Quick Definition
fast
Strong's Definition
a fast
Derivation: or צֹם; from H6684 (צוּם);
KJV Usage: fast(-ing).
TWOT Reference: 1890a
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
צוֹם (tsom) — fast. fast, fasting
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · צום
Ingest
fasting = 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
2SA 12:16 · 1KI 21:9 · 1KI 21:12 · 2CH 20:3 · EZR 8:21 · NEH 9:1 · EST 4:3 · EST 9:31 · PSA 35:13 · PSA 69:11 · PSA 109:24 · ISA 58:3 · ISA 58:5 · ISA 58:5 · ISA 58:6 · JER 36:6 · JER 36:9 · DAN 9:3 · JOL 1:14 · JOL 2:12 · JOL 2:15 · JON 3:5 · ZEC 8:19 · ZEC 8:19 · ZEC 8:19 · ZEC 8:19
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צוֹם n.m. fasting, fast base