To join
צָמַדStrong’s H6775tsamad (tsa-mad)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsamad is the Hebrew word usually translated “it joined itself”, “who have joined themselves” and “fastened”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.”
Meaning
- To bind, join, fasten(Niphal) to join, join or attach oneself to · (Pual) to be fastened, be bound · (Hiphil) to combine, fit together, hitch up
How it's translated
- and it joined itself 1
- who have joined themselves 1
- fastened 1
- it harnesses 1
- and they joined themselves 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
- Psalms 2
- 2 Samuel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 25:5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
- 2 Samuel 20:8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
- Psalms 50:19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
- Psalms 106:28They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Hebrew dictionary
צָמַד tsamad · to join
1) to bind, join, fasten 1a) (Niphal) to join, join or attach oneself to 1b) (Pual) to be fastened, be bound 1c)(Hiphil) to combine, fit together, hitch up
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “join” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JOIN, verb transitive
[Latin jungo, jungere; jungo for jugo, jugum; Eng. yoke;
- To set or bring one thing in contiguity with another.“Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field” Isaiah 5:8
- To couple; to connect; to combine; as, to join ideas.
- To unite in league or marriage.“Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab” 2 Chronicles 18:1“What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder” Matthew 19:6
- To associate.“Go near and join thyself to this chariot” Acts 8:29
All definitions and other forms of “join”
- To unite in any act.
- To unite in concord.“But that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment” 1 Corinthians 1:10
JOIN, verb intransitive
To grow to; to adhere. The place where two bones of the body join is called a joint or articulation.
- To be contiguous, close or in contact; as when two houses join
- To unite with in marriage, league, confederacy, partnership or society.“Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations?” Ezra 9:14
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.