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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 2 / 6 (Num 14:7–1Sa 5:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7 - and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly H3966 good land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 -

Now when Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned greatly H3966.

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Then Moses became very H3966 angry and said to the LORD, “Pay no attention to their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3 - So Moab was in great H3966 fear because of the people, for they were numerous; and Moab was in dread of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:17 - for I will indeed honor you richly H3966, and I will do whatever you tell me. Please come then, curse this people for me.’”

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Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very H3966 large number of livestock. So when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that [fn]it was indeed a place suitable for livestock,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - and command the people, saying, “You are going to pass through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very H3966 careful;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - “All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great H3966 many [fn]unwalled towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:9 -

“Only be careful for yourself and watch over your soul diligently H3966, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.

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“So be very H3966 careful [fn]yourselves, since you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - “Now Israel, you shall listen and be careful to do them, so that it may go well for you and that you may increase greatly H3966, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has [fn]promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:5 - “And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength H3966.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:20 - “The LORD was also angry enough H3966 with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:17 - “And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away; nor shall he greatly H3966 increase silver and gold for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15 - “This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very H3966 far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations [fn]nearby.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8 -

“Be careful about an infestation of leprosy, that you are very H3966 attentive and act in accordance with everything that the Levitical priests teach you; just as I have commanded them, you shall be careful to act.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:54

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - “The man who is [fn]refined and very H3966 delicate among you [fn]will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife [fn]he cherishes, and toward the rest of his children who are left,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:14 - “On the contrary, the word is very H3966 near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may [fn]follow it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - “Only be strong and very H3966 courageous; [fn]be careful to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may [fn]achieve success wherever you go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - then the waters which were [fn]flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great H3966 distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were [fn]flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - He commanded them, saying, “See, you are going to ambush the city from behind [fn]it. Do not go very H3966 far from the city, but all of you be ready.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:9 - They said to him, “Your servants have come from a very H3966 distant country because of the [fn]fame of the LORD your God; for we have heard the report about Him and all that He did in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - “And these wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are split open; and these clothes of ours and our sandals are worn out from the very H3966 long journey.”

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Then Joshua called for them and spoke to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very H3966 far from you,’ when you are living [fn]within our land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:24 - So they answered Joshua and said, “Since your servants were fully informed that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you, we feared greatly H3966 for our lives because of you, and did this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - that [fn]he feared greatly H3966 because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - It came about when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished striking them down in a very H3966 great defeat, until they were destroyed, and the survivors of them who escaped [fn]had entered the fortified cities,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - Then they came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very H3966 many horses and chariots.

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Now Joshua was old and advanced in years when the LORD said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and a very H3966 large amount of the land remains to be possessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - “Only be very H3966 careful to [fn]follow the commandment and the Law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God and walk in all His ways, and keep His commandments and cling to Him, and 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 said to [fn]them, “Return to your tents with great riches and with very H3966 many livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and with very H3966 many clothes; divide the spoils of your enemies with your brothers.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - “Be very H3966 determined, then, to keep and do everything that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so that you will not turn aside from it to the right or to the left,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:11 - “So take great H3966 care for yourselves that you love the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:15 - Wherever they went, the hand of the LORD was against them for [fn]evil, as the LORD had spoken and just as the LORD had sworn to them, so that they were severely H3966 distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:17 - Then he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very H3966 fat man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:6 - So Israel was brought very H3966 low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - And the sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was in great H3966 difficulty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - He [fn]inflicted a very H3966 great defeat on them from Aroer [fn]to the entrance of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - So Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were in a major H3966 dispute with the sons of Ammon; and I did call you, but you did not save me from their hand.

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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 to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very H3966 awesome. So I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - Then he became very H3966 thirsty, and he called to the LORD and said, “You have [fn]handed this great [fn]victory over to Your servant, and now [fn]am I to die of thirst [fn]and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - And they said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very H3966 good. And will you [fn]sit still? Do not hesitate to go, to enter, to take possession of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - When they were near Jebus, the day was almost H3966 gone; and the servant said to his master, “Please come, and let’s turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much H3966 more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has come out against me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:20 - But she said to them, “Do not call me [fn]Naomi; call me [fn]Mara, for [fn]the Almighty has dealt very H3966 bitterly with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:17 - And so the sin of the young men was very H3966 great before the LORD, for the men treated the offering of the LORD disrespectfully.

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Now Eli was very H3966 old; and he heard about everything that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they slept with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the defeat was very H3966 great, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9 - After they had taken it away, the hand of the LORD was against the city, creating a very H3966 great panic; and He struck the people of the city, from the young to the old, so that tumors broke out on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - Therefore they sent word and gathered all the governors of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill [fn]us and [fn]our people!” For there was a deadly panic throughout the city; the hand of God was very H3966 heavy there.

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