צִיצִת
tsitsit · fringe, tassel, lock
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6734 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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tsitsit (צִיצִת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fringe, tassel, lock”.
A tassel sewn on the edge of a garment; also a lock of hair.
How to say it
tsi·tsit
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
- Threads hanging from the edge of a cloak.
- A tuft of hair.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- fringe ×2
- fringes ×1
- lock ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Numbers 15:38
“Speak to the sons of Israel and tell them to make for themselves fringes on the edges of their garments throughout their generations, and to put on the fringe of the edge a cord of blue.
- Numbers 15:39
And it shall be a fringe for you, and you shall see it and remember all the commandments of YHWH and do them, and you shall not go exploring after your heart and after your eyes, after which you prostitute yourselves,
- Ezekiel 8:3
And he stretched out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and a spirit lifted me between the earth and the heavens and brought me to Jerusalem in visions of Elohim, to the entrance of the gate of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the statue of jealousy that provokes jealousy.
And 1 more times.