The meaning of “צוֹם”
Understanding tsôwm reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or צֹם tsôm (tsome); from צוּם fast(-ing). - a fast 1) fast, fasting
צוֹם
or צֹם tsôm (tsome); from צוּם fast(-ing). - a fast 1) fast, fasting
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings 21:12 | “They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.” Word: צוֹם (tsôwm) | |
| Ezra 8:21 | “Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.” Word: צוֹם (tsôwm) | |
| Esther 9:31 | “To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.” Word: צוֹם (tsôwm) | |
| Isaiah 58:5 | “Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?” Word: צוֹם (tsôwm) | |
| Daniel 9:3 | “And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:” Word: צוֹם (tsôwm) |