צִרְעָה
ṣirʿâ
hornets
Strong's H6880NounHebrewTWOT 1971b

צִרְעָה (ṣirʿâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning hornets. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6880).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1971b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1971b)hornets, wounding, prostrating; wasp
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צִרְעָה noun, feminine, collective: hornets, wounding, prostrating

Strong's H6880 צִרְעָה: a wasp (as stinging)
KJV:hornet.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1971: צָרַע ṣāraʿ — be stricken with leprosy, leprous; leper; scourge

See it in Scripture

Exodus 23:28Deuteronomy 7:20Joshua 24:12

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