Tsaphir צָפִיר
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| צָפִיר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsaphir |
| Strong's number | H6842 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | male goat |
| Occurrences | 6 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Daniel (3) |
Tsaphir (Hebrew צָפִיר, Strong's H6842) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “male goat”. It occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
he-goat
Aramaic equivalent: tse.phir (צְפִיר "male goat" H6841)
Aramaic equivalent: tse.phir (צְפִיר "male goat" H6841)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | goat (3), he (2), goats (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | male goats (2), goat (2), thus the goat (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsaphir, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 29:21And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord.They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
Ezra
- Ezra 8:35Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord.Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.
Daniel
- Daniel 8:5And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.
- Daniel 8:8Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.
- Daniel 8:21And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
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).