צָעַרtsâʻar
be, or grow, insignificant
Pronunciation: tsaw-ar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6819
Same root
- זְעֵירzᵉʻêyr · H2191small
- מִצְעָרmitsʻâr · H4705petty (in size or number); adverbially, a short (time)
- צוּעָרTsûwʻâr · H6686Tsuar, an Israelite
- צִיעֹרTsîyʻôr · H6730Tsior, a place in Palestine
- צָעִירtsâʻîyr · H6810little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
- צֹעַרTsôʻar · H6820Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Job 14:21 They never know if their children grow up in honor or sink to insignificance.
- Jeremiah 30:19 There will be joy and songs of thanksgiving, and I will multiply my people, not diminish them; I will honor them, not despise them.
- Zechariah 13:7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.
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).