Tsîytsith — H6734

Definition

feminine noun

a floral or wing-like projection, i.e. a forelock of hair, a tassel

1. fringe, tassel, lock

Usually translated as

fringe, lock

Origin

feminine of H6731

• Tsîyts (H6731)

Greek equivalents

• kráspedon (G2899)

Occurrences

Tsîytsith occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Ezekiel (1)

• Numbers 15:38 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes (צִיצִ֛ת) in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
• Numbers 15:38 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe (צִיצִ֥ת) of the borders a ribband of blue:
• Numbers 15:39 — And it shall be unto you for a fringe (לְצִיצִת֒), that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
• Ezekiel 8:3 — And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock (בְּצִיצִ֣ת) of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.