Strong H6789צָמַת

to destroy

Transliteration
tsâmath
Pronunciation
tsaw-math'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

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

Detailed definition

1) to put an end to, cut off, destroy, exterminate, extirpate
1a) (Qal) to put an end to, terminate
1b) (Niphal) to be ended, be annihilated, be exterminated
1c) (Piel) to put an end to
1d) (Pilel) to be exterminated, be annihilated
1e) (Hiphil) to exterminate, annihilate

In the Bible

Strong H6789 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • cut7
  • destroy5
  • consume1
  • vanish1

First verses

  1. 2 Samuel 22:41
    Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
  2. Job 6:17
    What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
  3. Job 23:17
    Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
  4. Psalms 18:40
    Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
  5. Psalms 54:5
    He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
  6. Psalms 69:4
    They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
  7. Psalms 73:27
    For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
  8. Psalms 88:16
    Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
  9. Psalms 94:23
    And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
  10. Psalms 101:5
    Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
  11. Psalms 101:8
    I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.
  12. Psalms 119:139
    My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
  13. Psalms 143:12
    And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
  14. Lamentations 3:53
    They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
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