צִי
tsiy.yi
wild beast
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "tzıyı" (H6728) is defined as a "wild beast." Its significance in the Bible lies in its association with the natural world, specifically wild animals. This word occurs six times in the Hebrew Bible, indicating its relative importance as a concept. Given its semantic domain of Geography & Place, it appears that "tzıyı" may not be directly related to geographical locations, but rather to the wild animals that inhabit them. This could imply that the concept of "wild beast" is closely tied to the idea of the wilderness or the natural environment. In its six occurrences in the Bible, "tzıyı" likely refers to specific instances where wild animals play a role in the narrative, such as in stories about predation, conflict, or the human relationship with the natural world.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences across the text
Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.
Psalms 74:14You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
Isaiah 13:21But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.
Isaiah 23:13Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This people didn’t exist. The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a ruin.
Isaiah 34:14The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. Yes, the night creature shall settle there, and shall find herself a place of rest.
Jeremiah 50:39Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves will dwell there. The ostriches will dwell therein; and it will be inhabited no more forever; neither will it be lived in from generation to generation.