Word

זִיו

zîyv · H2122 · Aramaic · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

brightness

State in which an object reflects light

Examples
Daniel 2:31 “You, O king, were watching and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary radiance, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome.
color of face

The natural tone and texture of the skin of a person's face

Examples
Daniel 5:6 Then the king’s face became pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints loosened and his knees began knocking together.
Daniel 5:9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were perplexed.
Daniel 5:10 The queen entered the banquet hall because of the words of the king and his nobles; the queen began to speak and said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts alarm you or your face be pale.
splendor, greatness

State in which humans have personal greatness and a high status, recognized and respected by others

Examples
Daniel 4:36 “At that time my reason returned to me. And my majesty and splendor were restored to me for the honor of my kingdom, and my state counselors and my nobles began seeking me out; so I was reestablished in my sovereignty, and surpassing greatness was added to me.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

6 occurrences in 3 groups

הוּhis 3
יmy 2
ךָyour 1

What it doesIt is the subject

5 occurrences in 2 groups

שְׁנָאalter 4
תּוּבto return, to answer 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יַתִּירexceeding 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

נֹגַהּ nôgahh · H5051 · brightness, shining: Both words refer to brightness and shining light, describing overlapping concepts of luminosity and radiance.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Shine002001001053: Daniel 2:31 says of the statue of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, “there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary radiance, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome.”
Color002001001014: Daniel 5:6 recounts that “the king's face became pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints loosened and his knees began knocking together.”
Great002001002012: Daniel 5:9 recounts that “King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were perplexed.”

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2122. ziv [זִיו] noun masculine brightness, splendour (ᵑ7 id., Syriac , perhaps…

H2122. ziv
[זִיו] noun masculine brightness, splendour (ᵑ7 id., Syriac , perhaps loan-word from Assyrian zîmu, chiefly of countenance, DlWB 252: Pr 152 NöZMG xl (1886), 732 JenZK ii. 43 BrockLex. Syr. 93); — suffix זִיוִי Dan 4:33 splendour of royalty; זִוֵהּ Dan 2:31 (of image); plural brightness of countenance: suffix זִיוַי Kt, זיויך Kt, זִיוָךְ Qr, Dan 5:10, זִי֫וֺהִי Dan 5:6, Dan 5:9.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Color4 occurrences Shine1 occurrence Great1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0