צָעַדtsâʻad
step, march
Pronunciation: tsaw-ad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6805
Meanings
Qal: step, march, of ׳ י Judg 5:4; Ps 68:8 (with ב location), Hab 3:12 (with accusativeאֶרֶץ); read probably also צֹעֵד Hab 63:1 (for ᵑ0 צֹעֶה, see צעה); of men, with accusative of cognate meaning with verb צְעָדִים 2Sam 6:13 they had gone six steps; with accusative דֶּרֶךְ step a certain way Prov 7:8 of idols, לֹא יִצְעָ֑דוּ Jer 10:5. — בָּנוֺת צָֽעֲדָה עֲלישֿׁוּר Gen 49:22 is dubious: usually (its) daughters (twigs of bough) have climbed over the wall (on singular verb see Ges«GKC:145k»§ 145k; others think הָ֯, old feminine plural ending, e.g. NöZMG xxxiii (1884), 411 JPPetersHebraica iii (1887), 111; v (1888), 199; conjectured emendation of text see in BallHpt Holz). (Genesis 49:22; 2 Samuel 6:13; Proverbs 7:8)
Hiph`il: and it, makes him march (Job 18:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:22 “Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey, the foal of a wild donkey at a spring— one of the wild donkeys on the ridge.
- Judges 5:4 “Lord, when you set out from Seir and marched across the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the cloudy skies poured down rain.
- 2 Samuel 6:13 After the men who were carrying the Ark of the Lord had gone six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.
- Job 18:14 They are torn from the security of their homes and are brought down to the king of terrors.
- Psalms 68:7 O God, when you led your people out from Egypt, when you marched through the dry wasteland, Interlude
- Proverbs 7:8 He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman, strolling down the path by her house.
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).