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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 Box Gen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - and it hath covered the eye of the land, and none is able to see the land, and it hath eaten the remnant of that which is escaped, which is left to you from the hail, and it hath eaten every tree which is springing for you out of the field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - and if in his eyes the scall hath stayed, and black hair hath sprung up in it, the scall hath been healed -- he is clean -- and the priest hath pronounced him clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - (with brimstone and salt is the whole land burnt, it is not sown, nor doth it shoot up, nor doth there go up on it any herb, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overturned in His anger, and in His fury,) --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22 - And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - and they declare it to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed, and the king saith, 'Abide in Jericho till your beard doth spring up -- then ye have returned.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 - For -- not so is my house with God; For -- a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For -- all my salvation, and all desire, For -- He hath not caused it to spring up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - And some go, and declare to David concerning the men, and he sendeth to meet them -- for the men have been greatly ashamed -- and the king saith, 'Dwell in Jericho till that your beard is grown, then ye have returned.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - Lo, this is the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up on mountains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - The former things, lo, have come, And new things I am declaring, Before they spring up I cause you to hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 - Lo, I am doing a new thing, now it springeth up, Do ye not know it? Yea, I put in a wilderness a way, In a desolate place -- floods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:4 - And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - Drop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, Jehovah, have prepared it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given 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 broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - For, as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord Jehovah causeth righteousness and praise To shoot 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 cause to shoot up to David a shoot of righteousness, And he hath done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:7 - A myriad -- as the shoot of the field I have made thee, And thou art multiplied, and art great, And comest in with an excellent adornment, Breasts have been formed, and thy hair hath grown -- And thou, naked and bare!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And it springeth up, and becometh a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becometh a vine, and maketh boughs, And sendeth forth beauteous branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:21 - In that day I cause to shoot up a horn to the house of Israel, And to thee I give an opening of the mouth in their midst, And they have known that I am Jehovah!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:12 - and hast spoken unto him, saying: Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: Lo, a man! A Shoot -- is his name, And from his place he doth shoot up, And he hath built the temple of Jehovah.
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