צָמַח tsamach
Hebrew word for “to spring” · Strong’s H6779 · used 33 times in 32 verses
Meaning
1) to sprout, spring up, grow up;
How it is translated
Glosses given for tsamach in context, with how often each is used:
- will spring up 4
- sprouting 3
- springing up 3
- will make grow 3
- will cause to sprout 2
- will grow back 2
- springs up 2
- cause to sprout 2
- made sprout 1
- has sprouted 1
- causes to grow 1
- grow back 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Genesis | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 |
Also in 2 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 2 (2), Genesis 41 (2), Genesis 3 (1), Exodus 10 (1), Leviticus 13 (1), Deuteronomy 29 (1), Judges 16 (1), 2 Samuel 10 (1), 2 Samuel 23 (1), 1 Chronicles 19 (1)
Forms
- יצמח 5
- תצמח 4
- תצמיח 3
- אצמיח 3
- ויצמח 2
- צמחות 2
- צמח 2
- יצמיח 2
- הצמח 1
- לצמח 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tsamach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- צֶמַח tsemach “branch” 4
- עֵשֶׂב esev “vegetation” 4
- חָצִיר chatsir “grass” 3
- שֵׂעָר sear “hair” 3
- שָׁדַף shadaph “to scorch” 2
- שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 4
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 4
- צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 3
- צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 3
- דַּק daq “thin” 2
- שִׁבֹּלֶת shibbol “ear” 2
- זָקָן zaqan “beard” 2
Key verses
The verses using tsamach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 29:23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of…
- 2 Samuel 23:5 — Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all…
- Psalms 104:14 — He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
- Psalms 147:8 — Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- Isaiah 42:9 — Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
- Isaiah 43:19 — Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
- Isaiah 45:8 — Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness…
- Isaiah 55:10 — For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give…
- Isaiah 58:8 — Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the…
- Isaiah 61:11 — For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and…
- Jeremiah 33:15 — In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
- Zechariah 6:12 — And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he…
See all 32 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.