צָבַרtsâbar
heap up
Pronunciation: tsaw-bar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6651
Meanings
Qal: heap up, in great quantity (Genesis 41:35; Psalms 39:7; Zechariah 9:3)
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 41:35 Have them gather all the food produced in the good years that are just ahead and bring it to Pharaoh’s storehouses. Store it away, and guard it so there will be food in the cities.
- Genesis 41:49 He piled up huge amounts of grain like sand on the seashore. Finally, he stopped keeping records because there was too much to measure.
- Exodus 8:14 The Egyptians piled them into great heaps, and a terrible stench filled the land.
- Job 27:16 “Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing.
- Psalms 39:6 We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.
- Habakkuk 1:10 They scoff at kings and princes and scorn all their fortresses. They simply pile ramps of earth against their walls and capture them!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).