H6717 צִיבָא (Tsîybâʼ) tsee-baw'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Ziba

Biblical Persons & Places

Ziba David's compatriot living at the time of United Monarchy

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.9.2; only referred to as Ziba (צִיבָא).

Strong's Definition

Tsiba, an Israelite

Derivation: from the same as H6678 (צוֹבָא); station;

KJV Usage: Ziba.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ziba = "statue"

1) a servant of Saul whom David made steward of Jonathan's son Mephibosheth

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צִיבָא (tsi.va) — Ziba. A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.9.2 § Ziba = "statue" a servant of Saul whom David made steward of Jonathan's son Mephibosheth

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צִיבָא (H6717)

name

Names of People

Ziba = man; ► servant of king Saul; assists David after Saul's death

2SA 9:2 · 2SA 9:2 · 2SA 9:3 · 2SA 9:4 · 2SA 9:9 · 2SA 9:10 · 2SA 9:11 · 2SA 9:12 · 2SA 16:1 · 2SA 16:2 · 2SA 16:2 · 2SA 16:3 · 2SA 16:4 · 2SA 16:4 · 2SA 19:18 · 2SA 19:30

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צִיבָא and צִבָא 16 n.pr.m. servant of Saul’s house base

Bible Occurrences (13)

9:2 9:3 9:4 9:9 9:10 9:11 9:12 16:1 16:2 16:3 16:4 19:17 19:29

2 Samuel 9:2

And there was a servant of the house of Saul named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired..., Are you Ziba? I am your servant, he replied.

2 Samuel 9:3

So the king... asked, Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God? Ziba answered -, There is still Jonathan’s son, [who is] lame in both feet.

2 Samuel 9:4

Where is he? replied the king -. And Ziba... said -, Indeed, he [is] in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.

2 Samuel 9:9

Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said... to him, I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

2 Samuel 9:10

You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in [the harvest], so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always... to eat at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen... sons and twenty servants.

2 Samuel 9:11

And Ziba said to the king, Your servant... will do... all that my lord the king has commanded. So Mephibosheth ate at [David’s] table like one of the king’s [own] sons.

2 Samuel 9:12

And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba [were] servants of Mephibosheth.

2 Samuel 16:1

When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred [loaves] of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.