צַד tsad
Hebrew word for “side” · Strong’s H6654 · used 33 times in 27 verses
Meaning
side; Aramaic equivalent: tsad (צַד "side" H6655)
How it is translated
Glosses given for tsad in context, with how often each is used:
- side 20
- sides 8
- will be from side 2
- hip 2
- its side 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Ezekiel | 6 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Samuel | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Joshua | 3 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ruth | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 4 (4), Exodus 37 (2), 1 Samuel 20 (2), Genesis 6 (1), Exodus 25 (1), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 30 (1), Numbers 33 (1), Deuteronomy 31 (1), Joshua 3 (1)
Forms
- מצד 8
- מצדה 4
- צדך 4
- מצדיה 2
- צדיו 2
- בצדיכם 2
- בצד 2
- מצדך 2
- צד 2
- בצדה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tsad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 7
- שֵׁנִי sheni “second” 4
- צָנִין tsanin “thorn” 2
- אֶחָד echad “one” 5
- שָׁלֹשׁ shalosh “three” 4
- זֵר zer “border” 2
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 4
- שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 3
- כָּלָה kalah “to end” 3
- מוֹקֵשׁ moqesh “snare” 2
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 4
- מְנוֹרָה menorah “lampstand” 2
Key verses
The verses using tsad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 33:55 — But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in…
- Deuteronomy 31:26 — Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
- Joshua 3:16 — That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward…
- Joshua 23:13 — Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and…
- Judges 2:3 — Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
- Ruth 2:14 — And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached…
- 1 Samuel 23:26 — And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and…
- Isaiah 60:4 — Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be…
- Isaiah 66:12 — For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be…
- Ezekiel 4:4 — Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou…
- Ezekiel 4:6 — And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee…
- Ezekiel 34:21 — Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
See all 27 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.