# H6880 צִרְעָה

צִרְעָה (tsirʻâh), Strong’s H6880: a wasp (as stinging) KJV: hornet.. Occurs 3 times.

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*tsirʻâh* — a wasp (as stinging)

KJV: hornet.

Derived from [צָרַע tsâraʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H6879) (to scourge)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- צִרְעָה n.f.coll. hornets (? as wounding, prostrating; NH = BH)

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 23:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=28) — I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
- [Deuteronomy 7:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/7?v=20) — Moreover the LORD your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from…
- [Joshua 24:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/24?v=12) — I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your…