צוּם tsum
Hebrew word for “to fast” · Strong’s H6684 · used 21 times in 17 verses
Meaning
(Qal) to abstain from food, fast
How it is translated
Glosses given for tsum in context, with how often each is used:
- fasted 10
- fast 3
- fasting 2
- will fast 2
- fasted ! 1
- have we fasted 1
- ¿ really 1
- did you fast for 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Samuel | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Zechariah | 3 | 1.0 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Esther | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezra | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
2 Samuel 12 (4), Isaiah 58 (2), Judges 20 (1), 1 Samuel 7 (1), 1 Samuel 31 (1), 2 Samuel 1 (1), 1 Kings 21 (1), 1 Chronicles 10 (1), Ezra 8 (1), Nehemiah 1 (1)
Forms
- ויצומו 3
- ויצמו 2
- צם 2
- תצומו 2
- ויצם 1
- צמת 1
- צמתי 1
- ויצום 1
- ונצומה 1
- וצומו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tsum more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בָּכָה bakhah “to weep” 5
- יָבֵשׁ yavesh “Jabesh (Gilead)” 2
- צוֹם tsom “fast” 2
- סָפַד saphad “to mourn” 2
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 4
- יֶלֶד yeled “youth” 2
- עֶצֶם etsem “bone” 2
- מָה mah “what?” 3
- קָבַר qavar “to bury” 2
- עֶרֶב erev “evening” 2
- אֲנִי ani “I” 3
- שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 2
Key verses
The verses using tsum that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Judges 20:26 — Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day…
- 1 Samuel 7:6 — And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the…
- 2 Samuel 1:12 — And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because…
- 2 Samuel 12:16 — David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
- 1 Kings 21:27 — And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
- Ezra 8:23 — So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
- Nehemiah 1:4 — And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
- Esther 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens…
- Isaiah 58:3 — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye…
- Isaiah 58:4 — Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
- Jeremiah 14:12 — When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword,…
- Zechariah 7:5 — Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye…
See all 17 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.