Tsimmâʼôwn — H6774

Definition

masculine noun

a thirsty place, i.e. desert

1. thirsty ground

Usually translated as

drought, dry ground, thirsty land

Origin

from H6771

• Derived from Tsâmêʼ (H6771)

Occurrences

Tsimmâʼôwn occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1)

• Deuteronomy 8:15 — Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought (וְצִמָּא֖וֹן), where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
• Psalms 107:33 — He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground (לְצִמָּאֽוֹן);
• Isaiah 35:7 — And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land (וְצִמָּא֖וֹן) springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.