Bible Strong
Explore
Open the app

Strong H66582 sensesצָדָה

to ambush · to waste

Transliteration
tsâdâh
Pronunciation
tsaw-daw'

The 2 senses of Strong H6658

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H6658 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to ambushH6658Alie in wait2 verses · Exodus, 1 Samuel
  2. to wasteH6658Bto lay waste1 verse · Zephaniah

General definition

A primitive root; to chase; by implication to desolate: - {destroy} {hunt} lie in wait.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • destroy1
  • thou1
  • wait1

First verses

  1. Exodus 21:13
    And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
  2. 1 Samuel 24:11
    Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
  3. Zephaniah 3:6
    I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.