Tsamach צָמַח

Tsamach (Hebrew צָמַח, Strong's H6779) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to spring”. It occurs 33 times in 32 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Tsamach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 2:5
  And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
• Genesis 2:9
  And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
• Genesis 3:18
  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
• Genesis 41:6
  And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
• Genesis 41:23
  And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.

Exodus

• Exodus 10:5
  And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 13:37
  But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him clean.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 29:23
  And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

Judges

• Judges 16:22
  Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 10:5
  When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
• 2 Samuel 23:5
  Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 19:5
  Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

Job

• Job 5:6
  Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
• Job 8:19
  Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
• Job 38:27
  To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

Psalms

• Psalm 85:11
  Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
• Psalm 104:14
  He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
• Psalm 132:17
  There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
• Psalm 147:8
  Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 2:6
  I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 42:9
  Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
• Isaiah 43:19
  Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
• Isaiah 44:4
  And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
• Isaiah 45:8
  Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.
• Isaiah 55:10
  For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
• Isaiah 58:8
  Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
• Isaiah 61:11
  For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 33:15
  In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 16:7
  I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
• Ezekiel 17:6
  And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.
• Ezekiel 29:21
  In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Zechariah

• Zechariah 6:12
  And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord:And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).