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# צַעַד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6806

**step** — used 14 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

step [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6806/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צַ֫עַד: n.m. step, pace [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6806/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.2 S 6:13 step, pace;—abs. צָ֑עַד Pr 30:29; sf. צַעֲדוֹ Je 10:3; Pr 16:9, etc.; pl. cstr. צַעֲדֵי Jb 18:7; sf. צְעָדַי Jb 31:4, etc.;— lit. step, pace, 2 S 6:13, תַּרְחִיב צַעֲדִי תַּחְתֵּנִי 2 S 22:37 = ψ 18:37, i.e. givest me firm footing, מֵיטִיבֵי צ׳ Pr 30:29 = making a good step, stately in march; La 4:18 (‖ לָ֑כֶת). step, steps, in fig. of course of life, fortune: sg. לֹא יֵצַר צ׳ Pr 4:12; ‖ דֶּרֶךְ Je 10:23; Pr 16:9; pl. Jb 14:16; 31:4; 34:21, צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ 18:7 (cf. Pr 4:12 supr.); מִסְפַּר־צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ 31:37; of harlot Pr 5:5 fig., שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹ֑כוּ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: steps (6); step\[s\] (4); my steps (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 5:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.5/#tree)

רַ֭גְלֶיהָ יֹרְד֣וֹת מָ֑וֶת שְׁ֝א֗וֹל צְעָדֶ֥יהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃

*Word for word:* feet her \[are\].going.down death Sheol steps her they.will.attain

*JPS 1917:* Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world;

[Proverbs 30:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.29/#tree)

שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה הֵ֭מָּה מֵיטִ֣יבֵי צָ֑עַד וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה מֵיטִ֥בֵי לָֽכֶת׃

*Word for word:* three.\[things\] they \[are\].doing.well of.step and four.\[things\] \[are\].doing.well (of).to.walk

*JPS 1917:* There are three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going:

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6806.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6806/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).