זַעַם zaam
Hebrew word for “indignation” · Strong’s H2195 · used 22 times in 22 verses
Meaning
anger, indignation
How it is translated
Glosses given for zaam in context, with how often each is used:
- indignation 22
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Daniel | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 10 (2), Ezekiel 22 (2), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 69 (1), Psalms 78 (1), Psalms 102 (1), Isaiah 13 (1), Isaiah 26 (1), Isaiah 30 (1), Jeremiah 10 (1)
Forms
- זעם 6
- זעמי 4
- זעמו 4
- זעמך 3
- בזעם 2
- וזעם 1
- הזעם 1
- מזעם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with zaam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַף aph “face” 9
- חָרוֹן charon “burning anger” 4
- שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 4
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 5
- עֶבְרָה evrah “fury” 3
- מֶרְחָק merchaq “distance” 2
- כָּלָה kalah “to end” 3
- קֶצֶף qetseph “wrath” 2
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 3
- בָּעַר baar “to burn” 2
- מְעַט meat “little” 2
- לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 2
Key verses
The verses using zaam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 38:3 — There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
- Isaiah 10:5 — O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- Isaiah 26:20 — Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
- Isaiah 30:27 — Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a…
- Jeremiah 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide…
- Jeremiah 15:17 — I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
- Lamentations 2:6 — And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn…
- Ezekiel 22:31 — Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads,…
- Daniel 11:36 — And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God…
- Hosea 7:16 — They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their…
- Nahum 1:6 — Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
- Zephaniah 3:8 — Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the…
See all 22 verses in the Word Atlas
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.