Quick Definition
to fast
Strong's Definition
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] at all, fast.
TWOT Reference: 1890
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צוּם (tsum) — to fast. (Qal) to abstain from food, fast
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · צֹום
Non-Ingest | verb qal
to fast = action by which someone abstains from eating food, sometimes accompanied by mourning, prayer, and sacrifices, ◄ as a result of grief, repentance, or done as part of a ritual; ► its primary intention is to humble oneself before God and so be pleasing to him
JDG 20:26 · 1SA 7:6 · 1SA 31:13 · 2SA 1:12 · 2SA 12:16 · 2SA 12:21 · 2SA 12:22 · 2SA 12:23 · 1KI 21:27 · 1CH 10:12 · EZR 8:23 · NEH 1:4 · EST 4:16 · EST 4:16 · ISA 58:3 · ISA 58:4 · ISA 58:4 · JER 14:12 · ZEC 7:5 · ZEC 7:5 · ZEC 7:5
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[צוּם] vb. abstain from food, fast base