H6842 - צָפִיר (tsâphîyr)

H6842 צָפִיר (tsâphîyr) tsaw-feer'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

male goat

Strong's Definition

a male goat (as prancing)

Derivation: from H6852 (צָפַר);

KJV Usage: (he) goat.

TWOT Reference: 1962a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) he-goat

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G5131

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

he-goat Aramaic equivalent: tse.phir (צְפִיר "male goat" H6841)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צָפִיר tsâphý̂yr BDB Definition: 1) he-goat Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6852 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1962a Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (5)

29:21

8:35

8:5 8:8 8:21

2 Chronicles 29:21

They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats... as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And [the king] commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

Ezra 8:35

Then the exiles... who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12... bulls for all Israel, 96... rams, 77... lambs, and a sin offering of 12... male goats. All [this was] a burnt offering to the LORD.

Daniel 8:5

As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes... came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.

Daniel 8:8

Thus the goat... became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

Daniel 8:21

The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.