Flower
צִיץStrong’s H6731tsits
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsits is the Hebrew word usually translated “flowers”, “plate of” and “like flower of”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.”
Meaning
- Flower, bloomshining thing (of gold plate on high priest's mitre) (metaph.)
- Feather, wingmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
- flowers 4
- plate of 2
- like flower of 2
- a flower 2
- a plate of 1
- blossom 1
- like a flower 1
- and a flower 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 4
- Isaiah 4
- Exodus 2
- Leviticus 1
- Numbers 1
- Job 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 39:30And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
- Leviticus 8:9And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Numbers 17:8And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
- 1 Kings 6:18And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
- 1 Kings 6:29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
- 1 Kings 6:32The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
Hebrew dictionary
צִיץ tsits · flower
1) flower, bloom 1a) flower, bloom 1b) shining thing (of gold plate on high priest's mitre) (metaph.) Also means: tsi.tsah (צִיצָה "flower" H6733)
צִיץ tsits · feather
1) feather, wing 1a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “flower” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLOW'ER, noun
[Latin flos, floris, a flower; floreo, to blossom. See Flourish.]
- In botany, that part of a plant which contains the organs of fructification, with their coverings.
- In vulgar acceptation, a blossom or flower is the flower bud of a plant, when the petals are expanded; open petals being considered as the principal thing in constituting a flower But in botany, the petals are now considered as a finer sort of covering, and not at all necessary to constitute a flower
- The early part of life, or rather of manhood; the prime; youthful vigor; youth; as the flower of age or of life.
- The best or finest part of a thing; the most valuable part.
All definitions and other forms of “flower”
- The finest part; the essence.
- He or that which is most distinguished for any thing valuable.
- The finest part of grain pulverized.
- Flowers, in chimistry, fine particles of bodies, especially when raised by fire in sublimation, and adhering to the heads of vessels in the form of a powder or mealy substance; as the flowers of sulphur.
- In rhetoric, figures and ornaments of discourse or composition.
- Menstrual discharges.
FLOW'ER, verb intransitive
[from the noun. The corresponding word in Latin is floreo.]
- To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant.
- To be in the prime and spring of life; to flourish; to be youthful, fresh and vigorous.
- To froth; to ferment gently; to mantle, as new beer.
- To come as cream from the surface.
FLOW'ER, verb transitive
To embellish with figures of flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers.
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.