צִיץ
flower
‘flower’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H6731 appears in the Book of Numbers — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Numbers
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
ציץ (tsîyts) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “flower.” Scripture first uses it in Exodus 28:36. It turns up in 15 verses across 8 books, an uncommon footprint. It concentrates in 1 Kings, which alone accounts for 27% of its uses. Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6731 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 15
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 15 distinct verses.
- 8 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 8 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,836
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,836 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 15 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 15 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 9 verses · 60%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 4 verses · 27%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 2 verses · 13%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Flower 4×, Flowers 4×, Plate 3×
- American Standard Version†: Flower 4×, Flowers 4×, Plate 3×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Flowers 6×, Plate 3×, Like a flower 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Flower 4×, Flowers 4×, Rosette of 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6731 across 15† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6731 across 15† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6731 across 14† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6731 across 16† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 8 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
ציץ I
- 1. blossom.
- 2. shine, sparkle (perhaps orig. meaning of √, but connex. of 1, 2. dub.) (NH id. Hiph., fig. senses, צִיץ n. = BH);—
Qal
- Pf.
- 1. 3 ms. צָץ הַמַּטֶּה Ez 7:10 (fig.; ‖ פָּרַח הַזָּדוֹן); Impf. 3 ms. יָצִיץ ψ 90:6 (of grass, חָצִיר), 103:15 (man under fig. of flower), fig. יָצִיץ וּפָרַח יִשׂ׳ Is 27:6; 3 mpl. יָצִיצוּ ψ 72:16, וַיָּצִיצוּ 92:8 (‖ פָּרַח; both fig. of men =) flourish. e.g. Ezekiel 7:10
- 2. shine, gleam: of crown (נֵזֶר) ψ 132:18. e.g. Psalms 132:18
Hiphil
- Impf. 3 ms. וַיָּצֵץ צִיץ Nu 17:23 it put forth blossoms (of rod;—ֵ perhaps from ‖ וַיֹּצֵא פֶרַח). e.g. Numbers 17:23
ציץ II
- 1. blossom, flower, Nu 17:23 (P; of Aaron’s rod); (fig. of man Is 40:7, 8 (both נָבֵל צ׳; ‖ חָצִיר), cf. sim. צִיץ הַשָּׂדֶה v 6 (‖ id.), ψ 103:15, and צ׳ alone Jb 14:2; צ׳ נֹבֵל Is 28:1 (fig. of Samaria), so prob. also v 4 (for MT צִיצַת נ׳; so Marti); פְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים, as ornaments of temple 1 K 6:18, 29, 32, 35. e.g. Numbers 17:23
- 2. shining thing, plate of gold, constituting the diadem on front of high priest’s mitre, Lv 8:9; Ex 28:36; 39:30 (all P).—ii, iii. צִיץ, v. p. 851 infr. e.g. Leviticus 8:9
ציץ III [m.] meaning dubious
ציץ IV loc. in מַעֲלֵה הַצּ׳ 2 Ch 20
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. Is 28:1 1. blossom, flower. 2. shining thing;—צ׳ abs. Is 40:7 +, cstr. v 6 +; pl. צִצִּים 1 K 6:18 + 3 times 6 (on form v Köii. 1, 60);—
III. n.[m.] meaning dubious; only in תְּנוּ־צִיץ לְמוֹאָב Je 48:9 usually (after AW Ra Ki al.) wings (coll.) (cf. Aramaic צִיץ wing, fin, Thes Gf al.);* cf. PerlesAnal. 46, who reads נוֹצִיץ (wing-) feathers (as in Aramaic); 𝔊 σημεια, whence Gie sing-post, reading צִיּוּן,—or נֵס,—(indicating flight).
IV. n.pr.loc. in מַעֲלֵה הַצּ׳ 2 Ch 20:16; ה perhaps radical, cf. Wady Ḥaṣâṣâ, and plateau Ḥaṣâṣâ, N. of Engedi, BuhlGeogr. 97; 𝔊 Ασαε, 𝔊L τῆς ἐξοχῆς Ασισα.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from צוץ (tsûwts) (H6692) — to blossom.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
צָוַץ
- (apocop. of צוצו = צפצף); Pi. צִיוֵּץ, צִיוֵּוץ, Pilp. צִוְצֵי to chirp. Koh. R. to I, 1 צפור מְצַוֵּיץ ויורע על מה מצויץ when a bird chirped, he (Solomon) knew what it chirped for; Cant. R. to I, 1 מְצַוְצֵי (Yalk. Kings 175 מצפצף). Lev. R. s. 6 (expl. המצפצפים, Is. VIII, 19) המְצַוְּוצִין or המְצַיְּיצִין (not המציינין); Yalk. Is. 281 דמצייצ׳ (read המ׳). Gen. R. s. 65 אם מצאתם … מְצַיְּצִין בקולם וכ׳ Ar. (ed. a. Var. Ar. מצפצפין) if you find there school children chirping with their voices, you cannot attack them (the Jews). Ib. בזמן שקולו של יעקב מצוי וכ׳ (read: מְצַוֵּיץ; Ar. s. v. מצוי: מצויין, cler. error for מְצַוֵּיץ; Var. מצפצף) when the voice of Jacob chirps in the synagogues, the hands are not Esau’s hands (they have no power over Jacob). Tosef. Sabb. VI (VII), 15 המְצַיֶּצֶת לאורז (not לאוזן, v. ed. Zuck. note), v. צָוַוח. e.g. Isaiah 8:19
צְוַץ
- Pa. צַיֵּיץ, צַיֵּיץ, (Palp. צַיְצֵי) same. Pesik. Dibré, p. 110ᵇ (expl. צהלי, Is. X, 30) צַיְּיצִי בקלך Ar. (ed. Koh. צַיְּצִי; ed. שישי קולך); Yalk. Is. 284 ציצי קולך chirp with thy voice (let thy voice chirp, in studying the Law); v. לַבְלֵב. Nidd. 42ᵇ שמעית ולד דצַוֵּיץ וכ׳ (Ar. דצייץ) I heard the infant squeak at sunset-time, but it was not born &c. Koh. R. to XII, 4 כד שמע … מְצַוְצְיָין וכ׳ (some ed. מצוייצן, corr. acc.) when he hears the birds chirp, he thinks robbers are coming &c.; Yalk. ib. 979 מְצַיְּיצִין. Lev. R. s. 16 ציפוריא מציצין Ar. (Var., a. ed. קולנין). [Yalk. Is. 281, v. preced.].—Trnsf. (of the singing of boiling water) to boil. B. Mets. 29ᵇ אלא דלא צַיֵּיץ only when the water has not been steaming (Ar. מְצַוְּיָין Ms. F. צַוְיַת; Ms. R. 2 מְצַוְּיַת, v. צְוֵי I); Ḥull. 84ᵇ צַיֵּיץ Ar. (ed. צַיֵּץ). e.g. Isaiah 10:30
צָיַץ
- , v. צָוַץ, צְוַץ.
צִיץ I
- to come forth; to glisten, bloom, v. צוּץ.
צִיץ
- 1. to stand forth, shine, bloom. Targ. Koh. XII, 5 ותֵצִיץ Var. (for ותפיץ, v. פְּצַץ; h. text וינאץ). Targ. Ps. CXXIX, 6 (Ms. יניץ; h. text שלף).—
- *2. to look for, search. Targ. Prov. II, 4 ed. Lag. (v. בְּצָא).
צִיץ II
- preced.)
- 1. something glistening, foil. Tanḥ. Vayetsé 12 (describing the Teraphim) מביאין … וכותבין על צ׳ זהב וכ׳ they get a firstborn man and slaughter him …, and write the name of a spirit of uncleanness on a golden plate, and put the plate under his tongue with sorcerous ceremonies &c.—Esp. the highpriest’s front plate. Succ. 5ᵃ צ׳ דומה כמין טס וכ׳ the front plate was something like a gold foil &c.; Sabb. 63ᵇ. Zeb. 88ᵇ צ׳ … עזות פנים the plate procures forgiveness for sins committed by effrontery. Gen. R. s. 71 בזה צ׳ ובזה צ׳ in this (the tribe of Levi) is the sheen (of the high priest’s frontlet), and in that (the tribe of Judah) is the splendor (of the crown, Ps. CXXXII, 18); a. fr.—[Pl. צִיצִין. Tosef. Sot. III, 4 ed. Zuck. בצ׳ with fineries, v. צִלְצוּל.] e.g. Psalms 132:18
- 2. blossom. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to Is. XL, 8) יבש … ונבל צִיצוֹ the flower of Abimelech was dried up, and his blossom faded (his procreative faculty was lost); Yalk. Is. 309.—Pl. צִיצִים, צִיצִין. Sabb. 145ᵇ (ref. to Is. XXVII, 6) אלו … עושין צ׳ וכ׳ this refers to the scholars in Babylonia who create blossoms and flowers for the Torah (revive learning); a. e. e.g. Isaiah 40:8
- 3. filament, thread, thread-like shred, fringe. Ib. 131ᵃ Ms. M., v. צוּץ.—Pl. as ab. Ib. 94ᵇ; Tosef. ib. IX (X), 12 צפורן … וצ׳ וכ׳ a nail, and shreds (of skin) the largest portions of which are severed from the body. Sabb. XIX, 6 צ׳ המעכבין וכ׳ shreds of the corona which make the circumcision invalid. Y. ib. XIX, 17ᵃ; a. fr.—Tosef. Ab. Zar. V (VI), 2 (describing a scarab or dragon used as an emblem of idolatry, v. דְּרָקוֹן) כל שהצ׳ יוצאין מצוארו from whose neck fringes come forth; Y. ib. III, 42ᵈ top; Bab. ib. 43ᵃ
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 11 distinct written forms H6731 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| צִצִּ֑ים | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Kings 6:18 | 3 |
| כְּ/צִ֥יץ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Isaiah 40:6 | 2 |
| צִ֔יץ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Isaiah 40:7 | 2 |
| וְ/צִ֥יץ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Isaiah 28:1 | 1 |
| כְּ/צִ֣יץ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Job 14:2 | 1 |
| צִ֑יץ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Isaiah 40:8 | 1 |
| צִ֣יץ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Jeremiah 48:9 | 1 |
| צִ֤יץ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Leviticus 8:9 | 1 |
| צִ֥יץ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Exodus 39:30 | 1 |
| צִצִּ֖ים | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Kings 6:32 | 1 |
| צִּ֖יץ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Exodus 28:36 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6731, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 13 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 15 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Exodus 28:36
- Leviticus 8:9
- Numbers 17:8
- 1 Kings 6:29
- Job 14:2
- Psalms 103:15
- Isaiah 28:1
- Jeremiah 48:9
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
