Strong's Definition
to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey)
Derivation: a primitive root; also denominative from H6718 (צַיִד)
KJV Usage: chase, hunt, sore, take (provision).
TWOT Reference: 1885
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צוּד (tsud) — to hunt. 1) to hunt 1a) (Qal) to hunt 1b) (Poel) to hunt, hunt eagerly or keenly
צוּד (tsud) — to provision. (Hithpael) take provision Another spelling of tsa.yar (צָיַר "to take provision" H6737)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מָצֹוד · צַיִד · צַיָּד
Control | verb qal
to hunt = causative action by which humans or animals make an effort to capture or kill (other) animals, sometimes with the help of devices such as weapons and traps; ► usually with the intention of killing and eating them; ≈ implies using stealth to locate and pursue the quarry, often used metaphorically to refer acts of aggression towards people or events to get other people in one's power
GEN 27:3 · GEN 27:5 · GEN 27:33 · LEV 17:13 · JOB 10:16 · JOB 38:39 · PSA 140:12 · PRO 6:26 · JER 16:16 · LAM 3:52 · LAM 3:52 · EZK 13:18 · EZK 13:18 · EZK 13:20 · EZK 13:20 · MIC 7:2
verb · צַיִד · צֵידָה
1 JOS 9:4 LXX "ἐπεσιτίσαντο" VUL "tulerunt sibi cibaria" RSV ESV "made ready provisions" NRSV "prepared provisions" NJB "provided themselves with supplies" | MT HOTTP-C NIV "went as a delegation" NJPS "set out in disguise" REB "disguising themselves" CEV "pretend to be messengers" = ציר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צוּד vb. hunt Qal hunt
Pō‛l. hunt (keenly, eagerly?)
base
[צִיד] vb. denom. Hithp. supply oneself with provisions, take as one's provision base