Tsâmath — H6789

Definition

verb

to extirpate (literally or figuratively)

1. to put an end to, cut off, destroy, exterminate, extirpate
1. (Qal) to put an end to, terminate
2. (Niphal) to be ended, be annihilated, be exterminated
3. (Piel) to put an end to
4. (Pilel) to be exterminated, be annihilated
5. (Hiphil) to exterminate, annihilate

Usually translated as

destroy, vanish, consume, cut off

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• apokteínō (G615)
• aphanízō (G853)
• ekdiṓkō (G1559)
• exolothreúō (G1842)
• echthrós (G2190)
• thanatóō (G2289)
• tarássō (G5015)

Occurrences

Tsâmath occurs 15 times in 14 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Job (2), Psalms (10), Lamentations (1)

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