TBESH · H6684
צוּם · tsum · to fast
(Qal) to abstain from food, fast
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tsum H6684
צוּם (tsum) means “to fast” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
צוּם Hebrew · H6684 21 tagged occurrences in 17 verses
Pronunciation guide: tsoom Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
KJV glosses: [idiom] at all, fast.
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How translators render H6684
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and fasted | 3 |
| fast | 2 |
| they fasted | 2 |
| you fasted | 2 |
| and fast | 1 |
| and they fasted | 1 |
| fasted | 1 |
| fasting | 1 |
| have we fasted | 1 |
| i fasted | 1 |
| so we fasted | 1 |
| that you fasted | 1 |
| they may fast | 1 |
| will fast | 1 |
| you fast | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and fasted | 7 |
| and fast | 1 |
| behold ye fast | 1 |
| did ye at all | 1 |
| fast | 1 |
| fasted | 1 |
| i fasted | 1 |
| so we fasted | 1 |
| thou didst fast | 1 |
| when they fast | 1 |
| when ye fasted | 1 |
| wherefore have we fasted | 1 |
| wherefore should i fast | 1 |
| will fast | 1 |
| ye shall not fast | 1 |
Verses containing H6684
Page 1 of 1. 17 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Judges 20:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 7:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 31:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 1:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 12:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 12:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 12:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 12:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 21:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 10:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
Read word by word - Ezra 8:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 1:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Read word by word - Esther 4:16
· BSB · 2 occurrences
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:4
· BSB · 2 occurrences
You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 14:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
Read word by word - Zechariah 7:5
· BSB · 3 occurrences
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
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