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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 6 / 6 (Jer 24:3–Zec 14:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - Then the LORD said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs: the good figs are very H3966 good, and the bad ones, very H3966 bad, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:12 - Then all the Jews returned from all the places to which they had been scattered and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruit in great H3966 abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:16 -

“The disaster of Moab will soon come,

And his catastrophe has hurried H3966 quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:29 -

“We have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very H3966 proud—

Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and [fn]his self-exaltation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 -

“Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths,

You inhabitants of Hazor,” declares the LORD;

“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you

And devised a scheme against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:12 -

Your mother [fn]will be greatly H3966 ashamed,

She who gave you birth [fn]will be humiliated.

Behold, she will be the least of the nations,

A wilderness, a dry land and a desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:22 -

Unless You have utterly rejected us

And are exceedingly H3966 angry with us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:9 -

Then He said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is very H3966, very H3966 great, and the land is filled with blood, and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - “So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your dress was of fine linen, silk, and colorfully woven cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil; so you were exceedingly H3966 beautiful and advanced to royalty.

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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 did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, which, if [fn]a person [fn]follows them, then he will live by them; and they greatly H3966 profaned My Sabbaths. Then I [fn]resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:25 - “The ships of Tarshish were [fn]the carriers for your merchandise.

And you were filled and were very H3966 [fn]glorious

In the heart of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:2 - He had me pass among them all around, and behold, there were very H3966 many on the surface of the valley; and behold, 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 entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly H3966 great army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:2 - In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very H3966 high mountain, and on it to the south there was something like a structure of a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7 - Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there 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 will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the [fn]river goes, will live. And there will be very H3966 many fish, for these waters go there and the others [fn]become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:10 - “And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea, very H3966 many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:8 - Then the male goat made himself exceedingly H3966 great. But once he became powerful, the large horn was broken; and in its place four prominent horns came up toward the four winds of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:25 - “And he will stir up his strength and [fn]courage against the king of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely H3966 large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, because schemes will be devised against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:11 -

The LORD utters His voice before His army;

His camp is indeed very H3966 great,

For mighty is one who carries out His word.

The day of the LORD is indeed great and very H3966 awesome,

And who can endure it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 -

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;

You are greatly H3966 despised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1 -

[fn]The one who scatters has come up against [fn]you.

Keep watch over the fortress, watch the road;

[fn]Bind up your waist, [fn]summon all H3966 your strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 -

The great day of the LORD is near,

Near and coming very H3966 quickly;

Listen, the day of the LORD!

[fn]In it the warrior cries out bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:2 -

And Hamath also, which borders on it;

Tyre and Sidon, [fn]though [fn]they are very H3966 wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 -

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.

Gaza too will writhe in great H3966 pain;

Also Ekron, because her hope has been ruined.

Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,

And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 -

Rejoice greatly H3966, daughter of Zion!

Shout in triumph, daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your king is coming to you;

He is [fn]righteous and endowed with salvation,

Humble, and mounted on a donkey,

Even on a colt, the [fn]foal of a donkey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split [fn]in its middle from east to west forming a very H3966 large valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and the other half toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:14 - Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered, gold, silver, and garments in great H3966 abundance.

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