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Lexicon :: Strong's H6685 - ṣôm

Aa
צוֹם
Transliteration
ṣôm
Pronunciation
tsome
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1890a

Strong’s Definitions

צוֹם tsôwm, tsome; or צֹם tsôm; from H6684; a fast:—fast(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H6685 in the following manner: fast (16x), fasting (9x), fasted (with H6684) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's H6685 in the following manner: fast (16x), fasting (9x), fasted (with H6684) (1x).

  1. fast, fasting

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צוֹם tsôwm, tsome; or צֹם tsôm; from H6684; a fast:—fast(-ing).
STRONGS H6685: Abbreviations
† צוֺם noun masculineIsaiah 58:5 fasting, fast; — צ׳ absolute 2 Samuel 12:16 +, construct Zechariah 8:19 (4 times); suffix צֹמְכֶם Isaiah 58:3; plural צוֺמוֺת Esther 9:31; — fast, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb 2 Samuel 12:16; public observance 1 Kings 21:9, 12; 2 Chronicles 20:3; Ezra 8:21; Jeremiah 36:9; Jonah 3:5 (all object of קָרָא proclaim), compare Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15 (both object of קַדְּשׁוּ); יוֺם צוֺם Jeremiah 36:6, יוֺם צֹמְכֶם Isaiah 58:3, compare Isaiah 58:5 (|| יוֺם עַנּוֺת אָדָם נַפְשׁוֺ), Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 58:6; of periodic fasts Zechariah 8:19 (4 times in verse); Esther 9:31; act or state of fasting, וּבְשַׂקִּים נֶאֶסְפוּ בְצ׳ Nehemiah 9:1 compare Joel 2:12; Daniel 9:3; Esther 4:3; נַפְשִׁי עִנֵּיתִי בַצּ׳ Psalm 35:13; compare Psalm 69:11 (on וָאֶבְכֶּה see Che Bae); causing physical weakness Psalm 109:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

12:16; 12:16

1 Kings

21:9; 21:12

2 Chronicles

20:3

Ezra

8:21

Nehemiah

9:1

Esther

4:3; 9:31; 9:31

Psalms

35:13; 69:11; 109:24

Isaiah

58:3; 58:3; 58:5; 58:5; 58:5; 58:6

Jeremiah

36:6; 36:9

Daniel

9:3

Joel

1:14; 2:12; 2:15

Jonah

3:5

Zechariah

8:19; 8:19

H6685

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6685 matches the Hebrew צוֹם (ṣôm),
which occurs 26 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16

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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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:9 - Now she had written H3789 in the letters H5612, saying H559, “Proclaim H7121 a fast H6685 and seat H3427 Naboth H5022 at the head H7218 of the people H5971;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:12 - They proclaimed H7121 a fast H6685, and seated H3427 Naboth H5022 at the head H7218 of the people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:3 - Jehoshaphat H3092 was H3372 afraid H3372 and [fn]turned H5414 his attention H6440 to seek H1875 the LORD H3068; and he proclaimed H7121 a period H6685 of H6685 fasting H6685 throughout H5921 H3605 Judah H3063.

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Then I proclaimed H7121 a fast H6685 there H8033 at the river H5104 of Ahava H163, to humble H6031 ourselves before H6440 our God H430, to seek H1245 from Him a [fn]safe H3477 journey H1870 for us, our little H2945 ones H2945, and all H3605 our possessions H7399.

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Now on the twenty-fourth H6242 H702 day H3117 of this H2088 month H2320 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 assembled H622 with fasting H6685, in sackcloth H8242 and with dirt H127 upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - In each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 where H4725 H834 the command H1697 and decree H1881 of the king H4428 came H5060, there was great H1419 mourning H60 among the Jews H3064, with fasting H6685, weeping H1065, and mourning H4553 rites H4553; and many H7227 had H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 spread H3331 out H3331 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - to establish H6965 these H428 days H3117 of Purim H6332 at their appointed H2163 times H2165, just H834 as H834 Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 and Queen H4436 Esther H635 had established H6965 for them, and just H834 as H834 they had established H6965 for themselves H5315 and for their [fn]descendants H2233, with [fn]instructions H1697 for their times H6685 of H6685 fasting H6685 and their mourning H2201.

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But as for me, when they were H2470 sick H2470, my clothing H3830 was sackcloth H8242;

I humbled H6031 my soul H5315 with fasting H6685,

But my prayer H8605 kept returning H7725 to [fn]me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:10

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When I wept H1058 in my soul H5315 with fasting H6685,

It became H1961 my disgrace H2781.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24

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My knees H1290 [fn]are H3782 weak H3782 from fasting H6685,

And my flesh H1320 has grown H3584 lean H3584, without H4480 fatness H8081.

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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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“Is it a fast H6685 like this H2088 that I choose H977, a day H3117 for a person H120 to humble H6031 himself H5315?

Is it for bowing H3721 [fn]one’s head H7218 like a reed H100

And for spreading H3331 out H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331?

Will you call H7121 this H2088 a fast H6685, even an acceptable H7522 day H3117 to the LORD H3068?

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“Is this H2088 not the fast H6685 that I choose H977:

To release H6605 the bonds H2784 of wickedness H7562,

To undo H5425 the ropes H92 of the yoke H4133,

And to let H7971 the oppressed H7533 go H7971 free H2670,

And break H5423 every H3605 yoke H4133?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:6 - “So you go H935 and read H7121 from the scroll H4039, which H834 you have written H3789 [fn]at my dictation H6310, the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 [fn]to the people H5971 at the LORD’S H3068 house H1004 on a day H3117 of fasting H6685. And you shall also H1571 read H7121 them [fn]to all H3605 the people of Judah H3063 who come H935 from their cities H5892.

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Now in the fifth H2549 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the ninth H8671 month H2320, all H3605 the people H5971 in Jerusalem H3389 and all H3605 the people H5971 who came H935 from the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 to Jerusalem H3389 proclaimed H7121 a fast H6685 before H6440 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I gave H5414 my [fn]attention H6440 to the Lord H136 God H430, to seek H1245 Him by prayer H8605 and pleading H8469, with fasting H6685, sackcloth H8242, and ashes H665.

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Consecrate H6942 a fast H6685,

Proclaim H7121 a solemn H6116 assembly H6116;

Gather H622 the elders H2205

And all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776

To the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God H430,

And cry H2199 out H2199 to the LORD H3068.

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“Yet even H1571 now H6258,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,

“Return H7725 to Me with all H3605 your heart H3824,

And with fasting H6685, weeping H1065, and mourning H4553;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:15

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Blow H8628 a trumpet H7782 in Zion H6726,

Consecrate H6942 a fast H6685, proclaim H7121 a solemn H6116 assembly H6116,

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Then the people H376 of Nineveh H5210 believed H539 in God H430; and they called H7121 a fast H6685 and put H3847 on H3847 sackcloth H8242, from the greatest H1419 to the least H6996 of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - “The LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559 this H3541: ‘The fast H6685 of the fourth H7243, the fast H6685 of the fifth H2549, the fast H6685 of the seventh H7637, and the fast H6685 of the tenth H6224 months will become H1961 joy H8342, jubilation H8057, and [fn]cheerful H2896 festivals H4150 for the house H1004 of Judah H3063; so love H157 truth H571 and peace H7965.’
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