צוֹםtsôwm

fasting, fast (Isaiah 58:5; 2 Samuel 12:16; Zechariah 8:19; Isaiah 58:3; Esther 9:31)

Pronunciation: tsome · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6685

Same root

צוּםtsûwm · H6684to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast

Where it appears

Appears 26 times in the Bible.

2 Samuel 12:16 David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.
1 Kings 21:9 In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor.
1 Kings 21:12 They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.
2 Chronicles 20:3 Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the Lord for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting.
Ezra 8:21 And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled.
Nehemiah 9:1 On October 31 the people assembled again, and this time they fasted and dressed in burlap and sprinkled dust on their heads.

See every passage

2 Samuel 12:16
1 Kings 21:9, 21:12
2 Chronicles 20:3
Ezra 8:21
Nehemiah 9:1
Esther 4:3, 9:31
Psalms 35:13, 69:10, 109:24
Isaiah 58:3, 58:5, 58:6
Jeremiah 36:6, 36:9
Daniel 9:3
Joel 1:14, 2:12, 2:15
Jonah 3:5
Zechariah 8:19

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).