צוּץ tsûwts
Meaning
to twinkle, i.e. glance; by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)
In the King James Version: bloom, blossom, flourish, shew self.
Derivation: a primitive root;
Where it is used
- Numbers 17:8 The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.
- Psalms 72:16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
- Psalms 90:6 in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
- Psalms 92:7 that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Psalms 103:15 As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;
- Psalms 132:18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
- Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
- Isaiah 27:6 In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Ezekiel 7:10 Behold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.