צָב
tsav · lizard (kind)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6632 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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tsav (צָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lizard (kind)”.
A kind of large lizard. A word written the same way means a covered wagon (Numbers 7:3).
How to say it
tsav
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
- An unclean four-legged reptile.
- A roofed wagon or chair for travel.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- covered ×1
- litters ×1
- lizard ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 11:29
And these shall be unclean for you among the swarming things that swarm on the earth: the weasel, the mouse, and the lizard according to its kind,
- Numbers 7:3
And they brought their offering before YHWH: six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the chiefs, and an ox for each one; and they presented them before the dwelling.
- Isaiah 66:20
And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to YHWH, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain, Jerusalem, says YHWH, just as the sons of Israel bring the offering in a clean vessel to the house of YHWH.