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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.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Box Gen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, H6779 for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to [fn]cultivate the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow H6779 every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow H6779 for you;
And you will eat the [fn]plants of the field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted H6779 up after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted H6779 up after them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - ‘They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped—what is left to you from the hail—and they will eat every tree which sprouts H6779 for you out of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - “If in his sight the scale has remained, however, and black hair has grown H6779 in it, the scale has healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - ‘All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, [fn]unsown and unproductive, H6779 and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22 - However, the hair of his head began to grow H6779 again after it was shaved off.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When they told it to David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, “[fn]Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, H6779 and then return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 - “Truly is not my house so with God?
For He has made an everlasting covenant with me,
Ordered in all things, and secured;
For all my salvation and all my desire,
Will He not indeed make it grow? H6779

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - Then certain persons went and told David about the men. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, “[fn]Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, H6779 and then return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - “For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout H6779 from the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - “Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring. H6779

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - To satisfy the waste and desolate land
And to make the [fn]seeds of grass to sprout? H6779

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - [fn]Truth springs H6779 from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - [fn]He causes the grass to grow H6779 for the [fn]cattle,
And vegetation for the [fn]labor of man,
So that [fn]he may bring forth [fn]food from the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - “There I will cause the horn of David to spring H6779 forth; H6779
I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to [fn]grow H6779 on the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing H6779 trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - “Behold, the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring H6779 forth H6779 I proclaim them to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 - “Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring H6779 forth; H6779
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:4 - And they will spring H6779 up [fn]among the grass
Like poplars by streams of water.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - “Drip down, O heavens, from above,
And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness spring H6779 up with it.
I, the LORD, have created it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout, H6779
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - “Then your light will break out like the dawn,
And your recovery will speedily spring H6779 forth; H6779
And your righteousness will go before you;
The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring H6779 up,
So the Lord [fn]GOD will cause righteousness and praise
To spring H6779 up before all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15 - ‘In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring H6779 forth; H6779 and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:7 - “I made you [fn]numerous like plants of the field. Then you grew up, became tall and reached the age for fine ornaments; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. H6779 Yet you were naked and bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - “Then it sprouted H6779 and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:21 - “On that day I will make a horn sprout H6779 for the house of Israel, and I will [fn]open your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:12 - “Then say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is [fn]Branch, for He will [fn]branch H6779 out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the LORD.
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