Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #6800 - צנַע tsana


Original Word:צנַע
Transliteration: tsana
Phonetic Spelling:(tsaw-nah')
Definition:to be modest or humble
Part of Speech:Verb
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

humbly, lowly

A primitive root; to humiliate -- humbly, lowly.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to be humble, be modest, be lowly
1a) (Qal) to show humility
2) (Hiphil) modest
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1939

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[צָנַע] verbbe modest, humble (perhaps properly be retired, Late Hebrew Hiph`il keep close, reserve, preserve, so ᵑ7אַצְנַע; צְנִיעַretiring, modest); —

Hiph`ilInfinitive absoluteהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶתMicah 6:8a making humble to walk=shewing a humble walk (with God).

[צָנוּעַ]

adjectivemodest (on formation compare BaBN § 31 d); — plural צְנוּעִיםProverbs 11:9 (see Toy; opposed to זָדוֺן).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6800. צָנַע (tsana) — 2 Occurrences

Proverbs 11:2
HEB:קָל֑וֹן וְֽאֶת־ צְנוּעִ֥ים חָכְמָֽה׃
KJV: shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.
INT: dishonor with the lowly is wisdom

Micah 6:8
HEB:וְאַ֣הֲבַת חֶ֔סֶד וְהַצְנֵ֥עַ לֶ֖כֶת עִם־
NAS: And to walk humbly with your God?
KJV: and to walk humbly with thy God?
INT: love kindness humbly walk with

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