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Hebrew noun · H6833

צִפּוֹר

tsipportsip-pore'

bird

40 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: tsippôwr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6833is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 31
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6833

a little bird (as hopping)

The King James renders it: bird, fowl, sparrow.

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

tsippor is rendered "bird". It stands 40 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.

  • Thirteen of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 7:14they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-one different ways.

The first use

they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

Genesis 7:14צִפּ֥וֹר

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirteen of the word's forty uses are in Leviticus.

The other 26 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the bird12
  • a bird5
  • bird4
  • like a bird4
  • birds3
  • like the bird3
  • bird of2
  • and bird of1
  • and like a bird1
  • and like the birds1
  • and poultry1
  • and with the bird1

and 2 more, 40 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.

צִפּוּיtsippuyplatingUses5

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 40, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

31 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

  • הַצִּפֹּ֣ר5
  • צִפּ֣וֹר4
  • הַצִּפּ֔וֹר2
  • צִפּ֥וֹר2
  • הַצִּפּ֣וֹר1
  • הַצִפֹּ֖ר1
  • הַצִּפֹּ֤ר1
  • הַצִּפֹּ֥ר1
  • הַצִּפֹּ֧ר1
  • וּבַצִּפֹּ֣ר1
  • וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר1
  • וְכַ֨צִּפֳּרִ֔ים1

and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular12HTd/Ncbsa
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular8HNcbsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular4HR/Ncbsa
  • noun · masculine or feminine plural3HNcbpa
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcbsc
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singular3HRd/Ncbsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine plural1HC/Ncbpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncbsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular1HC/R/Ncbsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine plural1HC/Rd/Ncbpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singular1HC/Rd/Ncbsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine or feminine plural1HR/Ncbpa

Genesis

two uses
  • they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

    Genesis 7:14

    • צִפּ֥וֹרtzipornoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird
  • So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.

    Genesis 15:10

    • הַצִפֹּ֖רhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird

Leviticus

thirteen uses
  • the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

    Leviticus 14:4

    • צִפֳּרִ֥יםtziporimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: birds
  • Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

    Leviticus 14:5

    • הַצִּפּ֣וֹרhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird
  • And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

    Leviticus 14:6

    • הַצִּפֹּ֤רhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird
    • הַצִּפֹּ֣רhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird
    • הַצִּפֹּ֣רhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird
  • Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.

    Leviticus 14:7

    • הַצִּפֹּ֥רhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird
  • He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;

    Leviticus 14:49

    • צִפֳּרִ֑יםtziporimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: birds
  • and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

    Leviticus 14:50

    • הַצִּפֹּ֣רhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird
  • Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

    Leviticus 14:51

    • הַצִּפֹּ֣רhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird
    • הַצִּפֹּ֣רhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird
  • And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.

    Leviticus 14:52

    • הַצִּפּ֔וֹרhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird
    • וּבַצִּפֹּ֣רuvatziporconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and with the bird
  • Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.

    Leviticus 14:53

    • הַצִּפֹּ֧רhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,

    Deuteronomy 4:17

    • צִפּ֣וֹרtzipornoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
  • You may eat any clean bird,

    Deuteronomy 14:11

    • צִפּ֥וֹרtzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: bird
  • If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

    Deuteronomy 22:6

    • צִפּ֣וֹר׀tzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a bird

Nehemiah

one use
  • Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

    Nehemiah 5:18

    • וְצִפֳּרִים֙vetziporimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and poultry

Job

one use
  • Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

    Job 41:5

    • כַּצִּפּ֑וֹרkatziporpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like the bird

Psalms

seven uses
  • the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

    Psalms 8:8

    • צִפּ֣וֹרtzipornoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
  • In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!

    Psalms 11:1

    • צִפּֽוֹר׃tzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a bird
  • Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

    Psalms 84:3

    • צִפּ֨וֹר׀tzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a bird
  • I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

    Psalms 102:7

    • כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹרketziporpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like a bird
  • where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.

    Psalms 104:17

    • צִפֳּרִ֣יםtziporimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: birds
  • We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

    Psalms 124:7

    • כְּצִפּ֥וֹרketziporpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like a bird
  • wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,

    Psalms 148:10

    • וְצִפּ֥וֹרvetziporconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and bird of

Proverbs

four uses
  • Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

    Proverbs 6:5

    • וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹרukhetziporconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and like a bird
  • until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

    Proverbs 7:23

    • צִפּ֣וֹרtzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a bird
  • Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

    Proverbs 26:2

    • כַּצִּפּ֣וֹרkatziporpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like the bird
  • Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

    Proverbs 27:8

    • כְּ֭צִפּוֹרketziporpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like a bird

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

    Ecclesiastes 9:12

    • וְכַ֨צִּפֳּרִ֔יםvekhatziporimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and like the birds
  • when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,

    Ecclesiastes 12:4

    • הַצִּפּ֔וֹרhatziporthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bird

Isaiah

one use
  • Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”

    Isaiah 31:5

    • כְּצִפֳּרִ֣יםketziporimpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: like birds

Lamentations

one use
  • Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

    Lamentations 3:52

    • כַּצִּפּ֖וֹרkatziporpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like the bird

Ezekiel

three uses
  • I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

    Ezekiel 17:23

    • צִפּ֣וֹרtzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: bird
  • On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.

    Ezekiel 39:4

    • צִפּ֧וֹרtzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: bird
  • And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.

    Ezekiel 39:17

    • לְצִפּ֨וֹרletziporpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to bird of

Hosea

one use
  • They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.

    Hosea 11:11

    • כְצִפּוֹר֙khetziporpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like a bird

Amos

one use
  • Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?

    Amos 3:5

    • צִפּוֹר֙tzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a bird

The letters

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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