To march
צָעָהStrong’s H6808tsaah (tsa-ah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsaah is the Hebrew word usually translated “stoops”, “stooping” and “lying down”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.”
Meaning
- To stoop, bend, incline(Qal) · (Piel) to tip over
How it's translated
- stoops 1
- stooping 1
- lying down 1
- tip 1
- and they will tip it 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- Jeremiah 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- Jeremiah 2:20For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
- Jeremiah 48:12Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
Hebrew dictionary
צָעָה tsaah · to march
1) to stoop, bend, incline 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stoop, bend 1a2) to incline, tip 1b) (Piel) to tip over
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]
- To move by steps and in order, as soldiers; to move in a military manner.
- 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.
- To cause to move in order or regular procession.
M'ARCH, noun
- The walk or movement of soldiers in order, whether infantry or cavalry.
- A grave, deliberate or solemn walk.
- A slow or laborious march
- A signal to move; a particular beat of the drum.
- 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.