Tsitsit צִיצִת
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| צִיצִת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsitsit |
| Strong's number | H6734 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | tassel |
| Occurrences | 4 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Numbers (2) |
Tsitsit (Hebrew צִיצִת, Strong's H6734) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “tassel”. It occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
fringe, tassel, lock
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fringe (2), fringes (1), lock (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | tassels (2), each tassel (1), hair (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsitsit, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 15:38Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
- Numbers 15:39And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 8:3And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
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).