צִיצִתtsîytsith

tassel, lock (Numbers 15:38; Numbers 15:39; Ezekiel 8:3)

Pronunciation: tsee-tseeth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6734

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 15:38 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: Throughout the generations to come you must make tassels for the hems of your clothing and attach them with a blue cord.
  • Numbers 15:39 When you see the tassels, you will remember and obey all the commands of the Lord instead of following your own desires and defiling yourselves, as you are prone to do.
  • Ezekiel 8:3 He reached out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair. Then the Spirit lifted me up into the sky and transported me to Jerusalem in a vision from God. I was taken to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple, where there is a large idol that has made the Lord very jealous.
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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).