צָפִירtsâphîyr
he-goat (Daniel 8:5; Daniel 8:21; Daniel 8:8; 2 Chronicles 29:21; Ezra 8:35)
Pronunciation: tsaw-feer' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6842
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 29:21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, and seven male lambs as a burnt offering, together with seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the Temple, and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, to sacrifice the animals on the altar of the Lord.
- Ezra 8:35 Then the exiles who had come out of captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel. They presented twelve bulls for all the people of Israel, as well as ninety-six rams and seventy-seven male lambs. They also offered twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was given as a burnt offering to the Lord.
- Daniel 8:5 While I was watching, suddenly a male goat appeared from the west, crossing the land so swiftly that he didn’t even touch the ground. This goat, which had one very large horn between its eyes,
- Daniel 8:8 The goat became very powerful. But at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off. In the large horn’s place grew four prominent horns pointing in the four directions of the earth.
- Daniel 8:21 The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire.
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).