Tsîyîy — H6728

Definition

masculine noun

a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast

1. a wild beast, desert-dweller, crier, yelper
1. a specific wild beast but not certainly identified

Usually translated as

wild beast of the desert, the wilderness, that dwell in

Origin

from the same as H6723

• Same as Tsîyâh (H6723)

Greek equivalents

• daimónion (G1140)
• thēríon (G2342)

Occurrences

Tsîyîy occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (2), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (1)

• Psalms 72:9 — They that dwell in the wilderness (צִיִּ֑ים) shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
• Psalms 74:14 — Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness (לְצִיִּֽים).
• Isaiah 13:21 — But wild beasts of the desert (צִיִּ֔ים) shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
• Isaiah 23:13 — Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness (לְצִיִּ֑ים): they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
• Isaiah 34:14 — The wild beasts of the desert (צִיִּים֙) shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
• Jeremiah 50:39 — Therefore the wild beasts of the desert (צִיִּים֙) with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.