Lexical Definition

‎צְבִי‎ tsᵉbîy (tseb-ee') beauty ^H:N-M
from ‎צָבָה‎ in the sense of prominence

beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).

• splendor (as conspicuous)
• also a gazelle (as beautiful)

1) beauty, glory, honour
1a) beauty, decoration
1b) honour
2) roebuck, gazelle
2a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

See Greek: δόξα · ἐκλεκτός · ἐλπίς · ἔνδοξος · θέλησις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎צְבִי‎ noun masculine^{2Sam 1:19} beauty, honour; — absolute ‎׳‎‎צ‎ 2Sam 1:19 +, ‎צֶבִ֑י‎ Dan 8:9 construct ‎צְבִי‎ Isa 13:19 +; plural construct ‎צִבְאוֺת‎ Jer 3:19 (so ᵑ7 Ki Thes Hi Gf Ol § 145 b Kö^{ii.l, 584} and others; > from ‎צבא‎ ᵑ6 Gie and others); —

1. a. beauty, decoration, ‎עֶדְיוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎, of silver and gold Ezek 7:20, of products of soil Isa 4:2 (predict.)
b. elsewhere in figure: of drunkard's chaplet, ‎תִפְאַרְתּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Isa 28:1; Isa 28:4 (figurative of Samaria); ‎׳‎‎עֲטֶרֶת צ‎ vIsa 28:5 (of ‎׳‎‎י‎); ‎׳‎‎הַצּ‎ 2Sam 1:19 (Saul and Jonathan); ‎׳‎‎גְּאוֺן כָּלצֿ‎, of Tyre Isa 23:9 ‎מַמְלָכוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Isa 13:19 (of Babylonian ); of land of Israel (Judah), ‎צְבִי הִיא לְכָלהָֿאֲרָצוֺת‎ Ezek 20:6; Ezek 20:15, ‎גּוֺיִם נַחֲלַת צְבִי צִבְאוֺת‎ Jer 3:19 (see above) heritage of the beauty of beauties of the nations, i.e. most beauteous heritage; ‎׳‎‎הַצּ‎ especially of Jerusalem and temple Dan 8:9 (Bev), compare ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ הַצּ‎ Dan 11:16; Dan 11:41 (see Dr), ‎קֹֿרֶשׁ‎‎׳‎‎הַר צ‎ vDan 11:45(i.e. temple-hill); of cities of Moab, ‎אֶרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Ezek 25:9.

2. = honour, ‎דִּיק‎‎׳‎‎לַצּ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Isa 24:16. — Ezek 26:20 read ‎בִי‎‎׳‎‎וְתִתְיַצְּ‎ for ‎וְנָתַתִּי צְבִי‎, so Lxx Co Berthol Toy Krae and others

II. ‎צְבִי‎ noun masculine^{Isa 13:14} gazelle; — ‎׳‎‎צ‎ absolute Deut 12:15 +; plural ‎צְבָיִם‎ 2Sam 2:18, ‎צְבָאיִם‎ 1Chr 12:9* (Gi Baer; van d. H. v.1Chr 12:8*), ‎צְבָאוֺת‎ Song 2:7; Song 3:5 — gazelle, allowed as food Deut 14:5, compare Deut 12:15; Deut 12:22 (although not for sacrifice, Dr; all + ‎אַיָּל‎), so Deut 15:22 (+ ‎אַיָּל‎, ‎יַחְמוּר‎, etc.), see 1Kgs 5:3* simile of swiftness 2Sam 2:18; 1Chr 12:9* see above, Prov 6:5 of grace and beauty Song 2:9; Song 2:17; Song 8:14 (compare Jacob^{Arab. Dichter iv. 20 f.}); hence used in adjuration Song 2:7; Song 3:5 ( + ‎אילות‎); ‎מֻדָּח‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Isa 13:14, simile of fugitives.

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