Be indignant
זָעַםStrong’s H2194zaam (za-am)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zaam is the Hebrew word usually translated “indignant”, “denounce” and “has denounced”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To denounce, express indignation, be indignant(Qal) · (Niphal) to show indignation, show anger
How it's translated
- indignant 2
- denounce 1
- will i denounce 1
- he has denounced 1
- is cursed of 1
- they will denounce him 1
- and he will be indignant 1
- and he will direct indignation 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 3
- Numbers 2
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
- Daniel 1
- Micah 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 1:12In contextThen 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?
- Numbers 23:7And 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.
- Numbers 23:8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
- Psalms 7:11God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
- Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Hebrew dictionary
זָעַם zaam · be indignant
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “indignant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INDIG'NANT, adjective
[Latin indignans, from indignor, to disdain; in and dignor, dignus.]
Affected at once with anger and disdain; feeling the mingled emotions of wrath and scorn or contempt, as when a person is exasperated at one despised, or by a mean action, or by the charge of a dishonorable act. Goliath was indignant at the challenge of David.
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.