צְרוֹרtsᵉrôwr
a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package)
Pronunciation: tser-ore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6872
Meanings
צְרוֺר: bundle, parcel, pouch, bag, bundle or pouch, (properly a binding, i.e. something bound up) (Haggai 1:6; Amos 9:9; Genesis 42:35; Proverbs 7:20; Song of Solomon 1:13)
צְרוֺר: pebble (2 Samuel 17:13; Amos 9:9)
צְרוֺר: proper name, masculine: grandfather of Kish (1 Samuel 9:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 42:35 As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man’s sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money.
- 1 Samuel 9:1 There was a wealthy, influential man named Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. He was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, of the tribe of Benjamin.
- 1 Samuel 25:29 “Even when you are chased by those who seek to kill you, your life is safe in the care of the Lord your God, secure in his treasure pouch! But the lives of your enemies will disappear like stones shot from a sling!
- 2 Samuel 17:13 And if David were to escape into some town, you will have all Israel there at your command. Then we can take ropes and drag the walls of the town into the nearest valley until every stone is torn down.”
- Job 14:17 My sins would be sealed in a pouch, and you would cover my guilt.
- Proverbs 7:20 He has taken a wallet full of money with him and won’t return until later this month.”
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).