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צֶמֶד H6776

H6776 is the Hebrew word צֶמֶד, transliterated tsemed and said tseh'-med. The King James Version most often renders it yoke.

Word: צֶמֶדTransliteration: tsemedSaid: tseh'-medLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 15 verses

What it means

hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough).

Where it comes from

a yoke or team (i.e. pair).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

yoke 6×couple 4×two 2×together 1×acres 1×yoke of oxen 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: acre, couple, [idiom] together, two (donkeys), yoke (of oxen).

Verses using צֶמֶד

All 15 verses, quoted in full.

Judges 19:3 · KJV

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

Judges 19:10 · KJV

But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

1 Samuel 11:7 · KJV

And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

1 Samuel 14:14 · KJV

And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.

2 Samuel 16:1 · KJV

And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

1 Kings 19:19 · KJV

So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

1 Kings 19:21 · KJV

And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

2 Kings 5:17 · KJV

And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

2 Kings 9:25 · KJV

Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;

Job 1:3 · KJV

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Job 42:12 · KJV

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Isaiah 5:10 · KJV

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

Isaiah 21:7 · KJV

And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

Isaiah 21:9 · KJV

And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

Jeremiah 51:23 · KJV

I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6776 mean?

H6776 is the Hebrew word צֶמֶד (tsemed), meaning hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough).

How is H6776 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it yoke (6 times), couple (4 times), two (2 times), together (1 time), acres (1 time), among others.

How many times does H6776 appear in the Bible?

צֶמֶד (tsemed) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6776 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a yoke or team (i.e. pair).

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