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Lexicon :: Strong's H3966 - mᵊ'ōḏ

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מְאֹד
Transliteration
mᵊ'ōḏ
Pronunciation
meh-ode'
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Part of Speech
masculine adjective, adverb, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as אוּד (H181)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1134

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

מְאֹד mᵉʼôd, meh-ode'; from the same as H181; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated):—diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), × louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 299x

The KJV translates Strong's H3966 in the following manner: very (137x), greatly (49x), sore (23x), exceeding (18x), great (12x), exceedingly (11x), much (10x), exceeding (with H3966) (6x), exceedingly (with H3966) (5x), diligently (4x), good (3x), might (2x), mightily (2x), miscellaneous (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 299x
The KJV translates Strong's H3966 in the following manner: very (137x), greatly (49x), sore (23x), exceeding (18x), great (12x), exceedingly (11x), much (10x), exceeding (with H3966) (6x), exceedingly (with H3966) (5x), diligently (4x), good (3x), might (2x), mightily (2x), miscellaneous (17x).
adverb

  1. exceedingly, much

    substantive

  2. might, force, abundance

    masculine adjective

  3. muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly

    1. force, might

    2. exceedingly, greatly, very (idioms showing magnitude or degree)

      1. exceedingly

      2. up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly

      3. with muchness, muchness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְאֹד mᵉʼôd, meh-ode'; from the same as H181; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated):—diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), × louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well.
STRONGS H3966: Abbreviations
מְאֹד noun masculine muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly (compare Assyrian mu'du, abundance, HomZMG 1878, 711 ('treasures ana mu'di, in abundance') DlHWB 399): —
1. force, might, Deuteronomy 6:5 וּבְכָלמְֿאֹדֶ֑ךָ and with all thy might; hence 2 Kings 23:25.
2. in different idioms (298 times) to express the idea of exceedingly, greatly, very (whether of magnitude or degree):
a. (so mostly) as adverb accusative, qualifying both adjectives and obs., Genesis 1:31 טוֺב מְאֹד good exceedingly, Genesis 4:5 וַיִּחַד לְקַיִן מְאֹד and Cain was wroth exceedingly, Genesis 7:18 מְאֹד וַיִּרְבּוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּגְבְּרוּ, Genesis 12:14; Genesis 13:2 בַּמִּקְנֶה מְאֹד כָּבֵד וְאַבְרָם, Genesis 13:13 מאד חַטָּאִים לי׳, Genesis 18:20; Genesis 19:3, 9; Genesis 21:11; Genesis 24:16, 35, + often, Psalm 46:2 נִמְצָא מְאֹד עֶזְרָה בְצָרוֺת as a help in troubles, to be found (= present) exceedingly; with an infinitive Isaiah 47:9 בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִח מְאֹד despite of thy spells being very numerous, Joshua 9:13 מֵרֹב הַדֶּרֶךְ מְאֹד, 1 Kings 7:47; הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד Genesis 15:1; Genesis 41:49; Deuteronomy 3:5 +, for which in the later language is found לָרֹב מְאֹד Zechariah 14:14; 2 Chronicles 4:18; 9:9 (in 1 Kings 10:10 הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד); 2 Chronicles 24:24; 30:13, and even לְהַרְבֵּה מְאֹד 2 Chronicles 11:12; 16:8. מְאֹד is not usually separated from the word it qualifies by more than one or two words (as Genesis 20:8 האנשׁים מאד וייראו, Numbers 11:10 מאד ויחר אף י׳); see, however, Deuteronomy 30:14; Judges 12:2; 2 Samuel 12:5; 1 Kings 11:19; Psalm 31:12. It precedes its verb, † Psalm 47:10 מְאֹד נַעֲלָה (hence Psalm 97:9), Psalm 92:6.
b. עַדמְֿאֹד up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly, † Genesis 27:33 חֲדָדָה גְּדֹלָה עַדמֿ׳, Genesis 27:34; 1 Samuel 11:15 וישׂמח ֗֗֗ עד מ׳, 1 Samuel 25:36 וְהוּא שִׁכֹּר עַדמֿ׳, 2 Samuel 2:17; 1 Kings 1:4; Isaiah 64:8 (compare Lamentations 5:22), Lamentations 5:11; Psalm 38:7; Psalm 38:9; Psalm 119:8; Psalm 119:43; Psalm 119:51; Psalm 119:107; Daniel 8:8; Daniel 11:25.
c. עַדלִֿמְאֹד (see עַד לְ) † 2 Chronicles 16:14.
d. duplicated (Ges§ 113 k), †Genesis 7:19 מ׳ מ׳ גָּֽנְרוּ וְהַמַּיִם, Genesis 30:43; Numbers 14:7; 1 Kings 7:47; 2 Kings 10:4; Ezekiel 37:10.
e. בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד literally with muchness, muchness, † Genesis 17:2, 6, 20; Exodus 1:7 (all P), Ezekiel 9:9; Ezekiel 16:13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:31; 4:5; 7:18; 7:19; 12:14; 13:2; 13:13; 15:1; 17:2; 17:6; 17:20; 18:20; 19:3; 19:9; 20:8; 21:11; 24:16; 24:35; 27:33; 27:34; 30:43; 41:49

Exodus

1:7

Numbers

11:10; 14:7

Deuteronomy

3:5; 6:5; 30:14

Joshua

9:13

Judges

12:2

1 Samuel

11:15; 25:36

2 Samuel

2:17; 12:5

1 Kings

1:4; 7:47; 7:47; 10:10; 11:19

2 Kings

10:4; 23:25

2 Chronicles

4:18; 9:9; 11:12; 16:8; 16:14; 24:24; 30:13

Psalms

31:12; 38:7; 38:9; 46:2; 47:10; 92:6; 97:9; 119:8; 119:43; 119:51; 119:107

Isaiah

47:9; 64:8

Lamentations

5:11; 5:22

Ezekiel

9:9; 16:13; 37:10

Daniel

8:8; 11:25

Zechariah

14:14

H3966

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Strong's Number H3966 matches the Hebrew מְאֹד (mᵊ'ōḏ),
which occurs 300 times in 278 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 1:31–Num 13:28)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:31 - And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:5 - but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18 - The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19 - And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 - Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:13 - Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:2 - that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6 - I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - Then the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:3 - But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - But they said, “Stand back!” And they said, “This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them all these things. And the men were very much afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - The young woman was very attractive in appearance, a maiden[fn] whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:13 - and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing must not be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - Ask me for as great a bride-price[fn] and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - and the plenty will be unknown in the land by reason of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9 - And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of the LORD will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - And the LORD turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:3 - And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 - When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16 - On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:19 - And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - Moses heard the people weeping throughout their clans, everyone at the door of his tent. And the anger of the LORD blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck down the people with a very great plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:3 - Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

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