צִיץ tsits

Hebrew word for “flower” · Strong’s H6731 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) flower, bloom; 1a) flower, bloom;

Senses in the lexicon

• flower (14)
• feather (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for tsits in context, with how often each is used:

• flowers 4
• plate 3
• flower 3
• like the flower 2
• blossom 1
• like a flower 1
• salt 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 6 (4), Isaiah 40 (3), Exodus 28 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Leviticus 8 (1), Numbers 17 (1), Job 14 (1), Psalms 103 (1), Isaiah 28 (1), Jeremiah 48 (1)

Forms

• ציץ 7
• צצים 4
• כציץ 3
• וציץ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tsits more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• פָּטַר patar “to separate” 4
• חָצִיר chatsir “grass” 4
• מִקְלַעַת miqlaat “engraving” 3
• קָלַע qala “to sling” 3
• פִּתּוּחַ pittuach “engraving” 3
• תִּמֹרָה timrah “palm” 3
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 5
• נָבֵל navel “to wither” 3
• כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 3
• צוּץ tsuts “to blossom” 2
• חֹתָם chotam “signet” 2
• נֵזֶר nezer “consecration” 2

Key verses

The verses using tsits that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 28:36 — And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
• Exodus 39:30 — And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
• Leviticus 8:9 — And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Numbers 17:8 — And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought…
• 1 Kings 6:18 — And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
• 1 Kings 6:29 — And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
• 1 Kings 6:32 — The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread…
• Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
• Psalms 103:15 — As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
• Isaiah 28:1 — Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are…
• Isaiah 40:6 — The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
• Isaiah 40:8 — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

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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.