To provision
צוּדStrong’s H6737tsud
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Tsud is the Hebrew word usually translated “acted as ambassadors”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;”
Meaning
- (Hithpael) take provision
How it's translated
- and they acted as ambassadors 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
צוּד tsud · to provision
(Hithpael) take provision Another spelling of tsa.yar (צָיַר "to take provision" H6737)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “provision” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROVI'SION, noun
s as z. [Latin provisio, provideo. See Provide.]
- The act of providing or making previous preparation.
- Things provided; preparation; measures taken beforehand, either for security, defense or attack, or for the supply of wants.
- Stores provided; stock; as provision of victuals; provision of materials.
- Victuals; food; provender; all manner of eatables for man and beast; as provisions for the table or for the family; provisions for an army.
All definitions and other forms of “provision”
- Previous stipulation; terms or agreement made, or measures taken for a future exigency.
PROVI'SION, verb transitive
To supply with victuals or food. The ship was provisioned for a voyage of six months. The garrison was well provisioned.
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.