H6776 צֶמֶד (tsemed) tseh'-med

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

pair

Strong's Definition

tsemed tseh'-med A yoke or team (that is, pair); hence an acre (that is, day s task for a yoke of cattle to plough): - acre, couple, X together, two [asses], yoke (of oxen). LXX related word(s) G1016 bous G1091 georgion G2201 zeugos

Derivation: a yoke or team (i.e. pair);

KJV Usage: acre, couple, [idiom] together, two (donkeys), yoke (of oxen).

TWOT Reference: 1927a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) couple, pair, team, yoke

1a) couple, pair, span (usually of animals)

1b) acre

1b1) the amount of land a span of oxen could plow in one day

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1016 G1091 G2201

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צֶ֫מֶד (tse.med) — pair. 1) couple, pair, team, yoke 1a) couple, pair, span (usually of animals) 1b) acre 1b1) the amount of land a span of oxen could plow in one day

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צֶמֶד (H6776)

noun m · צמד

Bind | Quantity

pair, yoke = a pair of animals, ◄ such as donkeys or oxen, ► tied or yoked together for a common task, plowing or transportation of goods

JDG 19:3 · JDG 19:10 · 1SA 11:7 · 2SA 16:1 · 1KI 19:19 · 1KI 19:21 · 2KI 5:17 · JOB 1:3 · JOB 42:12 · JER 51:23

Associate

side by side = action by which two humans travel together next to each other, ◄ as if paired with a yoke

2KI 9:25 · ISA 21:7 · ISA 21:9

Dimension

acre = rectangular measure of land, as large as one yoke of oxen can plough in one day, perhaps about one acre

1SA 14:14 · ISA 5:10

Graham S. Ogden

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צֶ֫מֶד n.m. couple, pair couple, pair, usu. of animals

a measure of land (only square measure in OT) like acre; orig. appar. what a span can plough

base

Bible Occurrences (15)

19:3 19:10

11:7 14:14

16:1

19:19 19:21

5:17 9:25

1:3 42:12

5:10 21:7 21:9

51:23

Judges 19:3

her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant... and a pair of donkeys. So [the girl] brought him into her father’s house, and when [her] father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

Judges 19:10

But the man was unwilling... to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived... opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine -.

1 Samuel 11:7

He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent [them] by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul... and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.

1 Samuel 14:14

In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer... struck down about twenty men in about half an acre... of land.

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.

1 Kings 19:19

So Elijah departed... and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve... teams [of oxen], and he was with the twelfth [team].... Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.

1 Kings 19:21

So [Elisha] turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment [for fuel], he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow... and serve Elijah.

2 Kings 5:17

If you will not, said Naaman, please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.