Zâʻam — H2194

Definition

verb

properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged

1. to denounce, express indignation, be indignant
1. (Qal)
1. to have indignation, be indignant, be angrily indignant, be defiant
2. to be abhorrent
3. to express indignation in speech, denounce, curse
2. (Niphal) to show indignation, show anger

Usually translated as

indignation, angry, defy, abhor, abominable

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• apeiléō (G546)
• epágō (G1863)
• thymóō (G2373)
• kataráomai (G2672)
• miséō (G3404)
• orgízō (G3710)

Occurrences

Zâʻam occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (1), Daniel (1), Micah (1), Zechariah (1), Malachi (1)

• Numbers 23:7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy (זֹעֲמָ֥ה) Israel.
• Numbers 23:8 — How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy (אֶזְעֹ֔ם), whom the LORD hath not defied?
• Numbers 23:8 — How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied (זָעַ֖ם)?
• Psalms 7:11 — God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry (זֹעֵ֥ם) with the wicked every day.
• Proverbs 22:14 — The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred (זְע֥וּם) of the LORD shall fall therein.
• Proverbs 24:24 — He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor (יִזְעָמ֥וּהוּ) him:
• Proverbs 25:23 — The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry (נִ֝זְעָמִ֗ים) countenance a backbiting tongue.
• Isaiah 66:14 — And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation (וְזָעַ֖ם) toward his enemies.
• Daniel 11:30 — For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation (וְזָעַ֥ם) against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
• Micah 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable (זְעוּמָֽה)?
• Zechariah 1:12 — Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation (זָעַ֔מְתָּה) these threescore and ten years?
• Malachi 1:4 — Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation (זָעַ֥ם) for ever.