Zemorah זְמוֹרָה
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| זְמוֹרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | zemorah |
| Strong's number | H2156 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Gloss | branch |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (2) |
Zemorah (Hebrew זְמוֹרָה, Strong's H2156) is a Hebrew noun meaning “branch”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
branch, twig, shoot
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | branch (3), slips (1), branches (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | branch (3), vines (1), branches of their vine (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Zemorah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 13:23And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 17:10Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 8:17Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
- Ezekiel 15:2Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
Nahum
- Nahum 2:2For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).