תְּשִׁיעִי (te.shi.i)
te.shi.i
ninth
H:AQuick Reference
- Language
- Biblical Hebrew
- Testament
- Old Testament
- Occurrences
- 15 verses
- Root
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- Part of speech
- H:A
Definition
Definition
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
What This Word Means for Your Faith
The Hebrew word for 'ninth' (H8671) appears primarily as a marker of time within the biblical narrative. It is not used to describe a spiritual state or a moral quality, but rather to anchor specific historical events in the calendar. By noting the ninth month, the text helps readers understand the sequence of God's dealings with His people through kings, prophets, and priests.
For your faith, this word highlights the reliability of Scripture’s historical record. The Bible does not shy away from precise dates, even when those moments involve judgment or deep sorrow. In Jeremiah 36:22, for example, King Jehoiakim sits in a cold winter house during the ninth month, burning the scroll of God’s word. This detail grounds the story in reality, showing that God’s message persists even when human leaders reject it.
Seeing these dates reminds us that God works within time and history. The ninth month often marks seasons of fasting or reflection, such as in Ezra 10:9, where the people gather to address their failures. This word invites you to trust that God is present in the specific moments of your life, guiding His people through both celebration and repentance.
How it's translated
How this word is rendered word-by-word in the 15 verses where it appears, by frequency.
- <the>/ ninth9×
- the/ ninth2×
- of the/ ninth [month]2×
- <of the>/ ninth2×
- [was] the/ ninth1×
Forms in the text
The inflected forms of this word as they appear in Scripture, by frequency.
- הַ/תְּשִׁעִ֔י2×
- הַ/תְּשִׁיעִ֜ית2×
- הַ/תְּשִׁיעִ֔י2×
- לַ/תְּשִׁיעִ֗י1×
- לַ/תְּשִׁיעִ֔י1×
- הַ֠/תְּשִׁעִית1×
- הַ/תְּשִׁעִ֜ית1×
- הַ/תְּשִׁעִ֖י1×
- הַ/תְּשִׁיעִי֙1×
- הַ/תְּשִׁיעִ֣י1×
- הַ/תְּשִׁיעִ֗ת1×
- הַ/תְּשִׁיעִ֖י1×
Key Verses
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Jeremiah 36:22
Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.
This verse uses 'ninth' to specify the winter month when King Jehoiakim defiantly burned Jeremiah’s scroll, highlighting the tension between royal power and prophetic truth.
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Ezra 10:9
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the wide place in front of God’s house, trembling because of this matter, and because of the great rain.
Here, the ninth month marks a time of national repentance as the people gather in the rain to confess their intermarriage with foreign nations.
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II Kings 25:1
In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it.
The ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign is when Nebuchadnezzar began the siege of Jerusalem, a critical turning point leading to the city's fall.
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Haggai 2:10
In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, Yahweh’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
This date marks when God spoke through Haggai to challenge the people’s priorities regarding the rebuilding of the temple after their return from exile.