H6809 צָעִיף (tsâʻîyph) tsaw-eef'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

shawl

Strong's Definition

a veil

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to wrap over;

KJV Usage: vail.

TWOT Reference: 1946a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) wrapper, shawl, veil

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צָעִיף (tsa.iph) — shawl. wrapper, shawl, veil

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צָעִיף (H6809)

noun m

Clothing

veil = a thin piece of cloth worn over the face, ◄ made of material sufficiently thin that the wearer would be able to see through it; ► to hide one's face from others, either to keep from being recognized or for modesty or reverence

GEN 24:65 · GEN 38:14 · GEN 38:19

Graham S. Ogden

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צָעִיף n.[m.] wrapper, shawl, or veil base

Bible Occurrences (3)

24:65 38:14 38:19

Genesis 24:65

and asked... the servant, Who is that man in the field coming to meet us? It is my master, the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

Genesis 38:14

she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

Genesis 38:19

Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil... and put on her widow’s garments again.