צוֹם (ṣôm) is a Hebrew noun meaning fasting. It appears 26 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6685).

Also rendered

• fast

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1890a)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צוֹם noun, masculine: fasting, fast

Strong's H6685 צוֹם: a fast
KJV:fast(-ing).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1890: צוּם ṣûm — abstain from food, fast; cover

• צוּם ṣûm — abstain from food

See it in Scripture

Opens the KJ3 Bible Reader with Hebrew interlinear.

← Back to all 8,640 words

Or search the interactive lexicon →