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 39Old Testament books
- 31spellings
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.
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| צִפּוּי | tsippuy | plating | Uses5 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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;
- צִפֳּרִ֑יםtziporimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: birds
and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- צִפּ֣וֹרtzipornoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
You may eat any clean bird,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- צִפּ֨וֹר׀tzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a bird
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
- כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹרketziporpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like a bird
where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
- 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.
- כְּצִפּ֥וֹרketziporpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like a bird
wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,
- 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.
- 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.
- צִפּ֣וֹרtzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a bird
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.”
- כְּצִפֳּרִ֣יםketziporimpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: like birds
Lamentations
one use
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- צִפּוֹר֙tzipornoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a bird
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.
