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To march

צָעַדStrong’s H6805

tsaad (tsa-ad)

Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Tsaad is the Hebrew word usually translated “when marching you”, “climb” and “had stepped”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

“Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:”
Genesis 49:22 KJV
Meaning
  1. To step, march, stride(Qal) to step, march · (Hiphil) to cause to march
How it's translated
  • when marching you 2
  • she will climb 1
  • they had stepped 1
  • and it makes march him 1
  • he strode 1
  • they walk 1
  • you march 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1
  • Judges 1
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • Job 1
  • Psalms 1
  • Proverbs 1

8 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

צָעַד tsaad · to march

1) to step, march, stride 1a) (Qal) to step, march 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to march

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “march” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

M'ARCH, noun

[Latin Mars, the god of war.]

    All definitions and other forms of “march”

      M'ARCH, verb intransitive

      To border on; to be contiguous to.

        M'ARCH, verb intransitive

        [Latin marceo]

        1. To move by steps and in order, as soldiers; to move in a military manner.
        2. To walk in a grave, deliberate or stately manner.

        M'ARCH, verb transitive

        To cause to move, as an army. Buonaparte marched an immense army to Moscow, but he did not march them back to France.

        1. To cause to move in order or regular procession.

        M'ARCH, noun

        1. The walk or movement of soldiers in order, whether infantry or cavalry.
        2. A grave, deliberate or solemn walk.
        3. A slow or laborious march
        4. A signal to move; a particular beat of the drum.
        5. Movement; progression; advance, as the march of reason; the march of mind.

        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.