6789. tsamath
Strong's Lexicon
tsamath: To cut off, destroy, annihilate

Original Word: צָמַת
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tsamath
Pronunciation: tsaw-math'
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-math')
Definition: To cut off, destroy, annihilate
Meaning: to extirpate

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent in Strong's Concordance, the concept of destruction or cutting off can be related to Greek terms such as ἀπόλλυμι (apollymi - Strong's 622), which means to destroy or perish.

Usage: The Hebrew verb "tsamath" primarily conveys the idea of cutting off or destroying completely. It is often used in contexts where something is brought to an end or utterly removed. The term can imply a decisive and final action, often associated with divine judgment or the eradication of evil.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near Eastern context, the concept of cutting off or destroying was significant in both military and religious settings. The Israelites understood such actions as part of God's sovereign will, often seen in the context of divine retribution or purification. The complete destruction of enemies or sinful practices was sometimes necessary to maintain the holiness and distinctiveness of the Israelite community.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to put an end to, exterminate
NASB Translation
consumed (1), cut off (1), destroy (6), destroyed (4), silenced (2), silent (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[צָמַת] verb put an end to, exterminate, in poetry and (in

Qal, Pi`el) hyperbolic (properly compress, Late Hebrew id., press together; Arabic is be silent, II, IV.make speechless, silence; Syriac be silent (in Lexicons)); —

Qal Perfect3plural צָֽמְתוּ ֗֗֗ חַיָּ֑י Lamentations 3:63 = they have put an end to my life (Bu conjectures Pi`el).

Niph`al be ended, annihilated; Perfect1singular נִצְמַתִּת מִמְּנֵיאחשֶׁךְ Job 23:17 I am [not] annihilated because of (the) darkness; 3 plural נִצְמָ֑תוּ Job 6:17 (of dried-up brooks).

Pi`el Perfect3feminine singular suffix צִמְּתַתְנִי Psalm 119:139 קִנְאָתִי hath put an end to me (it is so intense).

Pi`lel Perfect3plural suffix צִמְּתֻתוּנִי (but read צִמְּתוּנִי Ges§ 55d, or צִמְּתָ֑תְנִי) Hi [Ges§ 145k]; compare Bae) Psalm 88:17 thine alarms have annihilated me.

Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular הִצְמַתָּה Psalm 73:27; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַצְמִיתֵם Psalm 94:23 (twice in verse); 2masculine singular תַּצְמִית Psalm 143:12, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix הַצְמִיתֵם Psalm 54:7; Participle plural suffix מַצְמִיתַי Psalm 69:5; — exterminate, annihilate, with accusative of person, subject Psalmist Psalm 18:41 = 2 Samuel 22:41 (read as in Psalms), Psalm 101:5; Psalm 101:8; his foes Psalm 69:5; ׳י Psalm 54:7; Psalm 73:27; Psalm 94:23 (twice in verse); Psalm 143:12.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
consume, cut off, destroy, vanish

A primitive root; to extirpate (literally or figuratively) -- consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.

Forms and Transliterations
אַ֫צְמִ֥ית אַצְמִ֥ית אַצְמִיתֵֽם׃ אצמית אצמיתם׃ הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה הַצְמִיתֵֽם׃ הצמיתם׃ הצמתה וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם׃ ואצמיתם׃ יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יצמיתם מַ֭צְמִיתַי מצמיתי נִ֭צְמַתִּי נִצְמָ֑תוּ נצמתו נצמתי צִמְּתַ֥תְנִי צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃ צָֽמְת֤וּ צמתו צמתותני׃ צמתתני תַּצְמִ֪ית תצמית ’aṣ·mî·ṯêm ’aṣ·mîṯ ’aṣmîṯ ’aṣmîṯêm atzMit atzmiTem haṣ·mî·ṯêm haṣmîṯêm hatzmiTem hiṣ·mat·tāh hiṣmattāh hitzMattah maṣ·mî·ṯay maṣmîṯay Matzmitai niṣ·mā·ṯū niṣ·mat·tî niṣmattî niṣmāṯū Nitzmatti nitzMatu ṣā·mə·ṯū ṣāməṯū ṣim·mə·ṯaṯ·nî ṣim·mə·ṯū·ṯu·nî ṣimməṯaṯnî ṣimməṯūṯunî taṣ·mîṯ taṣmîṯ tatzMit tzameTu tzimmeTatni tzimmetuTuni vaatzmiTem wā’aṣmîṯêm wā·’aṣ·mî·ṯêm yaṣ·mî·ṯêm yaṣmîṯêm yatzmiTem
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Samuel 22:41
HEB: עֹ֑רֶף מְשַׂנְאַ֖י וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם׃
NAS: [their] backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated
KJV: of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate
INT: backs hated destroyed

Job 6:17
HEB: בְּ֭עֵת יְזֹרְב֣וּ נִצְמָ֑תוּ בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ נִדְעֲכ֥וּ
NAS: they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot,
KJV: they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot,
INT: When become are silent is hot vanish

Job 23:17
HEB: כִּֽי־ לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־ חֹ֑שֶׁךְ
NAS: But I am not silenced by the darkness,
KJV: Because I was not cut off before
INT: for Nor silenced before the darkness

Psalm 18:40
HEB: עֹ֑רֶף וּ֝מְשַׂנְאַ֗י אַצְמִיתֵֽם׃
NAS: their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated
KJV: of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate
INT: their backs hated destroyed

Psalm 54:5
HEB: לְשֹׁרְרָ֑י בַּ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ הַצְמִיתֵֽם׃
NAS: to my foes; Destroy them in Your faithfulness.
KJV: unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
INT: enemies your faithfulness Destroy

Psalm 69:4
HEB: חִ֫נָּ֥ם עָצְמ֣וּ מַ֭צְמִיתַי אֹיְבַ֣י שֶׁ֑קֶר
NAS: of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful,
KJV: of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies
INT: without are powerful destroy enemies wrongfully

Psalm 73:27
HEB: רְחֵקֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה כָּל־ זוֹנֶ֥ה
NAS: from You will perish; You have destroyed all
KJV: from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring
INT: are far will perish have destroyed all are unfaithful

Psalm 88:16
HEB: חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃
NAS: me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
KJV: me; thy terrors have cut me off.
INT: your burning your terrors have destroyed

Psalm 94:23
HEB: אוֹנָ֗ם וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהוָ֥ה
NAS: their wickedness upon them And will destroy them in their evil;
KJV: upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness;
INT: their wickedness their evil and will destroy will destroy the LORD

Psalm 94:23
HEB: וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃
NAS: The LORD our God will destroy them.
KJV: our God shall cut them off.
INT: their evil and will destroy will destroy the LORD our God

Psalm 101:5
HEB: רֵעֵהוּ֮ אוֹת֪וֹ אַ֫צְמִ֥ית גְּֽבַהּ־ עֵ֭ינַיִם
NAS: his neighbor, him I will destroy; No
KJV: his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high
INT: secretly his neighbor will destroy an high look

Psalm 101:8
HEB: לַבְּקָרִ֗ים אַצְמִ֥ית כָּל־ רִשְׁעֵי־
NAS: Every morning I will destroy all
KJV: I will early destroy all the wicked
INT: morning will destroy all the wicked

Psalm 119:139
HEB: צִמְּתַ֥תְנִי קִנְאָתִ֑י כִּֽי־
NAS: My zeal has consumed me, Because
KJV: My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies
INT: has consumed my zeal Because

Psalm 143:12
HEB: וּֽבְחַסְדְּךָ֮ תַּצְמִ֪ית אֹ֫יְבָ֥י וְֽ֭הַאֲבַדְתָּ
NAS: And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies
KJV: And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies,
INT: your lovingkindness cut enemies and destroy

Lamentations 3:53
HEB: צָֽמְת֤וּ בַבּוֹר֙ חַיָּ֔י
NAS: They have silenced me in the pit
KJV: They have cut off my life
INT: have silenced the pit my life

15 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6789
15 Occurrences


’aṣ·mîṯ — 2 Occ.
’aṣ·mî·ṯêm — 1 Occ.
haṣ·mî·ṯêm — 1 Occ.
hiṣ·mat·tāh — 1 Occ.
maṣ·mî·ṯay — 1 Occ.
niṣ·mat·tî — 1 Occ.
niṣ·mā·ṯū — 1 Occ.
taṣ·mîṯ — 1 Occ.
ṣā·mə·ṯū — 1 Occ.
ṣim·mə·ṯaṯ·nî — 1 Occ.
ṣim·mə·ṯū·ṯu·nî — 1 Occ.
wā·’aṣ·mî·ṯêm — 1 Occ.
yaṣ·mî·ṯêm — 2 Occ.
















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