(Qal) to abstain from food, fast
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H6684 — צוּם
tsum · to fast · Hebrew/Aramaic
17 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 20:26 · וַיָּצ֥וּמוּThen all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.1 Samuel 7:6 · וַיָּצ֙וּמוּ֙They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against Yahweh.” Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.1 Samuel 31:13 · וַיָּצֻ֖מוּThey took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.2 Samuel 1:12 · וַיָּצֻ֖מוּThey mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.2 Samuel 12:16 · וַיָּ֤צָםDavid therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.2 Samuel 12:21 · צַ֣מְתָּThen his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”2 Samuel 12:22 · צַ֖מְתִּיHe said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’2 Samuel 12:23 · צָ֔םBut now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”1 Kings 21:27 · וַיָּצ֑וֹםIt happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.1 Chronicles 10:12 · וַיָּצ֖וּמוּall the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.Ezra 8:23 · וַנָּצ֛וּמָהSo we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.Nehemiah 1:4 · צָם֙It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,Esther 4:16 · וְצ֣וּמוּ · אָצ֣וּם“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”Isaiah 58:3 · צַּ֙מְנוּ֙‘Why have we fasted,’ say they, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.Isaiah 58:4 · תָּצ֔וּמוּ · תָצ֣וּמוּBehold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don’t fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.Jeremiah 14:12 · יָצֻ֗מוּWhen they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.Zechariah 7:5 · צַמְתֶּ֨ם · הֲצ֥וֹם · צַמְתֻּ֖נִי“Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?