Zaam means “abhor” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2194 — zaboulon (“Zabulon”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2194 זָעַם (za`am) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. za`am (zaw-am') v. 1. (properly) to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged [a primitive root] It has 11 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include defy, angry, indignation, have, and mouth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
za`am (zaw-am') v. 1. (properly) to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged [a primitive root] KJV: abhor, abominable, (be) angry, defy, (have) indignation.
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be indignant
Usage: 1) to denounce, express indignation, be indignant 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to have indignation, be indignant, be angrily indignant, be defiant 1a2) to be abhorrent 1a3) to express indignation in speech, denounce, curse 1b) (Niphal) to show indignation, show anger
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render za`am, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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11 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2194.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2194, grouped by book.
Zaam (Strong's H2194) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "abhor". za`am (zaw-am') v. 1. (properly) to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's H2194 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2194 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as defy, angry, indignation, have, mouth, and abhor. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.