צֶבַע

tseva · dyed cloth

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6648 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

tseva (צֶבַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dyed cloth”.

Colored cloth. The word means "dye."

How to say it

tse·va

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

  1. Colored fabric, spoil of war.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Judges 5:30

    ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil? A girl, two girls for each head of a man; spoil of dyed cloth for Sisera, spoil of dyed cloth embroidered; dyed cloth, two embroideries, for the necks of the spoil.’

And 2 more times.