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Lexicon :: Strong's H6779 - ṣāmaḥ

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צָמַח
Transliteration
ṣāmaḥ
Pronunciation
tsaw-makh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1928

Strong’s Definitions

צָמַח tsâmach, tsaw-makh'; a primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):—bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H6779 in the following manner: grow (13x), spring forth (6x), spring up (4x), grow up (2x), bring forth (2x), bud (2x), spring out (2x), beareth (1x), bud forth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H6779 in the following manner: grow (13x), spring forth (6x), spring up (4x), grow up (2x), bring forth (2x), bud (2x), spring out (2x), beareth (1x), bud forth (1x).

  1. to sprout, spring up, grow up

    1. (Qal)

      1. to sprout, spring up

        1. of plants

        2. of hair

        3. of speech (fig.)

    2. (Piel) to grow abundantly or thickly

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to grow

      2. to cause to sprout

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָמַח tsâmach, tsaw-makh'; a primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):—bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
STRONGS H6779: Abbreviations
† צָמַח verb sprout, spring up (Late Hebrew id., so Targum צְמַח; Sir. bdb085505 spring or shine forth, bdb085506 shining, also sprout; Phoenician צמח posterity); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular צָֽמַחבּֿוֺ Leviticus 13:37; 3rd person plural וְצָֽמְחוּ consecutive Isaiah 44:4; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִצְמַח Job 5:6, 3rd person feminine plural תִּצְמַחְנָה Isaiah 42:9, etc.; Participle צֹמֵחַ Exodus 10:5, צוֺמֵחַ Ecclesiastes 2:6; feminine plural צֹמְחוֺת Genesis 41:6, 23; — sprout, spring up:
1. of plants, trees, etc. Genesis 2:5; Exodus 10:5 (both J), Genesis 41:6, 23 (E), Ezekiel 17:6 (in figurative); once (late) יַעַר צוֺמֵחַ עֵצִים Ecclesiastes 2:6 wood sprouting with trees (full of growing trees); figurative of future ruler (see צֶמַח) Zechariah 6:12, posterity Isaiah 44:4, compare Job 8:19, trouble(עָמָל) Isaiah 5:6, truth (אֱמֶת) Psalm 85:12, restoration (אֲרֻכָֽתְךָ) Isaiah 58:8, future events Isaiah 42:9.
2. of hair Leviticus 13:37 (P; compare Pi.).
Pi. grow abunduntly, always of hair; — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular צִמֵּחַ Ezekiel 16:7 (in figurative): Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִצַמַּח 2 Samuel 10:5 = 1 Chronicles 19:5 (of beard); Infinitive construct לְצַמֵּחַ Judges 16:22 (Samson's hair).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וְהִצְמִיחָהּ Isaiah 55:10 Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַצְמִיחַ 2 Samuel 23:5; Isaiah 61: וַיַּצְמַח Genesis 2:9, etc.; Infinitive construct לְהַצְמִיחַ Job 38:27; Participle מַצְמִיחַ Psalm 104:14; Psalm 147:8; —
1. cause to grow, with accusative of plant, subject י׳ Genesis 2:9; Psalm 104:14, compare Job 38:27, with 2 accusative Psalm 147:8 who causeth mountains to sprout grass; figurative, object צֶמַח צְדָקָה Jeremiah 33:15; horn (קֶרֶן) of Israel Ezekiel 29:21, of David Psalm 132:17; righteousness, etc. Isaiah 61:11b; compare also 2 Samuel 23:5 (if interrogative, see Dr Bu; otherwise HPS); subject ground Genesis 3:18 compare Isaiah 61:11a (simile), Deuteronomy 29:22 (object omitted); also (figurative) Isaiah 45:8 (compare Di Kit).
2. of rain, cause the earth to sprout (absolute), Isaiah 55:10.
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

Genesis

2:5; 2:9; 2:9; 3:18; 41:6; 41:6; 41:23; 41:23

Exodus

10:5; 10:5

Leviticus

13:37; 13:37

Deuteronomy

29:22

Judges

16:22

2 Samuel

10:5; 23:5; 23:5

1 Chronicles

19:5

Job

5:6; 8:19; 38:27; 38:27

Psalms

85:12; 104:14; 104:14; 132:17; 147:8; 147:8

Ecclesiastes

2:6; 2:6

Isaiah

5:6; 42:9; 42:9; 44:4; 44:4; 45:8; 55:10; 55:10; 58:8; 61; 61:11; 61:11

Jeremiah

33:15

Ezekiel

16:7; 17:6; 29:21

Zechariah

6:12

H6779

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Strong's Number H6779 matches the Hebrew צָמַח (ṣāmaḥ),
which occurs 33 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful [fn]to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning [fn]the knowledge of good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - And, behold, seven ears thin and blasted with the wind, grew up after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - And other seven ears, thin and blasted with the wind, sprang up close to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - And they shall cover the face of the earth, and thou shalt not be able to see the earth; and they shall devour all that is left of the abundance of the earth, which the hail has left you, and shall devour every tree that grows for you on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - But if the scurf remain before him in its place, and a dark hair should have arisen in it, the scurf is healed: he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - (LXX 29:22) brimstone and burning salt, (the whole land shall not be sown, neither shall any green thing spring, nor rise upon it, as Sodom and Gomorrha were overthrown, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and anger:)—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22 - And the hair of his head began to grow [fn]as before it was shaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - And they brought David word concerning the men; and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly dishonoured: and the king said, Remain in Jericho till your beards have grown, and then ye shall return.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 - For my house is not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my salvation and all my desire is, that the wicked should not flourish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - And there came men to report to David concerning the men: and he sent to meet them, for they were greatly disgraced: and the king said, Dwell in Jericho until your beards have grown, and return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - (LXX 84:12) Truth has sprung out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - (LXX 103:14) He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - (LXX 131:17) There will I cause to spring up a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for mine anointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - (LXX 146:8) who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [[fn]and green herb for the service of men;]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - Behold, the ancient things have come to pass, and so will the new things which I tell you: yea, before I tell them they are made known to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 - Behold, I will do new things, which shall presently spring forth, and ye shall know them: and I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:4 - and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on the banks of running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - Let the heaven rejoice from above, and let the clouds rain righteousness: let the earth bring forth, and blossom with mercy, and bring forth righteousness likewise: I am the Lord that created thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and [fn] give seed to the sower, and bread for food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - And as the earth putting forth her flowers, and as a garden its seed; so shall the Lord, even the Lord, cause righteousness to spring forth, and exultation before all nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:7 - increase; I have made thee as the springing grass of the field. So thou didst increase and grow, and didst enter into great cities: thy breasts were set, and thy hair grew, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared upon it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:21 - In that day shall a horn spring forth for all the house of Israel, and I will give thee an open mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:12 - and thou shalt say to him, Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall spring up [fn]from his stem, and build the house of the Lord.
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