Bare
צְחִיחַStrong’s H6706tsechiach (tse-chi-ach)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsechiach is the Hebrew word usually translated “bareness of”, “into bareness of” and “open places”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.”
Meaning
- Shining or glaring surface, glow
How it's translated
- bareness of 2
- into bareness of 2
- in the open places 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- Nehemiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezekiel 24:7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
- Ezekiel 24:8That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
- Ezekiel 26:4And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
- Ezekiel 26:14And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
Hebrew dictionary
צְחִיחַ tsechiach · bare
shining or glaring surface, glow Also means: tse.chi.chi (צְחִיחִי "higher" H6708)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bare” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BARE, adjective
[This word is from opening, separating, stripping.]
- Naked, without covering; as, the arm is bare; the trees are bare
- With the head uncovered, from respect.
- Plain; simple; unadorned; without the polish of refined manners.
- Laid open to view; detected; no longer concealed.
All definitions and other forms of “bare”
- Poor; destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished.
- Alone; unaccompanied.
- Thread-bare; much worn.
- Wanting clothes; or ill supplied with garments.
BARE, verb transitive
[See bare adj.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.