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Lexicon :: Strong's H6779 - ṣāmaḥ

Aa
צָמַח
Transliteration
ṣāmaḥ
Pronunciation
tsaw-makh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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 BoxGen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - And after them came up seven other heads, thin and wasted by the east wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - And the face of the earth will be covered with them, so that you will not be able to see the earth: and they will be the destruction of everything which up to now has not been damaged, everything which was not crushed by the ice-storm, and every tree still living in your fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - But if, in his opinion, the growth is stopped, and black hair has come up on it, the disease has gone; he is clean and the priest will say that he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22 - But the growth of his hair was starting again after it had been cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When David had news of it, he sent men out with the purpose of meeting them on their way, for the men were greatly shamed: and the king said, Go to Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 - For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - Then certain men went and gave David word of what had been done to them. And he sent out with the purpose of meeting them; for the men were greatly shamed. And the king said, Keep where you are at Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - Faith comes up from the earth like a plant; righteousness is looking down from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 - See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:4 - And they will come up like grass in a well-watered field, like water-plants by the streams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15 - In those days and at that time, I will let a Branch of righteousness come up for David; and he will be a judge in righteousness in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:7 - And be increased in number like the buds of the field; and you were increased and became great, and you came to the time of love: your breasts were formed and your hair was long; but you were uncovered and without clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:21 - In that day I will make a horn put out buds for the children of Israel, and I will let your words come freely among them, and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:12 - And say to him, These are the words of the Lord of armies: See, the man whose name is the Branch, under whom there will be fertile growth.
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