H6728 צִיִּי (tsîyîy) tsee-ee'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

wild beast

Strong's Definition

a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast

Derivation: from the same as H6723 (צִיָּה);

KJV Usage: wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.

TWOT Reference: 1908

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) a wild beast, desert-dweller, crier, yelper

1a) a specific wild beast but not certainly identified

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G1140 G2342

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צִי (tsiy.yi) — wild beast. 1) a wild beast, desert-dweller, crier, yelper 1a) a specific wild beast but not certainly identified

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צִי (H6716 · H6728)

noun m

Ships

ship = boat of a relatively large size; ► able to sail the sea and ocean

NUM 24:24 · ISA 33:21 · EZK 30:9 · DAN 11:30

Animals

wild animals = animal or animal-like creature, usually found in desert areas, ► that are hostile to humans; ≈ possibly associated with demons

PSA 72:9 · PSA 74:14 · ISA 13:21 · ISA 23:13 · ISA 34:14 · JER 50:39

Groups

desert-dwellers = group of people that dwells in the desert; ≈ regarded as a potential enemy

PSA 72:9

¹ ISA 34:14 here used in association with demonic lilit | LXX renders as daimonia

Graham S. Ogden

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[צִי] n.m. a wild beast, prop. either desert-dweller, or crier, yelper base

Bible Occurrences (6)

72:9 74:14

13:21 23:13 34:14

50:39

Isaiah 13:21

But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about....

Isaiah 23:13

Look at the land of the Chaldeans a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.

Isaiah 34:14

The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.

Jeremiah 50:39

So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never...... again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.