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Lexicon :: Strong's H6106 - ʿeṣem

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עֶצֶם
Transliteration
ʿeṣem
Pronunciation
eh'tsem
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1673c

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

עֶצֶם ʻetsem, eh'tsem; from H6105; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pronoun) selfsame:—body, bone, × life, (self-) same, strength, × very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 126x

The KJV translates Strong's H6106 in the following manner: bone (104x), selfsame (11x), same (5x), body (2x), very (2x), life (1x), strength (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 126x
The KJV translates Strong's H6106 in the following manner: bone (104x), selfsame (11x), same (5x), body (2x), very (2x), life (1x), strength (1x).

  1. bone, essence, substance

    1. bone

      1. body, limbs, members, external body

    2. bone (of animal)

    3. substance, self

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶצֶם ʻetsem, eh'tsem; from H6105; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pronoun) selfsame:—body, bone, × life, (self-) same, strength, × very.
STRONGS H6106: Abbreviations
I. עֶ֫צֶם 125 noun femininePsalm 35:10 (with pronoun masculine Ezekiel 37:5, 6 etc., compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896). 73) bone, substance, self; — absolute י׳ Genesis 2:23 +; עָ֑צֶם; Proverbs 15:30; Proverbs 16:24; construct עֶצֶם Exodus 24:10 +; suffix עַצְמִי Job 19:20 +, etc.; plural עֲצָמוֺת 2 Kings 23:16 +; construct עַצְמוֺת Joshua 24:22 +; suffix עַצְמֹתַי Job 4:14 +, etc.; also עֲצָמִים Ezekiel 24:4 +, suffix עֲצָמַי Genesis 2:23 +, etc.; —
1. bone:
a. of living person Micah 3:2, 3(hyperbole), Job 10:11; Job 19:20; Lamentations 4:8; Psalm 102:6; Ecclesiastes 11:5 +; figurative of close relationship † עֶצָם מֵעֲצָמַי Genesis 2:23, compare Genesis 29:14 (both J), Judges 9:2; 2 Samuel 5:1 = 1 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 19:14 (all + בָּשָׂר).
b. ע׳ + בָּשָׂר = body, Job 2:5, plural = bodily frame Jeremiah 20:9 (simile), limbs, members, לַעֲצָמֶיהָ Judges 9:29 i.e. limb by limb (GFM); as seat of vigour Job 20:11, etc.
c. (poetry) as seat of disease and pain Job 30:17, 30 and (especially of personified Israel) Psalm 22:15; Psalm 31:11; Psalm 102:4; Lamentations 1:13; Habakkuk 3:16 +.
d. plural as representing entire person = one's whole being, (especially of personified Israel) Psalm 6:3 (|| נֶפֶשׁ Psalm 6:4), Psalm 35:10 (|| נֶפֶשׁ Psalm 35:9), Isaiah 66:14; of individual (including physical and moral) Proverbs 3:8; Proverbs 14:30; Proverbs 15:30; Proverbs 16:24.
e. singular = external body Lamentations 4:7 Ew Th and others, but dubious; Bi Bu bones (= branches) of coral (פְּנִינִים); Löhr עוֺרָם their skin.
f. especially of dead Numbers 19:16, 18 (P), Ezekiel 37:1 +; often (plural) = remains Amos 6:10; Genesis 50:25; Exodus 13:19 (twice in verse); Joshua 24:32 (all E) +.
2. bone of animal Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12 (both P); Ezekiel 24:4, 5 (symbolic); of (living) hippopotamus Job 40:18.
† 3. singular substance, self (compare גֶּרֶם 3): הַשָּׁמַיִם כְּע׳ Exodus 24:10 (JE), like the substance of the sky = the sky itself; תֻּמּוֺ בְּע׳ Job 21:23 i.e. full prosperity; especially אֶתעֿ׳ הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה Ezekiel 24:2 this selfsame day, וגו׳ בְּע׳ Ezekiel 24:2; Ezekiel 40:1; Genesis 7:13; Genesis 17:23, 26; Exodus 12:17, 41, 51; Leviticus 23:21, 28, 29, 30; Deuteronomy 32:48; Joshua 5:11 (all P), וגו׳ עַדעֿ׳ Ezekiel 2:3; Leviticus 23:14 (P), Joshua 10:27 (R). — Ezekiel 24:5a read הָעֵצִים (Bö Ew and others); Ezekiel 24:10 strike out הָעֲצָמוֺת (Co Toy); Job 7:15 read מֵעַצְּבוֺתָ֑י (Reiske Me Bu Du and others); Psalm 53:6 read perhaps מֵעֲצַת (compare || Psalm 14:6 Bae; see Hup Che and others); Psalm 69:5 read מֵעַצְמוֺתַי (for MT מַצְמִיתַי), Syriac Version Ol Che Bae and others.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:23; 2:23; 2:23; 7:13; 17:23; 17:26; 29:14; 50:25

Exodus

12:17; 12:41; 12:46; 12:51; 13:19; 24:10; 24:10

Leviticus

23:14; 23:21; 23:28; 23:29; 23:30

Numbers

9:12; 19:16; 19:18

Deuteronomy

32:48

Joshua

5:11; 10:27; 24:22; 24:32

Judges

9:2; 9:29

2 Samuel

5:1; 19:13; 19:14

2 Kings

23:16

1 Chronicles

11:1

Job

2:5; 4:14; 7:15; 10:11; 19:20; 19:20; 20:11; 21:23; 30:17; 30:30; 40:18

Psalms

6:3; 6:4; 14:6; 22:15; 31:11; 35:9; 35:10; 35:10; 53:6; 69:5; 102:4; 102:6

Proverbs

3:8; 14:30; 15:30; 15:30; 16:24; 16:24

Ecclesiastes

11:5

Isaiah

66:14

Jeremiah

20:9

Lamentations

1:13; 4:7; 4:8

Ezekiel

2:3; 24:2; 24:2; 24:4; 24:4; 24:5; 24:5; 24:10; 37:1; 37:5; 37:6; 40:1

Amos

6:10

Micah

3:2; 3:3

Habakkuk

3:16

H6106

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Strong's Number H6106 matches the Hebrew עֶצֶם (ʿeṣem),
which occurs 126 times in 108 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 2:23–Job 20:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:23 - And Adam said, This now is bone [fn]of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called [fn]woman, because she was taken out [fn]of her husband.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:13 - On that very day entered Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth, the sons of Noe, and the wife of Noe, and the three wives of his sons with him into the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - And Abraam took Ismael his son, and all his home-born servants, and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraam, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26 - And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael his son,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:14 - And Laban said to him, Thou art of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a [fn]full month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 - And Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, saying, At the visitation with which God shall visit you, then ye shall carry up my bones hence with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:17 - And ye shall keep this commandment, for on this day will I bring out your force out of the land of Egypt; and ye shall make this day a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:41 - And it came to pass after the four hundred and thirty years, all the forces of the Lord came forth out of the land of Egypt by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:46 - In one house shall it be eaten, and ye shall not carry of the flesh out from the house; [fn] and a bone of it ye shall not break.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:51

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:51 - And it came to pass in that day that the Lord brought out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt with their forces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had solemnly adjured the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones hence with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10 - And they saw the place where the God of Israel stood; and under his feet was as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:14 - And ye shall not eat bread, or the new parched corn, until this same day, until ye offer the sacrifices to your God: it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - And ye shall call this day a convocation: it shall be holy to you; ye shall do no servile work on it: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations in all your habitations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:28 - Ye shall do no work on this self-same day: for this is a day of atonement for you, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:29 - Every soul that shall not be humbled in that day, shall be cut off from among its people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:30 - And every soul which shall do work on that day, that soul shall be destroyed from among its people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - They shall not leave of it until the morrow, and they shall not break a bone of it; they shall sacrifice it according to the ordinance of the passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - And every one who shall touch a man slain by violence, or a corpse, or human bone, or sepulchre, shall be unclean seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - And a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it into the water, and sprinkle it upon the house, and the furniture, and all the souls that are therein, and upon him that touched the human bone, or the slain man, or the corpse, or the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 - God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall [fn]drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:48 - And the Lord spoke to Moses in this day, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:11 - And they ate of the grain of the earth unleavened and new corn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - And it came to pass toward the setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave into which they had fled for refuge, and rolled stones to the cave, which remain till this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - And the children of Israel brought up the bones of Joseph out of Egypt, and buried them in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of the Amorites who dwelt in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Sychem, saying, Which is better for you, that seventy men, even all the sons of Jerobaal, should reign over you, or that one man should reign over you? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - And he took his sword, and laid hold of his concubine, and divided her into twelve parts, and sent them to every coast of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:13 - And they take their bones, and bury them in the field that is in Jabis, and fast seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:1 - And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Chebron, and they said to him, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:12 - (LXX 19:13) Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13 - (LXX 19:14) And ye shall say to Amessai, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? and now God do so to me, and more also, if thou shalt not be commander of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of the sons of Jabis Galaad, who stole them from the street of Bæthsan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines smote Saul in Gelbue.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:13 - And he carried up thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and gathered the bones of them that had been hanged.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:14 - And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulchre of Cis his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God hearkened to the prayers of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Behold, a son is to be born to the house of David, [fn]Josias by name; and he shall offer upon thee the priests of the high places, even of them that sacrifice upon thee, and he shall burn men's bones upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:31 - And it came to pass after he had lamented him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, [fn]Whenever I die, bury me in this tomb wherein the man of God is buried; lay me by his bones, that my bones may be preserved with his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:21 - And it came to pass as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a band of men, and they cast the man into the grave of Elisaie: and as soon as he touched the bones of Elisaie, he revived and stood up on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14 - And he broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - And Josias turned aside, and saw the tombs that were there in the city, and sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burnt them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God spoke, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast: and he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God that spoke these words.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were [fn]spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20 - And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burnt the bones of men upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12 - And all the mighty men rose up from Galaad, and they took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabis, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabis, and fasted seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:1 - And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:5 - And he burnt the bones of the priests upon the altars, and purged Juda and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:5 - Nay, but put forth thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: verily he will bless thee to thy face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:14 - horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:15 - Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet keep my bones from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:11 - And thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and frame me with bones and sinews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:20 - My flesh is corrupt under my skin, and my bones are held in my teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:11 - His bones have been filled with vigour of his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.

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