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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צָפִיר (tsa.phir) — male goat. he-goat Aramaic equivalent: tse.phir (צְפִיר "male goat" H6841)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Domestic Animals
he-goat = male domestic animal, generally black in color, found in both shorthaired and longhaired varieties, with horns, usually herded together with sheep; ◄ Capra hircus mambrica or Capra hircus angorensis; ► clean animal, source of milk, hides, hair, and horns, may be used for sacrifice; ≈ sometimes associated with demons, regarded as aggressive
2CH 29:21 · EZR 8:35 · DAN 8:5 · DAN 8:5 · DAN 8:8 · DAN 8:21
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צָפִיר n.m. he-goat (late) base