צָיַר
tsayar · act as envoy
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6737 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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tsayar (צָיַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “act as envoy”.
A verb that appears only in Joshua 9:4: to present oneself as an envoy or messenger.
How to say it
tsa·yar
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 pretend to be messengers from a far country.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Joshua 9:4
and they too acted with cunning: they went and posed as envoys, and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out, torn, and mended,