צִפּוֹר tsippor

Hebrew word for “bird” · Strong’s H6833 · used 40 times in 36 verses

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Meaning

1) bird, fowl; 1a) bird (singular); 1b) birds (coll); Aramaic equivalent: tse.phar (צְפַר "bird" H6853)

How it is translated

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

• bird 21
• birds 8
• like a bird 5
• like bird 3
• like birds 2
• poultry 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 14 (9), Ezekiel 39 (2), Genesis 7 (1), Genesis 15 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Deuteronomy 14 (1), Deuteronomy 22 (1), Nehemiah 5 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 8 (1)

Forms

• צפור 11
• הצפר 9
• כצפור 7
• צפרים 3
• הצפור 3
• ובצפר 1
• וצפרים 1
• וצפור 1
• וכצפור 1
• וכצפרים 1

Words used with it

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

• חַי chay “alive” 12
• אֵזוֹב ezov “hyssop” 5
• אֶרֶז erez “cedar” 6
• כָּנָף kanaph “wing” 6
• שָׁנִי shani “scarlet” 5
• תּוֹלֵעָה toleah “worm” 5
• פַּח pach “snare” 4
• עֵץ ets “tree” 6
• שָׁחַט shachat “to slaughter” 4
• קֵן qen “nest” 3
• עוּף uph “to fly” 3
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 6

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 14:4 — Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
• Leviticus 14:7 — And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the…
• Psalms 11:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
• Psalms 124:7 — Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
• Proverbs 26:2 — As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
• Proverbs 27:8 — As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
• Ecclesiastes 9:12 — For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in…
• Lamentations 3:52 — Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
• Ezekiel 17:23 — In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all…
• Ezekiel 39:4 — Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every…
• Ezekiel 39:17 — And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather…
• Hosea 11:11 — They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

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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.