צָדָה
tsada · lie in wait
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6658 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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Strong’s number identifies this word: use it to find the same word in other study tools.What it means
tsada (צָדָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lie in wait”.
Wait in hiding to attack.
How to say it
tsa·da
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To hide and watch for a chance to attack.
- To be left in ruins.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- are destroyed ×1
- are hunting ×1
- did not lie in wait ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 21:13
But if he did not lie in wait, but Elohim let him fall into his hand, I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
- 1 Samuel 24:11
And, my father, see, yes, see the edge of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you; but you are hunting my life to take it.
- Zephaniah 3:6
“I have cut off nations; their corners are desolate; I have laid waste their streets, with no one passing through; their cities are destroyed, without a man, without an inhabitant.