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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 - David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:9 - She wrote in the letters, saying,
Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:12 - They proclaimed a fast, and seated Naboth with high honor among 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 the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and 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 children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and with dust on their heads.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province where the king’s command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and 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 at their appointed time, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had prescribed for them, and as they had decreed for themselves and their descendants concerning matters of their fasting and lamenting.

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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 myself with fasting;
And my prayer would return to my own heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:10 - When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees are weak through fasting,
And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You have not seen?
Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’

“In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And exploit all your laborers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - Is it a fast that I have chosen,
A day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Would you call this a fast,
And an acceptable day to the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 - “Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To loose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the heavy burdens,
To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:6 - “You go, therefore, and read from the scroll which you have written at my instruction,[fn] the words of the LORD, in the hearing of the people in the LORD’s house on the day of fasting. And you shall also read them in the hearing of all Judah who come from their cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:14 - Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the LORD your God,
And cry out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:12 - “Now, therefore,” says the LORD,
“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, 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,
Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, 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 the LORD of hosts:

‘The fast of the fourth month,
The fast of the fifth,
The fast of the seventh,
And the fast of the tenth,
Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts
For the house of Judah.
Therefore love truth and peace.’
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