Lexicon tseriach: perhaps excavation, underground chamber Original Word: צְרִ֫יחַPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: tseriach Phonetic Spelling: (tser-ee'-akh) Short Definition: chamber NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitionperhaps excavation, underground chamber NASB Translationcellars (1), inner chamber (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs צְרִיחַ noun [masculine] perhaps excavation, underground chamber; — ׳צ absolute Judges 9:49, construct Judges 9:46; plural צְרִחִים 1 Samuel 13:6; — used as hiding-places 1 Samuel 13:6 (+ מְעָרוֺת, חֲוָחִים, סְלָעִים, בֹּרוֺת); as refuge Judges 9:46 (where connected with shrine), Judges 9:49 (Vrss stronghold; on uncertainty of meaning see GFM). צֹרִי see I. צֹר. צֳרִי, צְרִי, צְרֻיָה see צרה. above, צרך (√ of following; Late Hebrew צָרַךְ have need of; Arabic be needy, so Aramaic צְרַךְ, (צ, = !); Christian-Palestinian Aramaic χρεία).
Strong's high place, hold From tsarach in the sense of clearness of vision; a citadel -- high place, hold. see HEBREW tsarach |
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