Quick Definition
to take provision
Strong's Definition
to make an errand, i.e. betake oneself
Derivation: a denominative from H6735 (צִיר) in the sense of ambassador;
KJV Usage: make as if...had been ambassador.
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צָיַר (tsa.yar) — to take provision. 1) (BDB) (Hithpael) to supply oneself with provisions, take as one's provision 2) (CLBL) to act as envoy
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · צִיר
Messengers | verb hit
to pretend to be an envoy meaning unsure; possibly: = action by which humans pretend to represent a person in authority and deliver his messages
1 JOS 9:4 MT HOTTP-C NIV "went as a delegation" NJPS "set out in disguise" REB "disguising themselves" CEV "pretend to be messengers" | LXX "ἐπεσιτίσαντο" VUL "tulerunt sibi cibaria" RSV ESV "made ready provisions" NRSV "prepared provisions" NJB "provided themselves with supplies" = ציד
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[צִיד] vb. denom. Hithp. supply oneself with provisions, take as one's provision base