Tsamat צָמַת
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| צָמַת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsamat |
| Strong's number | H6789 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to destroy |
| Occurrences | 15 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (10) |
Tsamat (Hebrew צָמַת, Strong's H6789) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to destroy”. It occurs 15 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to put an end to, cut off, destroy, exterminate, extirpate
1a) (Qal) to put an end to, terminate
1b) (Niphal) to be ended, be annihilated, be exterminated
1c) (Piel) to put an end to
1d) (Pilel) to be exterminated, be annihilated
1e) (Hiphil) to exterminate, annihilate
1a) (Qal) to put an end to, terminate
1b) (Niphal) to be ended, be annihilated, be exterminated
1c) (Piel) to put an end to
1d) (Pilel) to be exterminated, be annihilated
1e) (Hiphil) to exterminate, annihilate
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | off (8), destroy (4), vanish (1), destroyed (1), consumed (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | destroy them (2), ceasing (1), silenced (1), those who would destroy me (1), you destroy (1), have destroyed me (1), will destroy them (1), i will put to silence (1), i will remove (1), has consumed me (1), cut off (1), they dropped me (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsamat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 22:41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
Job
- Job 6:17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
- Job 23:17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Psalms
- Psalm 18:40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
- Psalm 54:5He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
- Psalm 69:4They 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 that which I took not away.Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
- Psalm 73:27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
- Psalm 88:16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
- Psalm 94:23And 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.He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
- Psalm 101:5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Psalm 101:8I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
- Psalm 119:139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
- Psalm 143:12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
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).