What does צִידֹנִי mean in the Bible?
צִידֹנִי is a Hebrew word meaning "a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon".
Hebrew · H6722
צִידֹנִי
A Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon
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צִידֹנִי H6722
What does צִידֹנִי mean in the Bible?
צִידֹנִי is a Hebrew word meaning "a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6722?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the Sidonians (6), of the Sidonians (4), and Sidon (1), as the Sidonians (1), from the Sidonians (1).
Where does צִידֹנִי appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 3:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Kings (5), Judges (4), Joshua (2), 1 Chronicles (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the Sidonians 6× Joshua 13:4, Joshua 13:6, Judges 3:3, Judges 18:7
of the Sidonians 4× 1 Kings 11:5, 1 Kings 11:33, 1 Kings 16:31, 2 Kings 23:13
and Sidon 1× 1 Kings 11:1
as the Sidonians 1× 1 Kings 5:6
from the Sidonians 1× Judges 18:7
Sidonians 1× Judges 10:12
to the people of Sidon 1× Ezra 3:7
which the Sidonians 1× Deuteronomy 3:9
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 3:9 צִידֹנִ֛ים to which the Sidonians Noun - proper - masculine plural Joshua 13:4 לַצִּידֹנִ֖ים to the Sidonians Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Joshua 13:6 צִ֣ידֹנִ֔ים to the Sidonians Noun - proper - masculine plural Judges 3:3 וְהַצִּ֣ידֹנִ֔י to the Sidonians Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Judges 10:12 וְצִידוֹנִ֤ים to Sidonians Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural Judges 18:7 צִדֹנִ֜ים to the Sidonians Noun - proper - masculine plural Judges 18:7 מִצִּ֣דֹנִ֔ים to from the Sidonians Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine plural 1 Kings 5:6 כַּצִּדֹנִֽים׃ to as the Sidonians Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 1 Kings 11:1 צֵדְנִיֹּ֖ת to and Sidon Noun - proper - feminine plural 1 Kings 11:5 צִדֹנִ֑ים to of the Sidonians Noun - proper - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 3:9
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 8
Deuteronomy 1 Joshua 2 Judges 4 1 Kings 5 2 Kings 1 1 Chronicles 1 Ezra 1 Ezekiel 1
Source forms
הַצִּֽידֹנִ֨ים 1x haṣ·ṣî·ḏō·nîm 1 Chronicles 22:4
וְהַצִּ֣ידֹנִ֔י 1x wə·haṣ·ṣî·ḏō·nî Judges 3:3
וְצִידוֹנִ֤ים 1x wə·ṣî·ḏō·w·nîm Judges 10:12
כַּצִּדֹנִֽים׃ 1x kaṣ·ṣi·ḏō·nîm 1 Kings 5:6
לַצִּֽדֹנִים֙ 1x laṣ·ṣi·ḏō·nîm Ezra 3:7
לַצִּידֹנִ֖ים 1x laṣ·ṣî·ḏō·nîm Joshua 13:4
מִצִּ֣דֹנִ֔ים 1x miṣ·ṣi·ḏō·nîm Judges 18:7
צִֽדֹנִ֑י 1x ṣi·ḏō·nî Ezekiel 32:30
Parsing patterns
Noun - proper - masculine plural 7x Deuteronomy 3:9, Joshua 13:6, Judges 18:7, 1 Kings 11:5
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 2x Joshua 13:4, Ezra 3:7
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 1x 1 Chronicles 22:4
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural 1x Judges 10:12
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 1x Judges 3:3
Noun - proper - feminine plural 1x 1 Kings 11:1
Noun - proper - masculine singular 1x Ezekiel 32:30
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 1x 1 Kings 5:6
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon
Source Gloss
a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon BDB: Sidonians Usage: Sidonian, of Sidon, Zidonian.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
צִידֹנִי is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain