Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6875
צְרִי
tseritser-ee'
balsam
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tsᵉrîy
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6875is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6875
distillation, i.e. balsam
The King James renders it: balm.
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
tseri is rendered "balsam". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 37:25And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
Genesis 37:25וּצְרִ֣י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- balm3
- and balm2
- ¿ balm1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| צְרִיחַ | tseriach | stronghold | Uses4 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- צֳרִי֙2
- הַצֳרִי֙1
- וָצֹ֔רִי1
- וּצְרִ֣י1
- צֳרִ֔י1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- question particle + noun · masculine singular1HTi/Ncmsa
Genesis
two uses
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
- וּצְרִ֣יutzericonjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and balm
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
- צֳרִי֙tzorinoun · masculine singulartagged: balm
Jeremiah
three uses
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
- הַצֳרִי֙hatzoriquestion particle + noun · masculine singulartagged: ¿ balm
Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
- צֳרִ֔יtzorinoun · masculine singulartagged: balm
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
- צֳרִי֙tzorinoun · masculine singulartagged: balm
Ezekiel
one use
Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
- וָצֹ֔רִיvatzoriconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and balm
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 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.