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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 6 / 6 (Jer 24:3–Zec 14:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very H3966 good; and the evil, very H3966 evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:12 - Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very H3966 much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:16 - The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. H3966

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:29 - We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding H3966 proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 - Flee, get you far off, H3966 dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:12 - Your mother shall be sore H3966 confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:22 - But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very H3966 wroth against us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:9 - Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding H3966 H3966 great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding H3966 beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly H3966 polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:25 - The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very H3966 glorious in the midst of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:2 - And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very H3966 many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very H3966 dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:10 - So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding H3966 H3966 great army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:2 - In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very H3966 high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7 - Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very H3966 many trees on the one side and on the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9 - And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very H3966 great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:10 - And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding H3966 many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:8 - Therefore the he goat waxed very H3966 great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:25 - And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very H3966 great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:11 - And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very H3966 great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very H3966 terrible; and who can abide it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 - Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly H3966 despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1 - He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. H3966

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 - The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, H3966 even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:2 - And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very H3966 wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 - Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very H3966 sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 - Rejoice greatly, H3966 O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very H3966 great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:14 - And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great H3966 abundance.

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