צְחִיחַtsᵉchîyach
shining, glaring, surface (Ezekiel 24:7; Ezekiel 24:8; Ezekiel 26:4; Ezekiel 26:14; Nehemiah 4:7)
Pronunciation: tsekh-ee'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6706
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Nehemiah 4:13 So I placed armed guards behind the lowest parts of the wall in the exposed areas. I stationed the people to stand guard by families, armed with swords, spears, and bows.
- Ezekiel 24:7 For the blood of her murders is splashed on the rocks. It isn’t even spilled on the ground, where the dust could cover it!
- Ezekiel 24:8 So I will splash her blood on a rock for all to see, an expression of my anger and vengeance against her.
- Ezekiel 26:4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down its towers. I will scrape away its soil and make it a bare rock!
- Ezekiel 26:14 I will make your island a bare rock, a place for fishermen to spread their nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the Lord, have spoken. Yes, the Sovereign Lord has spoken!
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).