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Lexicon :: Strong's H6105 - ʿāṣam

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עָצַם
Transliteration
ʿāṣam
Pronunciation
aw-tsam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1673,1674

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עצם.

Strong’s Definitions

עָצַם ʻâtsam, aw-tsam'; a primitive root; also denominatively (from H6106) to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones:—break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H6105 in the following manner: increased (4x), mighty (4x), ...strong (4x), more (2x), broken his bones (1x), closed (1x), great (1x), mightier (1x), shutteth (1x), stronger (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H6105 in the following manner: increased (4x), mighty (4x), ...strong (4x), more (2x), broken his bones (1x), closed (1x), great (1x), mightier (1x), shutteth (1x), stronger (1x).

  1. to be vast, be numerous, be mighty

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be mighty

      2. to be numerous

    2. (Hiphil) to make strong, make mighty

  2. to shut (the eyes), close (the eyes)

    1. (Qal) to shut (the eyes)

    2. (Piel) to shut tightly (the eyes)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָצַם ʻâtsam, aw-tsam'; a primitive root; also denominatively (from H6106) to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones:—break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er).
STRONGS H6105: Abbreviations
† I. [עָצֹם, compare LagBN 31], עָצַם verb be vast, mighty, numerous (Late Hebrew Nithp. contend strenuously, and in derivatives; Phoenician in עצמת mighty deeds, עצמם bones; Arabic bdb078208be great in bone, or anything, bdb078209, bones; Ethiopic bdb078210: id.; Aramaic עִטְמָא, bdb078211thigh): —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְעָצַם consecutive Daniel 8:24; Daniel 11:23; 2nd person masculine singular עָצַמְתָּ Genesis 26:16; 3rd person plural עָֽצְמוּ Isaiah 31:1 +, עָצֵ֑מוּ Psalm 38:20; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיַּעַצְמוּ Exodus 1:7, 20; Infinitive construct עָצְמַת Isaiah 47:9; suffix עָצְמוֺ Daniel 8:8; —
1. be mighty, Genesis 26:16 (J; with מִן compare), Daniel 8:8, 24; Daniel 11:23.
2. be numerous, || דַבּוּ etc., Isaiah 31:1, בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִח מְאֹד Isaiah 47:9, Jeremiah 5:6; Jeremiah 30:14, 15; Exodus 1:7 (P), Exodus 1:20 (J), Psalm 38:20; Psalm 69:5; with מִן compare Jeremiah 15:8; Psalm 40:6; Psalm 40:13; alone Psalm 139:17.
Hiph. make strong, Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular: suffix וַיַּעֲצִימֵחוּ Psalm 105:24 + מִן compare.

† II. [עָצַם] verb shut the eyes (Late Hebrew Hiph.; possibly connection with Syriac bdb078301= id., Arabic bdb078302, IV (on bdb078303= bdb078304see NöZMG xxxii (1878), 406); Late Hebrew עִמֵּץ close eyes of dead; compare BaES 5f.); —
Qal Participle וְעֹצֵם עֵינָיו מִן Isaiah 33:15 shutteth his eyes from seeing.
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיְעַצֵּם אֶתעֵֿינֵיכֶם Isaiah 29:10 he hath tightly shut your eyes (compare I. עצה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:16; 26:16

Exodus

1:7; 1:7; 1:20; 1:20

Psalms

38:20; 38:20; 40:6; 40:13; 69:5; 105:24; 139:17

Isaiah

29:10; 31:1; 31:1; 33:15; 47:9; 47:9

Jeremiah

5:6; 15:8; 30:14; 30:15

Daniel

8:8; 8:8; 8:24; 8:24; 11:23; 11:23

H6105

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Strong's Number H6105 matches the Hebrew עָצַם (ʿāṣam),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19 - (LXX 37:20) But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - (LXX 39:6) O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - (LXX 39:13) For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - (LXX 68:5) They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I [fn]restored that which I took not away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 - (LXX 104:24) And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:17 - (LXX 138:17) But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:10 - For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and he shall close their eyes, and the eyes of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, which are a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15 - He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore has a lion out of the forest smitten them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to their houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, even distress at noon-day: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14 - (LXX 37:14) All thy friends have forgotten thee; they shall not ask about thee at all, for I have smitten thee with the stroke of an enemy, even severe correction: thy sins have abounded above all thine iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17 - (LXX 27:17) Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have driven him out: the king of Assyria first devoured him, and afterward this king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:8 - And the he-goat grew exceedingly great: and when he was strong, his great horn was broken; and four other horns rose up in its place toward the four winds of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:24 - And his power shall be great, and he shall destroy wonderfully, and prosper, and practise, and shall destroy mighty men, and the holy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - And because of the leagues made with him he shall work deceit: and he shall come up, and overpower them with a small nation.
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