The meaning of “צְבִי”
Understanding tsᵉbîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck). - splendor (as conspicuous) - also a gazelle (as beautiful...
צְבִי
beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck). - splendor (as conspicuous) - also a gazelle (as beautiful) 1) beauty, glory, honour 1a) beauty, decoration 1b) honour 2) roebuck, gazelle 2a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 14:5 | “The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.” Word: צְבִי (tsᵉbîy) | |
| 1 Kings 4:23 | “Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.” Word: צְבִי (tsᵉbîy) | |
| Proverbs 6:5 | “Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.” Word: צְבִי (tsᵉbîy) | |
| Isaiah 24:16 | “From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.” Word: צְבִי (tsᵉbîy) | |
| Ezekiel 20:15 | “Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;” Word: צְבִי (tsᵉbîy) |
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