צִרְעָה
tsira · hornet
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6880 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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tsira (צִרְעָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hornet”.
Or wasp.
How to say it
tsi·ra
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
- Stinging insects that attack in swarms.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Exodus 23:28
I will send the hornet before you, and it will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.
- Deuteronomy 7:20
Moreover YHWH your Elohim will send the hornet among them until those who are left and those who hide from you perish.
- Joshua 24:12
And I sent the hornet before you, and it drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorite; not with your sword and not with your bow.