6717. Tsiba
Strong's Lexicon
Tsiba: Ziba

Original Word: צִיבָא
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Tsiba
Pronunciation: Tsee-bah
Phonetic Spelling: (tsee-baw')
Definition: Ziba
Meaning: Tsiba

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning "to station" or "to set up."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for the name Ziba, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew text.

Usage: Ziba is a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, primarily known as the servant of Saul's household who later serves Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan. The name is associated with themes of loyalty, service, and the complexities of human character.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near Eastern context, servants or stewards like Ziba held significant responsibilities, often managing estates and acting as intermediaries between their masters and the outside world. Ziba's role reflects the hierarchical and patronage systems prevalent in ancient Israelite society, where loyalty to one's master was paramount, yet personal ambition could lead to complex interpersonal dynamics.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a servant in Saul's house
NASB Translation
Ziba (16).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
צִיבָא and (2 Samuel 16:4) צִבָא16

proper name, masculine Σ(ε)ιβα: servant of Saul's house, 2 Samuel 9:2 (twice in verse) + 14 t. 9, 16, 19.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Ziba

From the same as Tsowba'; station; Tsiba, an Israelite -- Ziba.

see HEBREW Tsowba'

Forms and Transliterations
וְצִיבָ֔א וְצִיבָ֗א וּלְצִיבָ֗א ולציבא וציבא לְצִבָ֔א לצבא צִ֠יבָא צִיבָ֔א צִיבָ֖א צִיבָ֛א צִיבָ֜א צִיבָא֙ ציבא lə·ṣi·ḇā ləṣiḇā letziVa ṣî·ḇā ṣîḇā tziVa ū·lə·ṣî·ḇā ūləṣîḇā uletziVa vetziVa wə·ṣî·ḇā wəṣîḇā
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2 Samuel 9:2
HEB: עֶ֙בֶד֙ וּשְׁמ֣וֹ צִיבָ֔א וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ ל֖וֹ
NAS: whose name was Ziba, and they called
KJV: whose name [was] Ziba. And when they had called
INT: A servant name was Ziba called to

2 Samuel 9:2
HEB: אֵלָ֛יו הַאַתָּ֥ה צִיבָ֖א וַיֹּ֥אמֶר עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃
NAS: said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said,
KJV: said unto him, [Art] thou Ziba? And he said,
INT: about you was Ziba said your servant

2 Samuel 9:3
HEB: אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר צִיבָא֙ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
NAS: of God? And Ziba said
KJV: of God unto him? And Ziba said
INT: of God said and Ziba to the king

2 Samuel 9:4
HEB: ה֑וּא וַיֹּ֤אמֶר צִיבָא֙ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
NAS: to him, Where is he? And Ziba said
KJV: unto him, Where [is] he? And Ziba said
INT: he said and Ziba to the king

2 Samuel 9:9
HEB: הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אֶל־ צִיבָ֛א נַ֥עַר שָׁא֖וּל
NAS: servant Ziba and said
KJV: called to Ziba, Saul's
INT: the king about Ziba servant Saul's

2 Samuel 9:10
HEB: עַל־ שֻׁלְחָנִ֑י וּלְצִיבָ֗א חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר
NAS: regularly. Now Ziba had fifteen
KJV: at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen
INT: at my table now Ziba fif teen

2 Samuel 9:11
HEB: וַיֹּ֤אמֶר צִיבָא֙ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
NAS: Then Ziba said to the king,
KJV: Then said Ziba unto the king,
INT: said Ziba to the king

2 Samuel 9:12
HEB: מוֹשַׁ֣ב בֵּית־ צִיבָ֔א עֲבָדִ֖ים לִמְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃
NAS: in the house of Ziba were servants
KJV: in the house of Ziba [were] servants
INT: lived the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth

2 Samuel 16:1
HEB: מֵֽהָרֹ֔אשׁ וְהִנֵּ֥ה צִיבָ֛א נַ֥עַר מְפִי־
NAS: behold, Ziba the servant
KJV: the top [of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant
INT: the summit behold Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth

2 Samuel 16:2
HEB: הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־ צִיבָ֖א מָה־ אֵ֣לֶּה
NAS: said to Ziba, Why
KJV: said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba
INT: the king to Ziba Why another

2 Samuel 16:2
HEB: לָּ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר צִ֠יבָא הַחֲמוֹרִ֨ים לְבֵית־
NAS: do you have these? And Ziba said,
KJV: unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said,
INT: another said to Ziba the donkeys household

2 Samuel 16:3
HEB: אֲדֹנֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר צִיבָ֜א אֶל־ הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
NAS: son? And Ziba said
KJV: son? And Ziba said
INT: is your master's said Ziba to the king

2 Samuel 16:4
HEB: וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְצִבָ֔א הִנֵּ֣ה לְךָ֔
NAS: So the king said to Ziba, Behold, all
KJV: the king to Ziba, Behold, thine [are] all that [pertained] unto Mephibosheth.
INT: said the king to Ziba Behold all

2 Samuel 16:4
HEB: בֹ֑שֶׁת וַיֹּ֤אמֶר צִיבָא֙ הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֔יתִי אֶמְצָא־
NAS: that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours. And Ziba said,
KJV: Behold, thine [are] all that [pertained] unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said,
INT: to Mephibosheth said and Ziba prostrate find

2 Samuel 19:17
HEB: עִמּוֹ֮ מִבִּנְיָמִן֒ וְצִיבָ֗א נַ֚עַר בֵּ֣ית
NAS: of Benjamin with him, with Ziba the servant
KJV: of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant
INT: with of Benjamin Ziba the servant of the house

2 Samuel 19:29
HEB: אָמַ֕רְתִּי אַתָּ֣ה וְצִיבָ֔א תַּחְלְק֖וּ אֶת־
NAS: I have decided, 'You and Ziba shall divide
KJV: I have said, Thou and Ziba divide
INT: said You and Ziba shall divide the land

16 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6717
16 Occurrences


lə·ṣi·ḇā — 1 Occ.
ṣî·ḇā — 12 Occ.
ū·lə·ṣî·ḇā — 1 Occ.
wə·ṣî·ḇā — 2 Occ.
















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