8542. Tammuz

Strong's Lexicon

Tammuz: Tammuz

Original Word: תַּמּוּז
Part of Speech: Proper Name
Transliteration: Tammuz
Pronunciation: tah-MOOZ
Phonetic Spelling: (tam-mooz')
Definition: Tammuz
Meaning: Tammuz

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a Bab. god
NASB Translation
Tammuz (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

תַּמּוּז proper name, of a divinity Tammuz (Babylonian Dûzu (also Dumuzi) COT^{Ezekiel 8:14} Zim^{KAT3, 397 f.} Jastr^{Rel. Babylonian 482 et pass}; on the phonetic change Hpt^{ZA ii. 270}, but also Jäger^{BAS i. 591}); — ׳מְבַכּוֺת אֶתהַֿיּ Ezekiel 8:14; ׳ת = Greek Adonis (אדון); compare Baud^{Rel. Semitic i. 35. 300 f} Dr^{Daniel 11:37} Che^{Ency. Bib.TAMMUZ} Say^{Hast. DB ID}.

תְּמוּנָה see מין. תְּמוּרָה see מור.

תְּמוּתָה see מות

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Tammuz

Of uncertain derivation; Tammuz, a Phoenician deity -- Tammuz.

Forms and Transliterations

הַתַּמּֽוּז׃ התמוז׃ hat·tam·mūz hattamMuz hattammūz

Englishman's Concordance

Ezekiel 8:14
HEB: מְבַכּ֖וֹת אֶת־ הַתַּמּֽוּז׃ ס
NAS: there weeping for Tammuz.
KJV: women weeping for Tammuz.
INT: were sitting weeping Tammuz

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 8542
1 Occurrence

hat·tam·mūz — 1 Occ.