H6638: צָבָה
tsâbâh · pronounced tsaw-baw' · “to swell”
Definition
to amass, i.e. grow turgid; specifically, to array an army against
KJV translates it as: fight swell.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to swell, swell up
1a) (Qal) to swell (of adulteress' belly)
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to swell (of adulteress' belly)
1a) (Qal) to swell (of adulteress' belly)
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to swell (of adulteress' belly)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6638 is translated
- make swell ×1
- it will swell ×1
Bible verses with H6638 (tsâbâh)
Tsâbâh appears in 2 verses.
- Numbers 5:22
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
- Numbers 5:27
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.