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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 - David therefore sought God about the boy; and David fasted H6685 and went and spent the night lying on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:9 - And she wrote in the letters, saying, “Call for a fast H6685 and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:12 - They called for a fast H6685 and seated Naboth at the head of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:3 - And Jehoshaphat was afraid and [fn]set his face to seek Yahweh, and called for a fast H6685 throughout all Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 -

Then I called for a fast H6685 there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a [fn]direct journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 -

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel gathered with fasting H6685, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - Now in each and every province where the word and law of the king reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting H6685, weeping, and wailing; and many made their bed in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their seed with words concerning their times H6685 of H6685 fasting H6685 and their crying out.

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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 humbled my soul with fasting H6685,

And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:10 -

When I wept in my soul with fasting H6685,

It became my reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 -

My knees are feeble from fasting H6685,

And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 -

‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?

Why have we afflicted our souls and You do not know?’

Behold, on the day of your fast H6685 you find your desire,

And oppress all your workers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 -

“Is it a fast H6685 like this which I choose, a day for a man to afflict himself?

Is it for bowing [fn]one’s head like a reed

And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed?

Will you call this a fast H6685, even an acceptable day to Yahweh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 -

“Is this not the fast H6685 which I choose,

To loosen the bonds of wickedness,

To release the bands of [fn]the yoke,

And to let the oppressed go free

And break every [fn]yoke?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:6 - “So you shall go and read from the scroll, which you have written [fn]at my dictation, the words of Yahweh [fn]in the hearing of the people in the house of Yahweh on a fast H6685 day. And also you shall read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who come from their cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:9 -

Now it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem called for a fast H6685 before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I gave my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting H6685, sackcloth, and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:14 -

Set apart a fast H6685 as holy,

Call for a solemn assembly;

Gather the elders

And all the inhabitants of the land

To the house of Yahweh your God,

And cry out to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:12 -

“Yet even now,” declares Yahweh,

“Return to Me with all your heart

And with fasting H6685, weeping, and [fn]wailing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:15 -

Blow a trumpet in Zion,

Set apart a fast H6685 as holy, call for a solemn assembly,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 -

And the [fn]people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast H6685 and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘The fast H6685 of the fourth, the fast H6685 of the fifth, the fast H6685 of the seventh, and the fast H6685 of the tenth months will become joy, gladness, and [fn]merry appointed feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.’
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