צָבַר
tsa.var
“to heap”
Definition
to aggregate
a primitive root;
- (Qal) to heap up, pile up 1a) of grain, dust, silver
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
צָבַר appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.
So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
They scoff at kingsand make rulers an object of scorn.They laugh at every fortressand build up siege ramps to seize it.
Though he heaps up silver like dustand piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Tyre has built herself a fortress;she has heaped up silver like dust,and gold like the dirt of the streets.
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