Tsᵉrîyach — H6877

Definition

masculine noun

a citadel

1. excavation, underground chamber, cellar, underground room
1. meaning uncertain

Usually translated as

hold, high place

Origin

from H6873 in the sense of clearness of vision

• Derived from Tsârach (H6873)

Greek equivalents

• ochýrōma (G3794)

Occurrences

Tsᵉrîyach occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1)

• Judges 9:49 — And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold (הַצְּרִ֔יחַ), and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
• Judges 9:49 — And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold (הַצְּרִ֖יחַ) on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
• 1 Samuel 13:6 — When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places (וּבַצְּרִחִ֖ים), and in pits.