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צֶמֶר H6785
H6785 is the Hebrew word צֶמֶר, transliterated tsemer and said tseh'-mer. The King James Version most often renders it wool.
What it means
wool.
Where it comes from
from an unused root probably meaning to be shaggy.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: wool(-len).
Verses using צֶמֶר
All 14 verses, quoted in full.
Leviticus 13:47 · KJV
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
Leviticus 13:48 · KJV
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
Leviticus 13:52 · KJV
He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
Leviticus 13:59 · KJV
This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
Deuteronomy 22:11 · KJV
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
Judges 6:37 · KJV
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
2 Kings 3:4 · KJV
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
Psalm 147:16 · KJV
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
Proverbs 31:13 · KJV
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Isaiah 51:8 · KJV
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Ezekiel 34:3 · KJV
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
Ezekiel 44:17 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
Hosea 2:5 · KJV
For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Hosea 2:9 · KJV
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6785 mean?
H6785 is the Hebrew word צֶמֶר (tsemer), meaning wool.
How is H6785 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it wool (5 times), woollen (3 times), like wool (2 times), whether it be a woollen (1 time), or of woollen (1 time), among others.
How many times does H6785 appear in the Bible?
צֶמֶר (tsemer) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6785 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root probably meaning to be shaggy.
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