H6651 צָבַר (tsâbar) tsaw-bar'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to heap

Strong's Definition

to aggregate

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: gather (together), heap (up), lay up.

TWOT Reference: 1874

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Qal) to heap up, pile up

1a) of grain, dust, silver

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G906 G2343 G4863

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צָבַר (tsa.var) — to heap. 1) (Qal) to heap up, pile up 1a) of grain, dust, silver

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צבר (H6651)

verb · צִבֻּר

Gather | verb qal

to heap up, to pile up, to store up = causative action by which humans pile up large quantities of objects in one place

GEN 41:35 · GEN 41:49 · EXO 8:10 · JOB 27:16 · PSA 39:7 · HAB 1:10 · ZEC 9:3

Graham S. Ogden

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[צָבַר] vb. heap up base

Bible Occurrences (7)

41:35 41:49

8:14

27:16

39:6

1:10

9:3

Genesis 41:35

Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.

Genesis 41:49

So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance...,... like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

Exodus 8:14

They were piled... into countless heaps..., and there was a terrible stench in the land.

Job 27:16

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Habakkuk 1:10

They scoff at kings and {make} rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

Zechariah 9:3

Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.