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Lexicon :: Strong's H6789 - ṣāmaṯ

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צָמַת
Transliteration
ṣāmaṯ
Pronunciation
tsaw-math'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1932

Strong’s Definitions

צָמַת tsâmath, tsaw-math'; a primitive root; to extirpate (literally or figuratively):—consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H6789 in the following manner: cut off (8x), destroy (5x), vanish (1x), consume (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H6789 in the following manner: cut off (8x), destroy (5x), vanish (1x), consume (1x).

  1. to put an end to, cut off, destroy, exterminate, extirpate

    1. (Qal) to put an end to, terminate

    2. (Niphal) to be ended, be annihilated, be exterminated

    3. (Piel) to put an end to

    4. (Pilel) to be exterminated, be annihilated

    5. (Hiphil) to exterminate, annihilate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָמַת tsâmath, tsaw-math'; a primitive root; to extirpate (literally or figuratively):—consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.
STRONGS H6789: Abbreviations
† [צָמַת] verb put an end to, exterminate, in poetry and (in Qal, Pi.) hyperbolic (properly compress, Late Hebrew id., press together; Arabic bdb085603 is be silent, II, IV.make speechless, silence; Syriac bdb085605 be silent (in Lexicons)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural צָֽמְתוּ ֗֗֗ חַיָּ֑י Lamentations 3:63 = they have put an end to my life (Bu conjectures Pi.).
Niph. be ended, annihilated; Perfect 1st person singular מִפְּנֵי־חשׁךְ נִצְמַתִּי Job 23:17 I am [not] annihilated because of (the) darkness; 3rd person plural נִצְמָ֑תוּ Job 6:17 (of dried-up brooks).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix צִמְּתַתְנִי Psalm 119:139 קִנְאָתִי hath put an end to me (it is so intense).
Pi`lēl Perfect 3rd person plural suffix צִמְּתֻתוּנִי (but read צִמְּתוּנִי Ges§ 55 d, or צִמְּתָ֑תְנִי) Hi [Ges§ 145 k]; compare Bae) Psalm 88:17 thine alarms have annihilated me.
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִצְמַתָּה Psalm 73:27; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַצְמִיתֵם Psalm 94:23 (twice in verse); 2nd person masculine singular תַּצְמִית Psalm 143:12, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix הַצְמִיתֵם Psalm 54:7; Participle plural suffix מַצְמִיתַי Psalm 69:5; — exterminate, annihilate, with accusative of person, subject Psalmist Psalm 18:41 = 2 Samuel 22:41 (read as in Psalms), Psalm 101:5; Psalm 101:8; his foes Psalm 69:5; י׳ Psalm 54:7; Psalm 73:27; Psalm 94:23 (twice in verse); Psalm 143:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

22:41

Job

6:17; 23:17

Psalms

18:41; 54:7; 54:7; 69:5; 69:5; 73:27; 73:27; 88:17; 94:23; 94:23; 101:5; 101:8; 119:139; 143:12; 143:12

Lamentations

3:63

H6789

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6789 matches the Hebrew צָמַת (ṣāmaṯ),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 - You made my enemies turn their backs to me,[fn]
those who hated me, and I destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:17 - When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
nor because thick darkness covers my face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40 - You made my enemies turn their backs to me,[fn]
and those who hated me I destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 54:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:5 - He will return the evil to my enemies;
in your faithfulness put an end to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - More in number than the hairs of my head
are those who hate me without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:27 - For behold, those who are far from you shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:16 - Your wrath has swept over me;
your dreadful assaults destroy me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - He will bring back on them their iniquity
and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the LORD our God will wipe them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly
I will destroy.
Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 - Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all the evildoers
from the city of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:139

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139 - My zeal consumes me,
because my foes forget your words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12 - And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies,
and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
for I am your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:53 - they flung me alive into the pit
and cast stones on me;
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