To prune
זָמַרStrong’s H2168zamar (za-mar)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zamar is the Hebrew word usually translated “prune” and “it will be pruned”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;”
Meaning
- To trim, prune(Qal) to trim, prune · (Niphal) to be pruned
How it's translated
- you will prune 2
- it will be pruned 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 2
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 25:4But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
- Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Hebrew dictionary
זָמַר zamar · to prune
1) to trim, prune 1a) (Qal) to trim, prune 1b) (Niphal) to be pruned
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “prune” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRU'NE, verb transitive
- To lop or cut off the superfluous branches of trees, to make them bear better fruit or grow higher, or to give them a more handsome and regular appearance.
- To clear from any thing superfluous; to dress; to trim.
All definitions and other forms of “prune”
PRUNE, verb intransitive
To dress; to prink; a ludicrous word.
PRUNE, noun
[Latin prunum; in Latin prunus is a plum tree; Gr. the fruit.]
A plum, or a dried plum.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.