וְהַצְּנִיפ֖וֹת1
- וְ֝צָנִ֗יף1
- וּצְנִ֥יף1
- צָנִ֥יף1
How it is rendered · 5
- a turban1
- and a headdress of1
- and a turban1
- and the headdresses1
- the turban1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
- noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/Td/Ncfpa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 3:23וְהַצְּנִיפ֖וֹתvehatzenifotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraland their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.here: and the headdresses
- Isaiah 62:3וּצְנִ֥יףutzenofconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.here: and a headdress of
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 3:5צָנִ֥יףtzanifnoun · masculine singularThen I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.here: a turban
- Zechariah 3:5הַצָּנִ֨יףhatzanifthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.here: the turban