Male goat
צְפִירStrong’s H6842tsephir (tse-phir)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsephir is the Hebrew word usually translated “he-goat”, “he-goats of” and “he-goat of”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.”
Meaning
- He-goat
How it's translated
- and the he-goat 2
- and he-goats of 1
- he-goats of 1
- he-goat of 1
- and he-goat of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 3
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Ezra 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 8:8In contextTherefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
- Daniel 8:21In contextAnd the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
- 2 Chronicles 29:21And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
- Ezra 8:35Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
צְפִיר tsephir · male goat
he-goat Aramaic of tsa.phir (צָפִיר "male goat" H6842)
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.