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Ziba

צִיבָאStrong’s H6717

tsiva (tsi-va)

Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Tsiva is the Hebrew word usually translated “ziba”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.

“And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.”
2 Samuel 9:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.9.2
How it's translated
  • ziba 12
  • and ziba 2
  • and to ziba 1
  • to ziba 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Samuel 13

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Hebrew dictionary

צִיבָא tsiva · Ziba

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.9.2 § Ziba = "statue" a servant of Saul whom David made steward of Jonathan's son Mephibosheth

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.