Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8542: תַּמּוּז

Tammûwz · pronounced tam-mooz' · “Tammuz”

Definition

Tammuz, a Phoenician deity

KJV translates it as: Tammuz.

Word origin: of uncertain derivation;

Extended definition

§ Tammuz = "sprout of life"
a Sumerian deity of food or vegetation

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8542 is translated

  • tammuz ×1

Bible verses with H8542 (Tammûwz)

Tammûwz appears in 1 verse.

  • Ezekiel 8:14

    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.