Tsiyyi צִי
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| צִי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsiyyi |
| Strong's number | H6728 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | wild beast |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (3) |
Tsiyyi (Hebrew צִי, Strong's H6728) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “wild beast”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) a wild beast, desert-dweller, crier, yelper
1a) a specific wild beast but not certainly identified
1a) a specific wild beast but not certainly identified
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | wilderness (3), desert (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | desert creatures (4), may the nomads (1), desert (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsiyyi, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
- Psalm 74:14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 13:21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
- Isaiah 23:13Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.Look at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
- Isaiah 34:14The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 50:39Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).