Lexical Summary tsana: to be modest or humble Original Word: צנַעTransliteration: tsana Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-nah') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be modest or humble Meaning: to be modest or humble Strong's Concordance humbly, lowly A primitive root; to humiliate -- humbly, lowly. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6800. tsana [צָנַע] verb be modest, humble (perhaps properly be retired, Late Hebrew Hiph`il keep close, reserve, preserve, so אַצְנַע ᵑ7; צְנִיעַ retiring, modest); — Hiph`il Infinitive absolute לֶכֶת הַצְנֵעַ Micah 6:8 a making humble to walk = shewing a humble walk (with God). [צָנוּעַ] adjective modest (on formation compare BaBN § 31 d); — plural צְנוּעִים Proverbs 11:9 (see Toy; opposed to זָדוֺן). |