Tsîyâh — H6723

H6723 · Hebrew — ציה

Pronunciation: tsee-yaw'

Definition

feminine noun

aridity; concretely, a desert

  1. dryness, drought, desert

Usually translated as

dry, drought, wilderness, barren, solitary place

Origin

from an unused root meaning to parch

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Tsîyâh occurs 16 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Psalms (4), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Joel (1), Zephaniah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — T