Lexicon :: Strong's H6731 - ṣîṣ

צִיץ

Transliteration

ṣîṣ

Pronunciation

tseets

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From צוּץ (H6692)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1911

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

צִיץ tsîyts, tseets; or צִץ tsits; from H6692; properly, glistening, i.e. a burnished plate; also a flower (as bright colored); a wing (as gleaming in the air):—blossom, flower, plate, wing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H6731 in the following manner: flower (10x), plate (3x), blossom (1x), wings (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H6731 in the following manner: flower (10x), plate (3x), blossom (1x), wings (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

flower, bloom
1. flower, bloom
2. shining thing (of gold plate on high priest's mitre) (metaph.)
feather, wing
1. meaning dubious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H6731: Abbreviations

† I. צִיץ noun masculine^{Isaiah 28:1} 1. blossom, flower. 2. shining thing; — צ׳ absolute Isaiah 42:7 +, construct Isaiah 42:6 +; plural צִצִּים 1 Kings 6:18 + 3 times 6 (on form see Kö^{ii. l, 60}); —

1. blossom, flower, Numbers 17:23 [Numbers 17:8] (P; of Aaron's rod); (figurative of man Isaiah 40:7, 8 (both נָבֵל צ׳; || חָצִיר), compare simile צִיץ הַשָּׂדֶה Isaiah 40:6 (|| id.), Psalm 103:15, and צ׳ alone Job 14:2; נֹבֵל צ׳ Isaiah 28:1 (figurative of Samaria), so probably also Isaiah 28:4 (for MT צִיצַת נ׳; so Marti); מְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים, as ornaments of temple 1 Kings 6:18, 29, 32, 35.

2. shining thing, plate of gold, constituting the diadem on front of high priest's mitre, Leviticus 8:9; Exodus 28:36; Exodus 39:30 (all P). — I, III. צִיץ, see below.

† II. צִיץ noun [masculine] meaning dubious; only in תְּנוּצִֿיץ לְמוֺאָב Jeremiah 48:9 usually (after AW Ra Ki and others) wings (collective) (compare Aramaic צִיץ wing, fin, Thes Gf and others); **Aramaic צִיץ wing dubious Levy^322b; Aramaic נוֺצִיץ very rare; but note Late Hebrew צִיץ filament, small hair. compare Perles^Anal.46, who reads נוֺצִיץ (wing-) feathers (as in Aramaic); σημεῖα, whence Gie sign-post, reading צִיוּן, — or נֵס, — (indicating flight).

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