Word
נִצָּן
nitstsân · H5339 · Hebrew · 0 occurrences
Meanings
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blossom, flower
Flowers on a tree or bush
This lexeme does not occur in the Old Testament text as tagged in standard critical editions.
Near synonyms 2 words
- פֶּרַח perach · H6525 · bud, blossom, flower
- Hebrew term for flower/blossom; פֶּרַח denotes a flower or bud and is used in similar botanical contexts, particularly of blossoms on plants (e.g., Aaron's rod).
- צִיץ tsîyts · H6731 · blossom, flower, (golden) plate
- Hebrew term for flower or blossom; צִיץ refers to a flower or bloom, used both literally of botanical flowers and metaphorically.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἄνθος ánthos · G438 · flower
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew flower terminology; ἄνθος is the common Greek term for flower/blossom used in LXX botanical contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Plants001002007001
- The word names a blossom or flower, used of flowers appearing on the earth as a sign of spring (Song of Solomon 2:12), tying the word to this stage of plant growth.
- Birds001001002005
- The word shares its root with a homographic term for a bird, an association not directly attested by any surviving citation for this exact zero-occurrence rare form.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5339. nitstsan [נִצָּן] noun [masculine] id., only plural נִצָּנִים Son 2:12.
H5339. nitstsan
[נִצָּן] noun [masculine] id., only plural נִצָּנִים Son 2:12.
[נִצָּן] noun [masculine] id., only plural נִצָּנִים Son 2:12.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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