Lexical Definition

‎צַעַד‎ tsaʻad (tsah'-ad) step ^H:N-M
from ‎צַנְתָּרָה‎

pace, step.

• a pace or regular step

1) step, pace, stride
1a) step, pace
1b) step, steps (of course of life) (fig)

See Greek: ἴχνος · πορεία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎צַ֫עַד‎] noun masculine^{2Sam 6:13} step, pace; — absolute ‎צָ֑עַד‎ Prov 30:29 suffix‎צַעֲדוֺ‎ Jer 10:3; Prov 6:9, etc.; plural construct ‎צַעֲדֵי‎ Job 18:7 suffix ‎צְעָדַי‎ Job 31:4, etc.; —

1. literally step, pace, 2Sam 6:13, ‎תַּרְחִיב צַעֲדִי תַּחְתֵּנִי‎ 2Sam 22:37 = Ps 18:37*, i.e. givest me firm footing, ‎׳‎‎מֵטִיבֵי צ‎ Prov 30:29 = making a good step, stately in march; Lam 4:18 (|| ‎לָ֑כֶת‎).

2. step, steps, in figure of course of life, fortune: singular ‎׳‎‎לֹא יֵצַר צ‎ Prov 4:12 || ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ Jer 10:23; Prov 16:9; Job 14:16; Job 31:4; Job 34:21, ‎צַעֲדֵי אוֺנוֺ‎ Job 18:7 (compare Prov 4:12 above); ‎מִסְפַּרעָֿדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ‎ Prov 31:37 of harlot Prov 5:5 figurative, ‎שְׁאוֺל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹ֑כוּ‎.

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