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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6866 - צָרַב

Transliteration

tsârab

Phonetics

tsaw-rab'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1966

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to burn, scorch
1. (Niphal) to be scorched

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2618 ‑ κατακαίω (kat‑ak‑ah'ee‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Ezekiel 1

BSB (1)

Ezekiel 1

CSB (1)

Proverbs 1

Ezekiel 1

ESV (1)

Ezekiel 1

KJV (1)

Ezekiel 1

LEB (1)

Ezekiel 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Ezekiel 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2688) b r y (תסרב TsRB) AC: Scorch CO: ? AB: ?

V) b r y (תסרב TsRB) - Scorch: KJV (1): (vf: Niphal) burn - Strongs: H6866 (צָרַב)

N^f2) t b r y (תסרבת TsRBT) - Scorching: KJV (3): burning - Strongs: H6867 (צָרֶבֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[צָרַב] verb burn, scorch (Assyrian ƒarâbu, burn; Frä^{Za iii. 52} Ba^{Esther 32} compare Arabic

be kindled, blaze;; compare also זרב); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 plural consecutive וְנִצְרְבוּ Ezekiel 21:3 all faces shall be scorched.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

צָרַב not used in Kal; prop. (as I suspect) i.q. גָּרַב (as to the interchange of the letters ג and צ see last remark under, page 698 ), to scratch, to be scabby, rough; whence צָרֶבֶת No. 1.

(2) to be dry, burned up (as to the connection of these significations, see under חָרַר ).

Niphal, to be burned, scorched, Ezekiel 21:3. Kindred are שָׂרַף, סָרַף. Chald. צְרָבָה a burning.

[“צָרָב (for צַדָּב) adj. burning, Proverbs 16:27 אֵשׁ צָרֶבֶת.”]

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List of Word Forms

וְנִצְרְבוּ־ ונצרבו־ venitzrevu wə·niṣ·rə·ḇū- wəniṣrəḇū-