Tammûwz — H8542

Definition

deity proper noun

Tammuz, a Phoenician deity

1. Tammuz = "sprout of life"
2. a Sumerian deity of food or vegetation

Usually translated as

Tammuz

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Occurrences

Tammûwz occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezekiel (1)

• Ezekiel 8:14 — Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz (הַתַּמּֽוּז).