זָמַם zamam

Hebrew word for “to plan” · Strong’s H2161 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

1) to have a thought, devise, plan, consider, purpose;

How it is translated

Glosses given for zamam in context, with how often each is used:

• planned 3
• have resolved 2
• will plan 1
• plotted 1
• plotting 1
• have plotted 1
• considers 1
• has purposed 1
• purposed 1
• have planned 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Zechariah 8 (2), Genesis 11 (1), Deuteronomy 19 (1), Psalms 17 (1), Psalms 31 (1), Psalms 37 (1), Proverbs 30 (1), Proverbs 31 (1), Jeremiah 4 (1), Jeremiah 51 (1)

Forms

• זמם 5
• זמתי 2
• זממתי 2
• יזמו 1
• זממו 1
• זמות 1
• זממה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zamam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נָחַם nacham “to be sorry” 2
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 3
• פֶּה peh “lip” 2
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 2
• צָוָה tsavah “to command” 2
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 2
• כֵּן ken “so” 2
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 2
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 2
• אָב av “father” 2

Key verses

The verses using zamam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 11:6 — And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which…
• Deuteronomy 19:19 — Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
• Psalms 17:3 — Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Psalms 31:13 — For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
• Psalms 37:12 — The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
• Proverbs 30:32 — If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
• Jeremiah 4:28 — For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back…
• Jeremiah 51:12 — Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that…
• Lamentations 2:17 — The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied:…
• Zechariah 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD…
• Zechariah 8:14 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
• Zechariah 8:15 — So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.