צָמַת tsamat

Hebrew word for “to destroy” · Strong’s H6789 · used 15 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

1) to put an end to, cut off, destroy, exterminate, extirpate;

How it is translated

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

• will destroy 5
• destroyed 3
• destroy 2
• silenced 1
• have been destroyed 1
• those who destroy 1
• have destroyed 1
• has destroyed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 101 (2), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 6 (1), Job 23 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 54 (1), Psalms 69 (1), Psalms 73 (1), Psalms 88 (1), Psalms 94 (1)

Forms

• יצמיתם 2
• אצמית 2
• ואצמיתם 1
• נצמתו 1
• נצמתי 1
• אצמיתם 1
• הצמיתם 1
• מצמיתי 1
• הצמתה 1
• צמתותני 1

Words used with it

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

• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 4
• שָׂנֵא sane “to hate” 3
• עֹרֶף oreph “neck” 2
• אָוֶן aven “evil” 2
• נִי ni “me” 3
• אָבַד avad “to perish” 2
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 3
• רַע ra “bad” 2

Key verses

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

• 2 Samuel 22:41 — Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
• Psalms 18:40 — Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
• Psalms 54:5 — He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
• Psalms 69:4 — They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored…
• Psalms 73:27 — For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
• Psalms 88:16 — Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
• Psalms 94:23 — And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
• Psalms 101:5 — Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
• Psalms 101:8 — I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
• Psalms 119:139 — My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
• Psalms 143:12 — And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
• Lamentations 3:53 — They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

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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.