צֶמֶר tsemer
Hebrew word for “wool” · Strong’s H6785 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
1) wool; 1a) wool; 1b) whiteness (metaph.); 1c) wool (in garments); Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (עֲמַר "wool" H6015)
How it is translated
Glosses given for tsemer in context, with how often each is used:
- wool 13
- like wool 3
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 13 (4), Hosea 2 (2), Deuteronomy 22 (1), Judges 6 (1), 2 Kings 3 (1), Psalms 147 (1), Proverbs 31 (1), Isaiah 1 (1), Isaiah 51 (1), Ezekiel 27 (1)
Forms
- צמר 5
- הצמר 3
- כצמר 2
- צמרי 2
- ולצמר 1
- בצמר 1
- וכצמר 1
- וצמר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tsemer more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פֵּשֶׁת pishteh “flax” 9
- בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 5
- שְׁתִי sheti “warp” 3
- עֵרֶב erev “mixture” 3
- צָרַעַת tsaraat “leprosy” 3
- אוֹ o “or” 4
- נֶגַע nega “plague” 3
- עוֹר or “skin” 3
- לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 3
- שֶׁלֶג sheleg “snow” 2
- כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 2
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 2
Key verses
The verses using tsemer that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 13:47 — The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
- Judges 6:37 — Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou…
- 2 Kings 3:4 — And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
- Psalms 147:16 — He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
- Proverbs 31:13 — She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
- Isaiah 1:18 — Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they…
- Isaiah 51:8 — For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation…
- Ezekiel 27:18 — Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
- Ezekiel 34:3 — Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
- Ezekiel 44:17 — And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon…
- Hosea 2:5 — For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my…
- Hosea 2:9 — Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her…
See all 16 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.