# צוּם (tsum)

Israeli respelling: tsum. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6684. 17 Old Testament occurrences.

to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast

King James renderings: [idiom] at all, fast.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tsum-h6684

## Occurrences

- [Judges 20:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/26) — Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and…
- [1 Samuel 7:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/7/6) — And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have si…
- [1 Samuel 31:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/31/13) — And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- [2 Samuel 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/12) — And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of…
- [2 Samuel 12:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/16) — David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
- [2 Samuel 12:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/21) — Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but wh…
- [2 Samuel 12:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/22) — And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child…
- [2 Samuel 12:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/23) — But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
- [1 Kings 21:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/21/27) — And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcl…
- [1 Chronicles 10:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/10/12) — They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their b…
- [Ezra 8:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/8/23) — So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
- [Nehemiah 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/1/4) — And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of…
- [Esther 4:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/4/16) — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I als…
- [Isaiah 58:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/58/3) — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the…
- [Isaiah 58:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/58/4) — Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to…
- [Jeremiah 14:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/12) — When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume t…
- [Zechariah 7:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/7/5) — Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those se…