Tsûwts — H6692

Definition

verb

to twinkle, i.e. glance; by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)

1. to blossom, shine, sparkle
1. (Qal)
1. to flourish
2. to shine, gleam
2. (Hiphil) to blossom, put forth blossoms, produce blossoms
2. (Hiphil) to gaze, peep, glance, make the eyes sparkle

Usually translated as

flourish, blossom, bloom, shew self

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• blastánō (G985)

Occurrences

Tsûwts occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Psalms (5), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Numbers 17:8 — And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed (וַיָּ֣צֵֽץ) blossoms, and yielded almonds.
• Psalms 72:16 — There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish (וְיָצִ֥יצוּ) like grass of the earth.
• Psalms 90:6 — In the morning it flourisheth (יָצִ֣יץ), and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
• Psalms 92:7 — When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish (וַ֭יָּצִיצוּ); it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
• Psalms 103:15 — As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth (יָצִֽיץ).
• Psalms 132:18 — His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish (יָצִ֥יץ).
• Isaiah 27:6 — He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom (יָצִ֥יץ) and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
• Ezekiel 7:10 — Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed (צָ֚ץ), pride hath budded.