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Lexicon :: Strong's H6684 - ṣûm

Aa
צוּם
Transliteration
ṣûm
Pronunciation
tsoom
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1890

Strong’s Definitions

צוּם tsûwm, tsoom; a primitive root; to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast:—× at all, fast.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H6684 in the following manner: fast (20x), at all (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H6684 in the following manner: fast (20x), at all (1x).

  1. (Qal) to abstain from food, fast

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צוּם tsûwm, tsoom; a primitive root; to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast:—× at all, fast.
STRONGS H6684: Abbreviations
† [צוּם] verb abstain from food, fast (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic (bdb084701) bdb084702, Ethiopic bdb084703 Aramaic צוּם, bdb084704); —
Qal Perfect 2nd person masculine singular צַמְתָּ 2 Samuel 12:21; 2nd person masculine plural צַמְתֶּם Zechariah 7:5, suffix צַמְתֻּנִי Zechariah 7:5; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיָּ֫צָם 2 Samuel 12:16, וַיָּצוֺ֑ם 1 Kings 21:27; 1st person singular אָצוּם Esther 4:16, etc.; Imperative masculine plural צוּמוּ Esther 4:16; Infinitive absolute צוֺם Zechariah 7:5; Participle צָם 2 Samuel 12:23; Nehemiah 1:4; — fast, in mourning the dead 1 Samuel 31:13 = 1 Chronicles 10:12; 2 Samuel 1:12; in worship (contrition, intercession, etc.) Jon 20:26; 1 Samuel 7:6; 2 Samuel 12:16 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb צוֺם; || בִּקֵּשׁ), 2 Samuel 12:23 and (+בָּכָה), 2 Samuel 12:21; 2 Samuel 12:22 (q. v. for explanation), Jeremiah 14:12; Zechariah 7:5 (+סְפוֺד), הֲצוֺם צַמְתֻּנִי Zechariah 7:5 (Ges§ 117x) was it at all unto me [י׳] that ye fasted ? וָאֱהִי צָם Nehemiah 1:4 (periphrase conjectural; + מִתְפַּלֵּל), compare Ezra 8:23 (+ בִּקֵּשׁ), Esther 4:16 (with עַל person for whom), Esther 4:16, Isaiah 58:3 (|| עִנִּינוּ נַפְשֵׁנוּ), Isaiah 58:4 (with ל of thing), Isaiah 58:4; once in disappointment and vexation 1 Kings 21:27.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

7:6; 31:13

2 Samuel

1:12; 12:16; 12:16; 12:21; 12:21; 12:22; 12:23; 12:23

1 Kings

21:27; 21:27

1 Chronicles

10:12

Ezra

8:23

Nehemiah

1:4; 1:4

Esther

4:16; 4:16; 4:16; 4:16

Isaiah

58:3; 58:4; 58:4

Jeremiah

14:12

Zechariah

7:5; 7:5; 7:5; 7:5; 7:5

H6684

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6684 matches the Hebrew צוּם (ṣûm),
which occurs 21 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:26 - Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and all H3605 the people H5971 went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 to Bethel H1008, and they wept H1058 and remained H3427 there H8033 before H6440 the LORD H3068, and fasted H6684 that day H3117 until H5704 evening H6153. And they offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and peace H8002 offerings H8002 before H6440 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:6 - So they gathered H6908 to Mizpah H4709, and drew H7579 water H4325 and poured H8210 it out H8210 before H6440 the LORD H3068, and fasted H6684 on that day H3117 and said H559 there H8033, “We have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068.” And Samuel H8050 judged H8199 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 at Mizpah H4709.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:13 - And they took H3947 their bones H6106 and buried H6912 them under H8478 the tamarisk H815 tree H815 in Jabesh H3003, and fasted H6684 for seven H7651 days H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they mourned H5594 and wept H1058 and fasted H6684 until H5704 evening H6153 for Saul H7586 and his son H1121 Jonathan H3083, and for the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 and the house H1004 of Israel H3478, because H3588 they had fallen H5307 by the sword H2719.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David H1732 therefore pleaded H1245 with God H430 for the child H5288; and David H1732 fasted H6684 H6685 and went H935 and lay H7901 all H3885 night H3885 on the ground H776.

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Then his servants H5650 said H559 to him, “What H4100 is this H2088 thing H1697 that you have done H6213? You fasted H6684 and wept H1058 for the child H3206 while he was [fn]alive H2416; but when H834 the child H3206 died H4191, you got H6965 up H6965 and ate H398 food H3899.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:22 - And he said H559, “While the child H3206 was still H5750 alive H2416, I fasted H6684 and wept H1058; for I said H559, ‘Who H4310 knows H3045, the LORD H3068 may be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, and the child H3206 may live H2416.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:23 - “But now H6258 he has died H4191; why H4100 should I fast H6684? Can H3201 I bring H7725 him back H7725 again H5750? I am going H1980 to him, but he will not return H7725 to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 -

Yet it came H1961 about H1961, when Ahab H256 heard H8085 these H428 words H1697, that he tore H7167 his clothes H899 and put H7760 [fn]on sackcloth H8242 and fasted H6684, and he lay H7901 in sackcloth H8242 and went H1980 about H1980 despondently H328.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12 - all H3605 the valiant H2428 men H376 got H6965 up H6965 and took H5375 away the body H1480 of Saul H7586 and the bodies H1480 of his sons H1121, and brought H935 them to Jabesh H3003; and they buried H6912 their bones H6106 under H8478 the oak H424 in Jabesh H3003, and fasted H6684 for seven H7651 days H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:23 - So we fasted H6684 and sought H1245 our God H430 concerning H5921 this H2088 matter, and He [fn]listened H6279 to H6279 our pleading H6279.

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Now when I heard H8085 these H428 words H1697, I sat H3427 down H3427 and wept H1058 and mourned H56 for days H3117; and I was fasting H6684 and praying H6419 before H6440 the God H430 of heaven H8064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - “Go H1980, gather H3664 all H3605 the Jews H3064 who are found H4672 in Susa H7800, and fast H6684 for me; do not eat H398 or drink H8354 for three H7969 days H3117, night H3915 or day H3117. I and my attendants H5291 also H1571 will fast H6684 in the same H3651 way H3651. And then H3651 I will go H935 in H935 to the king H4428, which H834 is not in accordance with the law H1881; and if H834 I perish H6, I perish H6.”

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‘Why H4100 have we fasted H6684 and You do not see H7200?

Why have we humbled H6031 ourselves H5315 and You do not [fn]notice H3045?’

Behold H2005, on the day H3117 of your fast H6685 you find H4672 your desire H2656,

And oppress H5065 all H3605 your workers H6092.

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“Behold H2005, you fast H6684 for contention H7379 and strife H4683, and to strike H5221 with a wicked H7562 fist H106.

You do not fast H6684 like you have done today H3117 to make H8085 your voice H6963 heard H8085 on high H4791!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - “When H3588 they fast H6684, I am not going to listen H8085 to their cry H7440; and when H3588 they offer H5927 burnt H5930 offering H5930 and grain offering H4503, I am not going to accept H7521 them. Rather H3588, I am going to put H3615 an H3615 end H3615 to H3615 them by the sword H2719, famine H7458, and plague H1698.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:5 - “Say H559 to all H3605 the people H5971 of the land H776 and to the priests H3548, ‘When H3588 you fasted H6684 and mourned H5594 in the fifth H2549 and seventh H7637 months [fn]these H2088 seventy H7657 years H8141, was it actually H6684 for Me that you fasted H6684?
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