H6684 צוּם
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 21 KJV occurrences
צוּם
tsûwm · tsoom
Definition
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
KJV Renderings
[idiom] at all, fast.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 21)
- 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 until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 31:13And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- 2 Samuel 12:21Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
- 2 Samuel 12:23But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
- Ezra 8:23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
- Esther 4:16Go, 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 will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
- Isaiah 58:4Behold, 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.
- Zechariah 7:5Speak 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 at all fast unto me, even to me?