צָעִיר tsair

Hebrew word for “little” · Strong’s H6810 · used 23 times in 23 verses

Explore it in the Word Atlas

Meaning

1) little, insignificant, young; 1a) little, insignificant; 1b) insignificant, mean; 1c) young, younger, youngest

How it is translated

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

• young 6
• insignificant 5
• young one 2
• young son 2
• servants 2
• young ones 2
• young brother 1
• people young 1
• little 1
• small thing 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 19 (4), Genesis 25 (1), Genesis 29 (1), Genesis 43 (1), Genesis 48 (1), Joshua 6 (1), Judges 6 (1), 1 Samuel 9 (1), 1 Kings 16 (1), Job 30 (1)

Forms

• צעיר 5
• הצעירה 4
• והצעיר 2
• הצעיר 2
• צעירי 2
• והצעירה 1
• ובצעירו 1
• הצערה 1
• צעירו 1
• צעירים 1

Words used with it

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

• בְּכִירָה bekhirah “firstborn” 3
• בְּכוֹר bekhor “firstborn” 4
• אָב av “father” 6
• סָחַב sachav “to drag” 2
• כֵּן ken “so” 4
• צֹאן tson “flock” 3
• נָוֶה naveh “pasture” 2
• אָנֹכִי anokhi “I” 3
• יָסַד yasad “to found” 2
• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 3
• מַחֲשָׁבָה machashavah “plot” 2
• יְרִיחוֹ yericho “Jericho” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 25:23 — And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than…
• Genesis 48:14 — And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands…
• Joshua 6:26 — And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation…
• Judges 6:15 — And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
• 1 Samuel 9:21 — And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of…
• Job 30:1 — But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
• Isaiah 60:22 — A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
• Jeremiah 14:3 — And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were…
• Jeremiah 49:20 — Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the…
• Jeremiah 50:45 — Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:…
• Daniel 8:9 — And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
• Micah 5:2 — But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel;…

See all 23 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.