6833. tsippor

Lexicon

tsippor: Bird, Sparrow

Original Word: צִפּוֹר
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: tsippowr
Pronunciation: tsip-PORE
Phonetic Spelling: (tsip-pore')
Definition: Bird, Sparrow
Meaning: a little bird

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bird, fowl, sparrow

Or tsippor {tsip-pore'}; from tsaphar; a little bird (as hopping) -- bird, fowl, sparrow.

see HEBREW tsaphar

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a bird
NASB Translation
bird (26), bird's (1), birds (11), fowl (1), sparrow (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. צִמּוֺר, צִמֹּר₄₀

noun feminine^{Amos 3:5} (masculine Psalm 102:8, compare Kö^{Synt § 252 a}, so Psalm 104:17, yet compare Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896). 71}), bird; — absolute צִמּוֺר Hosea 11:11 15t., צִמֹּר Genesis 15:10 11t., construct צִמּוֺר Deuteronomy 4:17 5t., צִמֹּרֹ Psalm 8:9; plural צִמְָּרִים Leviticus 14:4 5t.; —

1 single bird, Amos 3:5; Hosea 11:11 (simile; "" יוֺנָה), Lamentations 3:52; Job 40:29; Psalm 102:8; Psalm 124:7; Proverbs 6:5; Proverbs 7:23; Proverbs 26:2; Proverbs 27:8 (all simile), Leviticus 14:5 10t. Leviticus 14; ׳בָּנָף כָּלצֿ Deuteronomy 4:17, טְהוֺרָה ׳כָּלצֿ Deuteronomy 14:11 (כל distributive); ׳קַןצֿ Deuteronomy 22:6 bird's nest, ׳קוֺל הַצּ Ecclesiastes 12:4; plural Isaiah 31:5 (simile), Nehemiah 5:18; Leviticus 14:4 (שְׁתֵּי צִמְָּרִים, in purify.; compare We^{Heid. 2.171} RS^{Semitic i. 402, 2nd ed. 422}), Leviticus 14:49 (id.), Psalm 104:17; Ecclesiastes 9:12.

2 less often collective, either def. Genesis 15:10 (two), or indefinite Psalm 11:1 (figurative), צִמֹּר שָׁמַיִם Psalm 8:9, especially כָּלכָּֿ֠נָף ׳צ Ezekiel 39:17; Psalm 148:10, כָּלכָּֿנָף ׳כֹּל צ Psalm 17:23; Genesis 7:14, also redund. with עַיִט, כָּלכָּֿנָף ׳עֵיט צ Ezekiel 39:4 birds of prey of all kinds.

[צִמַּר] noun feminine^{Dan 4:18} (compare K^{p. 165, Anm. 3}) bird (see Biblical Hebrew II. צפר); — plural absolute צִמֲּרִין Daniel 4:30, emphatic צִמְּרַיָּא Daniel 4:11, construct צִמֲּרֵי) Daniel 4:9; Daniel 4:18.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root צָפַר (tsaphar), which means "to chirp" or "to twitter."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G3732 (ὄρνεον, orneon): A bird, often used in the New Testament to refer to birds in general.
• G4071 (πετεινόν, peteinon): A bird, specifically used in the context of birds of the air.
• G4765 (στρουθίον, strouthion): A sparrow, used in the New Testament to emphasize the smallness and value of sparrows in God's sight, as seen in Matthew 10:29: "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father."

This entry provides a comprehensive understanding of the Hebrew word צִפּוֹר (tsippor), its usage in the Old Testament, and its thematic significance, along with its Greek counterparts in the New Testament.

Usage: The term צִפּוֹר (tsippor) is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote small birds, often in contexts that highlight their insignificance or vulnerability, yet also their care under God's providence.

Context: • The Hebrew word צִפּוֹר (tsippor) appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, often symbolizing the smallness and fragility of life. It is used in poetic and proverbial literature to illustrate themes of divine care and the fleeting nature of life.
• In Genesis 7:14, the term is used to describe the birds that entered Noah's ark: "They and every beast after its kind, and all the livestock after their kind, and every creature that moves along the ground after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort."
• In Psalm 84:3, the psalmist uses the imagery of a bird to express a longing for God's presence: "Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—at Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God."
• Proverbs 26:2 uses the bird metaphorically to describe causeless curses: "Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest."
• The word is also used in the context of sacrifices, as seen in Leviticus 14:4, where birds are part of the purification ritual for a leper: "the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed."

Forms and Transliterations

הַצִּפֹּ֣ר הַצִּפֹּ֤ר הַצִּפֹּ֥ר הַצִּפֹּ֧ר הַצִּפּ֔וֹר הַצִּפּ֣וֹר הַצִפֹּ֖ר הצפור הצפר וְכַ֨צִּפֳּרִ֔ים וְצִפֳּרִים֙ וְצִפּ֥וֹר וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר וּבַצִּפֹּ֣ר ובצפר וכצפור וכצפרים וצפור וצפרים כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר כְּ֭צִפּוֹר כְּצִפֳּרִ֣ים כְּצִפּ֥וֹר כְצִפּוֹר֙ כַּצִּפּ֑וֹר כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר כצפור כצפרים לְצִפּ֨וֹר לצפור צִפֳּרִ֑ים צִפֳּרִ֣ים צִפֳּרִ֥ים צִפּ֣וֹר צִפּ֣וֹר ׀ צִפּ֥וֹר צִפּ֧וֹר צִפּ֨וֹר ׀ צִפּֽוֹר׃ צִפּוֹר֙ צפור צפור׃ צפרים chetzippOr ha·ṣip·pōr haṣ·ṣip·pō·wr haṣ·ṣip·pōr haṣippōr haṣṣippōr haṣṣippōwr hatzipPor hatztzipPor kaṣ·ṣip·pō·wr kaṣṣippōwr katztzipPor kə·ṣip·po·rîm kə·ṣip·pō·wr ḵə·ṣip·pō·wr kəṣipporîm kəṣippōwr ḵəṣippōwr ketzipPor ketzippoRim lə·ṣip·pō·wr ləṣippōwr letzipPor ṣip·po·rîm ṣip·pō·wr ṣipporîm ṣippōwr tzipPor tzippoRim ū·ḇaṣ·ṣip·pōr ū·ḵə·ṣip·pō·wr ūḇaṣṣippōr uchetzipPor ūḵəṣippōwr uvatztzipPor veChatztzippoRim vetzipPor vetzippoRim wə·ḵaṣ·ṣip·po·rîm wə·ṣip·po·rîm wə·ṣip·pō·wr wəḵaṣṣipporîm wəṣipporîm wəṣippōwr

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 7:14
HEB: לְמִינֵ֔הוּ כֹּ֖ל צִפּ֥וֹר כָּל־ כָּנָֽף׃
NAS: all sorts of birds.
KJV: after his kind, every bird of every sort.
INT: kind all of birds and every sorts

Genesis 15:10
HEB: רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־ הַצִפֹּ֖ר לֹ֥א בָתָֽר׃
NAS: but he did not cut the birds.
KJV: another: but the birds divided
INT: against the other the birds did not cut

Leviticus 14:4
HEB: לַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר שְׁתֵּֽי־ צִפֳּרִ֥ים חַיּ֖וֹת טְהֹר֑וֹת
NAS: live clean birds and cedar wood
KJV: two birds alive
INT: is to be cleansed two birds live clean

Leviticus 14:5
HEB: וְשָׁחַ֖ט אֶת־ הַצִּפּ֣וֹר הָאֶחָ֑ת אֶל־
NAS: the one bird in an earthenware
KJV: that one of the birds be killed
INT: the priest to slay bird the one about

Leviticus 14:6
HEB: אֶת־ הַצִּפֹּ֤ר הַֽחַיָּה֙ יִקַּ֣ח
NAS: [As for] the live bird, he shall take
KJV: As for the living bird, he shall take
INT: bird the live shall take

Leviticus 14:6
HEB: אוֹתָ֜ם וְאֵ֣ת ׀ הַצִּפֹּ֣ר הַֽחַיָּ֗ה בְּדַם֙
NAS: them and the live bird in the blood
KJV: them and the living bird in the blood
INT: and the hyssop and shall dip bird and the live the blood

Leviticus 14:6
HEB: הַֽחַיָּ֗ה בְּדַם֙ הַצִּפֹּ֣ר הַשְּׁחֻטָ֔ה עַ֖ל
NAS: in the blood of the bird that was slain
KJV: in the blood of the bird [that was] killed
INT: and the live the blood of the bird was slain over

Leviticus 14:7
HEB: וְשִׁלַּ֛ח אֶת־ הַצִּפֹּ֥ר הַֽחַיָּ֖ה עַל־
NAS: and shall let the live bird go free
KJV: and shall let the living bird loose
INT: and shall pronounce go bird the live over

Leviticus 14:49
HEB: הַבַּ֖יִת שְׁתֵּ֣י צִפֳּרִ֑ים וְעֵ֣ץ אֶ֔רֶז
NAS: two birds and cedar
KJV: the house two birds, and cedar wood,
INT: the house two birds wood and cedar

Leviticus 14:50
HEB: וְשָׁחַ֖ט אֶת־ הַצִּפֹּ֣ר הָאֶחָ֑ת אֶל־
NAS: the one bird in an earthenware
KJV: the one of the birds in an earthen
INT: shall slaughter bird the one about

Leviticus 14:51
HEB: הַתּוֹלַ֗עַת וְאֵת֮ הַצִּפֹּ֣ר הַֽחַיָּה֒ וְטָבַ֣ל
NAS: with the live bird, and dip
KJV: and the living bird, and dip
INT: and the scarlet oppressor bird the live and dip

Leviticus 14:51
HEB: אֹתָ֗ם בְּדַם֙ הַצִּפֹּ֣ר הַשְּׁחוּטָ֔ה וּבַמַּ֖יִם
NAS: of the slain bird as well as in the running
KJV: of the slain bird, and in the running
INT: and dip the blood bird of the slain water

Leviticus 14:52
HEB: הַבַּ֔יִת בְּדַם֙ הַצִּפּ֔וֹר וּבַמַּ֖יִם הַֽחַיִּ֑ים
NAS: with the blood of the bird and with the running
KJV: with the blood of the bird, and with the running
INT: the house the blood of the bird water the running

Leviticus 14:52
HEB: וּבַמַּ֖יִם הַֽחַיִּ֑ים וּבַצִּפֹּ֣ר הַחַיָּ֗ה וּבְעֵ֥ץ
NAS: along with the live bird and with the cedar
KJV: and with the living bird, and with the cedar
INT: water the running bird the live wood

Leviticus 14:53
HEB: וְשִׁלַּ֞ח אֶת־ הַצִּפֹּ֧ר הַֽחַיָּ֛ה אֶל־
NAS: However, he shall let the live bird go free
KJV: the living bird out
INT: go bird the live about

Deuteronomy 4:17
HEB: תַּבְנִית֙ כָּל־ צִפּ֣וֹר כָּנָ֔ף אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: winged bird that flies
KJV: of any winged fowl that flieth
INT: the likeness of any bird winged that

Deuteronomy 14:11
HEB: כָּל־ צִפּ֥וֹר טְהֹרָ֖ה תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
NAS: any clean bird.
KJV: [Of] all clean birds ye shall eat.
INT: any bird clean may eat

Deuteronomy 22:6
HEB: יִקָּרֵ֣א קַן־ צִפּ֣וֹר ׀ לְפָנֶ֡יךָ בַּדֶּ֜רֶךְ
NAS: you happen to come upon a bird's nest
KJV: If a bird's nest chance
INT: happen nest A bird's to be before the way

Nehemiah 5:18
HEB: שֵׁשׁ־ בְּרֻר֤וֹת וְצִפֳּרִים֙ נַֽעֲשׂוּ־ לִ֔י
NAS: sheep, also birds were prepared
KJV: sheep; also fowls were prepared
INT: six choice birds were prepared and once

Job 41:5
HEB: הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־ בּ֭וֹ כַּצִּפּ֑וֹר וְ֝תִקְשְׁרֶ֗נּוּ לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃
NAS: Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind
KJV: Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind
INT: play A bird bind damsel

Psalm 8:8
HEB: צִפּ֣וֹר שָׁ֭מַיִם וּדְגֵ֣י
NAS: The birds of the heavens and the fish
KJV: The fowl of the air, and the fish
INT: the birds of the heavens and the fish

Psalm 11:1
HEB: ק) הַרְכֶ֥ם צִפּֽוֹר׃
NAS: Flee [as] a bird to your mountain;
KJV: Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?
INT: bemoan to your mountain a bird

Psalm 84:3
HEB: גַּם־ צִפּ֨וֹר ׀ מָ֪צְאָה בַ֡יִת
NAS: The bird also has found
KJV: Yea, the sparrow hath found an house,
INT: also the bird has found A house

Psalm 102:7
HEB: שָׁקַ֥דְתִּי וָאֶֽהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר בּוֹדֵ֥ד עַל־
NAS: like a lonely bird on a housetop.
KJV: I watch, and am as a sparrow alone
INT: lie have become bird A lonely on

Psalm 104:17
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁ֭ם צִפֳּרִ֣ים יְקַנֵּ֑נוּ חֲ֝סִידָ֗ה
NAS: Where the birds build their nests,
KJV: Where the birds make their nests:
INT: after in it the birds build the stork

40 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6833
40 Occurrences

ḵə·ṣip·pō·wr — 1 Occ.
ha·ṣip·pōr — 1 Occ.
haṣ·ṣip·pō·wr — 11 Occ.
kaṣ·ṣip·pō·wr — 3 Occ.
kə·ṣip·pō·wr — 3 Occ.
kə·ṣip·po·rîm — 1 Occ.
lə·ṣip·pō·wr — 1 Occ.
ṣip·pō·wr — 11 Occ.
ṣip·po·rîm — 3 Occ.
ū·ḵə·ṣip·pō·wr — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇaṣ·ṣip·pōr — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵaṣ·ṣip·po·rîm — 1 Occ.
wə·ṣip·pō·wr — 1 Occ.
wə·ṣip·po·rîm — 1 Occ.