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Lexicon :: Strong's H6772 - ṣāmā'

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צָמָא
Transliteration
ṣāmā'
Pronunciation
tsaw-maw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1926a

Strong’s Definitions

צָמָא tsâmâʼ, tsaw-maw'; from H6770; thirst (literally or figuratively):—thirst(-y).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H6772 in the following manner: thirst (16x), thirsty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H6772 in the following manner: thirst (16x), thirsty (1x).

  1. thirst

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָמָא tsâmâʼ, tsaw-maw'; from H6770; thirst (literally or figuratively):—thirst(-y).
STRONGS H6772: Abbreviations
† צָמָא noun [masculine] thirst; — absolute צ׳ Exodus 17:3 +, suffix צְמָאִי Psalm 69:22, etc.; — Exodus 17:3 (E), Judges 15:18; Hosea 2:5; Amos 8:13; Lamentations 4:4; Nehemiah 9:20; Psalm 69:22; || רָעָב Isaiah 5:13 (van d. H. צָמָה), Deuteronomy 28:48; Nehemiah 9:15; 2 Chronicles 32:11; of wild asses Psalm 104:11, of fish וְתָמֹת בַּצּ׳ Isaiah 50:2, but read perhaps (or בַּצְּמֵאָה) וּבְהֶמְתָּם בַּצָּמֵא GunkSchöpf. 98 CheHpt Marti (compare Isaiah 44:3 below following); figurative of grief of exile Isaiah 41:17, compare אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְצָמָא Ezekiel 19:13; with ל, thirst for water Amos 8:11. — בַּצּ׳ Jeremiah 48:18 is probably corrupt; read perhaps לָאָרֶץ (Gie), or בֶּעָפָר.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

17:3; 17:3

Deuteronomy

28:48

Judges

15:18

2 Chronicles

32:11

Nehemiah

9:15; 9:20

Psalms

69:22; 69:22; 104:11

Isaiah

5:13; 41:17; 44:3; 50:2

Jeremiah

48:18

Lamentations

4:4

Ezekiel

19:13

Hosea

2:5

Amos

8:11; 8:13

H6772

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6772 matches the Hebrew צָמָא (ṣāmā'),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 - But tormented by thirst, they continued to argue with Moses. “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - you will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. The LORD will put an iron yoke on your neck, oppressing you harshly until he has destroyed you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - Samson was now very thirsty, and he cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great victory by the strength of your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of these pagans?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - Hezekiah has said, ‘The LORD our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria.’ Surely Hezekiah is misleading you, sentencing you to death by famine and thirst!

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - “You gave them bread from heaven when they were hungry and water from the rock when they were thirsty. You commanded them to go and take possession of the land you had sworn to give them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:20 - You sent your good Spirit to instruct them, and you did not stop giving them manna from heaven or water for their thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:21 - But instead, they give me poison[fn] for food;
they offer me sour wine for my thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 - They provide water for all the animals,
and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - So my people will go into exile far away
because they do not know me.
Those who are great and honored will starve,
and the common people will die of thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:17 - “When the poor and needy search for water and there is none,
and their tongues are parched from thirst,
then I, the LORD, will answer them.
I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - Why was no one there when I came?
Why didn’t anyone answer when I called?
Is it because I have no power to rescue?
No, that is not the reason!
For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up!
I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - “Come down from your glory
and sit in the dust, you people of Dibon,
for those who destroy Moab will shatter Dibon, too.
They will tear down all your towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - The parched tongues of their little ones
stick to the roofs of their mouths in thirst.
The children cry for bread,
but no one has any to give them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:13 - Now the vine is transplanted to the wilderness,
where the ground is hard and dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:3 - Otherwise, I will strip her as naked
as she was on the day she was born.
I will leave her to die of thirst,
as in a dry and barren wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:11 - “The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign LORD,
“when I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread or water
but of hearing the words of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:13 - Beautiful girls and strong young men
will grow faint in that day,
thirsting for the LORD’s word.
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