ziv · brightness, color

What it means

ziv (זִיו) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “brightness, color”.

Brightness, splendor (Aramaic); the color of the face, which changes with fear.

How to say it

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. Light and gleam that impress the eye (Aramaic).
2. The look of the face from what one feels.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• color ×4
• brightness ×1
• splendor ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Daniel 2:31

  You, O king, were looking, and look, a great image was there, that image was large and its brightness extraordinary; it stood before you, and its appearance was terrifying.

• Daniel 4:36

  At that time my understanding returned to me, and for the honor of my kingdom, my majesty and my splendor returned to me; and my advisers and my nobles sought me, and I was reestablished over my kingdom, and extraordinary greatness was added to me.

• Daniel 5:6

  Then the king’s color changed and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his hips were loosened, and his knees knocked one against the other.

• Daniel 5:9

  Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his color changed on him, and his nobles were perplexed.

• Daniel 5:10

  The queen, because of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the house of the feast. The queen answered and said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, and do not let your color change.

• Daniel 7:28

  Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my color changed on me, but the matter I kept in my heart.”