What does צִיץ (ṣiyṣ) mean in the Bible?
צִיץ (ṣiyṣ): Glistening brightness unites the semantic range: burnished metal plate, vibrant flower, and gleaming wing share visual radiance.
Hebrew · H6731
צִיץ
Properly, glistening , i.e. a burnished plate ; also a flower (as bright colored); a wing (as gleaming in the air)
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צִיץ H6731
Pronunciation ṣiyṣ
What does צִיץ (ṣiyṣ) mean in the Bible?
צִיץ (ṣiyṣ): Glistening brightness unites the semantic range: burnished metal plate, vibrant flower, and gleaming wing share visual radiance.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6731?
The BSB source-word alignment has 15 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include flowers (4), [and] the flowers (2), Like a flower (2), . . . (1), a plate (1).
Where does צִיץ (ṣiyṣ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 28:36. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Kings (4), Isaiah (4), Exodus (2), Jeremiah (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 flowers 4× 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 6:29, 1 Kings 6:32, 1 Kings 6:35
[and] the flowers 2× Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 40:8
Like a flower 2× Job 14:2, Psalms 103:15
. . . 1× Numbers 17:8
a plate 1× Exodus 28:36
flower 1× Isaiah 28:1
like the flowers 1× Isaiah 40:6
plate 1× Leviticus 8:9
salt 1× Jeremiah 48:9
the plate 1× Exodus 39:30
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 28:36 צִּ֖יץ to a plate Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 39:30 צִ֥יץ to the plate Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 8:9 צִ֤יץ to plate Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 17:8 צִ֔יץ to . . . Noun - masculine singular 1 Kings 6:18 צִצִּ֑ים to flowers Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 6:29 צִצִּ֑ים to flowers Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 6:32 צִצִּ֖ים to flowers Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 6:35 צִצִּ֑ים to flowers Noun - masculine plural Job 14:2 כְּצִ֣יץ to Like a flower Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 103:15 כְּצִ֥יץ to like a flower Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 28:36
Aligned rows 15
Books represented 8
Exodus 2 Leviticus 1 Numbers 1 1 Kings 4 Job 1 Psalms 1 Isaiah 4 Jeremiah 1
Source forms
צִצִּ֑ים 3x ṣiṣ·ṣîm 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 6:29, 1 Kings 6:35
כְּצִ֥יץ 2x kə·ṣîṣ Psalms 103:15, Isaiah 40:6
צִ֔יץ 2x ṣîṣ Numbers 17:8, Isaiah 40:7
וְצִ֥יץ 1x wə·ṣîṣ Isaiah 28:1
כְּצִ֣יץ 1x kə·ṣîṣ Job 14:2
צִ֥יץ 1x ṣîṣ Exodus 39:30
צִ֤יץ 1x ṣîṣ Leviticus 8:9
צִ֑יץ 1x ṣîṣ Isaiah 40:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine plural 4x 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 6:29, 1 Kings 6:32, 1 Kings 6:35
Noun - masculine singular 4x Numbers 17:8, Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 40:8, Jeremiah 48:9
Noun - masculine singular construct 3x Exodus 28:36, Exodus 39:30, Leviticus 8:9
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 2x Psalms 103:15, Isaiah 40:6
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 28:1
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular 1x Job 14:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Glistening brightness unites the semantic range: burnished metal plate, vibrant flower, and gleaming wing share visual radiance.
Source Gloss
properly, glistening , i.e. a burnished plate ; also a flower (as bright colored); a wing (as gleaming in the air)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Glistening brightness unites the semantic range: burnished metal plate, vibrant flower, and gleaming wing share visual radiance.
properly, glistening, i.e. a burnished plate; also a flower (as bright colored); a wing (as gleaming in the air) BDB: blossom Usage: blossom, flower, plate, wing.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
צִיץ is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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