Tammuz
תַּמּוּזStrong’s H8542tammuz (tam-muz)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Tammuz is the Hebrew word usually translated “tammuz”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.”
Meaning
- § Tammuz = "sprout of life"
How it's translated
- tammuz 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
תַּמּוּז tammuz · Tammuz
§ Tammuz = "sprout of life" a Sumerian deity of food or vegetation
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.