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Lexicon :: Strong's H6685 - ṣôm

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צוֹם
Transliteration
ṣôm
Pronunciation
tsome
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1890a

Strong’s Definitions

צוֹם tsôwm, tsome; or צֹם tsôm; from H6684; a fast:—fast(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H6685 in the following manner: fast (16x), fasting (9x), fasted (with H6684) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's H6685 in the following manner: fast (16x), fasting (9x), fasted (with H6684) (1x).

  1. fast, fasting

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צוֹם tsôwm, tsome; or צֹם tsôm; from H6684; a fast:—fast(-ing).
STRONGS H6685: Abbreviations
† צוֺם noun masculineIsaiah 58:5 fasting, fast; — צ׳ absolute 2 Samuel 12:16 +, construct Zechariah 8:19 (4 times); suffix צֹמְכֶם Isaiah 58:3; plural צוֺמוֺת Esther 9:31; — fast, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb 2 Samuel 12:16; public observance 1 Kings 21:9, 12; 2 Chronicles 20:3; Ezra 8:21; Jeremiah 36:9; Jonah 3:5 (all object of קָרָא proclaim), compare Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15 (both object of קַדְּשׁוּ); יוֺם צוֺם Jeremiah 36:6, יוֺם צֹמְכֶם Isaiah 58:3, compare Isaiah 58:5 (|| יוֺם עַנּוֺת אָדָם נַפְשׁוֺ), Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 58:6; of periodic fasts Zechariah 8:19 (4 times in verse); Esther 9:31; act or state of fasting, וּבְשַׂקִּים נֶאֶסְפוּ בְצ׳ Nehemiah 9:1 compare Joel 2:12; Daniel 9:3; Esther 4:3; נַפְשִׁי עִנֵּיתִי בַצּ׳ Psalm 35:13; compare Psalm 69:11 (on וָאֶבְכֶּה see Che Bae); causing physical weakness Psalm 109:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

12:16; 12:16

1 Kings

21:9; 21:12

2 Chronicles

20:3

Ezra

8:21

Nehemiah

9:1

Esther

4:3; 9:31; 9:31

Psalms

35:13; 69:11; 109:24

Isaiah

58:3; 58:3; 58:5; 58:5; 58:5; 58:6

Jeremiah

36:6; 36:9

Daniel

9:3

Joel

1:14; 2:12; 2:15

Jonah

3:5

Zechariah

8:19; 8:19

H6685

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6685 matches the Hebrew צוֹם (ṣôm),
which occurs 26 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:9 - And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:12 - they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:3 - And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Jehovah, and proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 - And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing: many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - to confirm these days of Purim in their fixed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and queen Esther had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, as to the matters of the fastings and their cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:10 - And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - -- Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth you, and exact all your labours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul, -- that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 - Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:6 - and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah in the ears of the people in the house of Jehovah upon the fast day; and thou shalt also read them in the ears of all Judah that come from their cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:9 - And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before Jehovah, for all the people in Jerusalem, and for all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:14 - Hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:12 - Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:15 - Blow the trumpet in Zion, hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace.
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