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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.
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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 2 / 6 (Num 14:7–1Sa 5:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7 - And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding H3966 H3966 good land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. H3966

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 - And Moses was very H3966 wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3 - And Moab was sore H3966 afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:17 - For I will promote thee unto very H3966 great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:1 - Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very H3966 great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good H3966 heed unto yourselves therefore:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great H3966 many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:9 - Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, H3966 lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:15 - Take ye therefore good H3966 heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, H3966 as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:5 - And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. H3966

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:20 - And the LORD was very H3966 angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:17 - Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly H3966 multiply to himself silver and gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15 - Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very H3966 far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8 - Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, H3966 and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:54

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - So that the man that is tender among you, and very H3966 delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:14 - But the word is very H3966 nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - Only be thou strong and very H3966 courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very H3966 far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very H3966 far from the city, but be ye all ready:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:9 - And they said unto him, From a very H3966 far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very H3966 long journey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:22 - And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very H3966 far from you; when ye dwell among us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:24 - And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore H3966 afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - That they feared greatly, H3966 because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very H3966 great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very H3966 many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:1 - Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very H3966 much land to be possessed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - But take diligent H3966 heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very H3966 much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very H3966 much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - Be ye therefore very H3966 courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:11 - Take good H3966 heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:15 - Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly H3966 distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:17 - And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very H3966 fat man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:6 - And Israel was greatly H3966 impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore H3966 distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very H3966 great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great H3966 strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very H3966 terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - And he was sore H3966 athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very H3966 good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - And when they were by Jebus, the day was far H3966 spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much H3966 for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:20 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very H3966 bitterly with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:17 - Wherefore the sin of the young men was very H3966 great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very H3966 old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 - And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very H3966 great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9 - And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very H3966 great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very H3966 heavy there.

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