צַעַדtsaʻad

step, pace

Pronunciation: tsah'-ad · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6806

Meanings

1. step, pace (2 Samuel 6:13; 2 Samuel 22:37; Psalms 18:37)

2. step, steps, in figure of course of life, fortune (Proverbs 4:12; Jeremiah 10:23; Proverbs 16:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

  • 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.
  • 2 Samuel 22:37 You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.
  • Job 14:16 For then you would guard my steps, instead of watching for my sins.
  • Job 18:7 The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.
  • Job 31:4 Doesn’t he see everything I do and every step I take?
  • Job 31:37 For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince.
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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).