Tsâʻîyr — H6810

Definition

adjective

little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble

1. little, insignificant, young
1. little, insignificant
2. insignificant, mean
3. young, younger, youngest

Usually translated as

younger, least, youngest, little, small, young

Origin

or tsâʻôwr; from H6819

• Derived from Tsâʻar (H6819)

Greek equivalents

• arníon (G721)
• elássōn (G1640)
• mikrós (G3398)
• néos (G3501)

Occurrences

Tsâʻîyr occurs 22 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (4), Micah (1)

• Genesis 19:31 — And the firstborn said unto the younger (הַצְּעִירָ֖ה), Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
• Genesis 19:34 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger (הַצְּעִירָ֔ה), Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
• Genesis 19:35 — And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger (הַצְּעִירָה֙) arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
• Genesis 19:38 — And the younger (וְהַצְּעִירָ֤ה), she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
• Genesis 25:23 — And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger (צָעִֽיר).
• Genesis 29:26 — And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger (הַצְּעִירָ֖ה) before the firstborn.
• Genesis 43:33 — And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest (וְהַצָּעִ֖יר) according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
• Genesis 48:14 — And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger (הַצָּעִ֔יר), and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
• Joshua 6:26 — And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest (וּבִצְעִיר֖וֹ) son shall he set up the gates of it.
• Judges 6:15 — And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least (הַצָּעִ֖יר) in my father’s house.
• 1 Samuel 9:21 — And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least (הַצְּעִרָ֔ה) of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
• 1 Kings 16:34 — In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest (צְעִירוֹ֙) son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
• Job 30:1 — But now they that are younger (צְעִירִ֥ים) than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
• Job 32:6 — And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young (צָ֘עִ֤יר), and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
• Psalms 68:27 — There is little (צָעִ֡יר) Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
• Psalms 119:141 — I am small (צָעִ֣יר) and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
• Isaiah 60:22 — A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one (וְהַצָּעִ֖יר) a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
• Jeremiah 14:3 — And their nobles have sent their little ones (צְעִירֵיהֶ֖ם) to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
• Jeremiah 48:4 — Moab is destroyed; her little ones (צְעִירֶֽיהָ) have caused a cry to be heard.
• Jeremiah 49:20 — Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least (צְעִירֵ֣י) of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
• Jeremiah 50:45 — Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least (צְעִירֵ֣י) of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
• Micah 5:2 — But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little (צָעִיר֙) among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.