Bible word study

Tsaah (Strong’s H6808): Meaning in the Bible

Tsaah (צָעָה) is the Hebrew word numbered H6808 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to tip over (for the purpose of spilling or pouring out), i.e. (figuratively) depopulate; by implication, to imprison or conquer; (reflexive) to lie down (for coitus). In the King James Bible it is translated captive exile, travelling, (cause to) wander(-er)..

• Original wordצָעָה
• Transliterationtsâʻâh
• Pronunciationtsaw-aw'
• Part of speechverb (v)
• Strong’s numberH6808
• LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Tsaah appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Tsaah (H6808) stands behind 5 English renderings in 4 verses across 2 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Jeremiah (3), Isaiah (2).

How the King James Bible renders Tsaah, by count

• exile1 of 5 (20 percent)
• travelling1 of 5 (20 percent)
• wander1 of 5 (20 percent)
• wanderers1 of 5 (20 percent)
• wanderest1 of 5 (20 percent)

Three places to read Tsaah

• Isaiah 51:14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
• Isaiah 63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
• Jeremiah 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Tsaah in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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