Quick Definition
dryness
Strong's Definition
aridity; concretely, a desert
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to parch;
KJV Usage: barren, drought, dry (land, place), solitary place, wilderness.
TWOT Reference: 1909a
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
צִיָּה (tsiy.yah) — dryness. dryness, drought, desert
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · צָיֹון
Dry | ≈ חֹם
drought = state in which there is a lack of water or rainfall, ► resulting in lack of vegetation and other desert-like conditions
Landscapes | ≈ מִדְבָּר · עָיֵף · עֲרָבָה · עַלְמָוֶת · שׁוּחָה · שַׁמָּה · שְׁמָמָה
Collocation: (אֶרֶץ) צִיָּה
dry land, desert = land in which there is a lack of water or rainfall, ► resulting in lack of vegetation and other desert-like conditions; ≈ associated with thirst and hardship
JOB 30:3 · PSA 63:2 · PSA 78:17 · PSA 105:41 · PSA 107:35 · ISA 35:1 · ISA 41:18 · ISA 53:2 · JER 2:6 · JER 50:12 · JER 51:43 · EZK 19:13 · HOS 2:5 · JOL 2:20 · ZEP 2:13
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צִיָּה n.f. dryness, drought base