מְאֹדmᵉʼôd
muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly
Pronunciation: meh-ode' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3966
Meanings
1. force, might (Deuteronomy 6:5; 2 Kings 23:25)
2. in different idioms (298 t.) to express the idea of exceedingly, greatly, very (whether of magnitude or degree)
a. exceedingly (Genesis 1:31; Genesis 4:5; Genesis 7:18)
b. up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly (Genesis 27:33; Genesis 27:34; 1 Samuel 11:15)
e. with muchness, muchness (Genesis 17:2; Genesis 17:6; Genesis 17:20)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 300 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 1:31 Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
- Genesis 4:5 but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.
- Genesis 7:18 As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface.
- Genesis 7:19 Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,
- Genesis 12:14 And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai’s beauty.
- Genesis 13:2 (Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)
See every passage
- 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, 26:13, 26:16, 27:33, 27:34, 30:43, 32:7, 34:7, 34:12, 41:19, 41:31, 41:49, 47:13, 47:27, 50:9, 50:10
- Exodus 1:7, 1:20, 9:3, 9:18, 9:24, 10:14, 10:19, 11:3, 12:38, 14:10, 19:16, 19:18, 19:19
- Numbers 11:10, 11:33, 12:3, 13:28, 14:7, 14:39, 16:15, 22:3, 22:17, 32:1
- Deuteronomy 2:4, 3:5, 4:9, 4:15, 6:3, 6:5, 9:20, 17:17, 20:15, 24:8, 28:54, 30:14
- Joshua 1:7, 3:16, 8:4, 9:9, 9:13, 9:22, 9:24, 10:2, 10:20, 11:4, 13:1, 22:5, 22:8, 23:6, 23:11
- Judges 2:15, 3:17, 6:6, 10:9, 11:33, 12:2, 13:6, 15:18, 18:9, 19:11
- Ruth 1:13, 1:20
- 1 Samuel 2:17, 2:22, 4:10, 5:9, 5:11, 11:6, 11:15, 12:18, 14:20, 14:31, 16:21, 17:11, 17:24, 18:8, 18:15, 18:30, 19:1, 19:4, 20:19, 21:12, 25:2, 25:15, 25:36, 26:21, 28:5, 28:15, 28:20, 28:21, 30:6, 31:3, 31:4
- 2 Samuel 1:26, 2:17, 3:8, 8:8, 10:5, 11:2, 12:2, 12:5, 12:30, 13:3, 13:15, 13:21, 13:36, 14:25, 18:17, 19:32, 24:10, 24:14
- 1 Kings 1:4, 1:6, 1:15, 2:12, 4:29, 5:7, 7:47, 10:2, 10:10, 10:11, 11:19, 17:17, 18:3, 21:26
- 2 Kings 10:4, 14:26, 17:18, 21:16, 23:25
- 1 Chronicles 10:4, 16:25, 18:8, 19:5, 20:2, 21:8, 21:13
- 2 Chronicles 4:18, 7:8, 9:1, 9:9, 11:12, 14:13, 16:8, 16:14, 24:24, 25:10, 30:13, 32:27, 32:29, 33:12, 33:14, 35:23
- Ezra 10:1
- Nehemiah 2:2, 4:7, 5:6, 6:16, 8:17, 13:8
- Esther 1:12, 4:4
- Job 1:3, 2:13, 8:7, 35:15
- Psalms 6:3, 6:10, 21:1, 31:11, 38:6, 38:8, 46:1, 47:9, 48:1, 50:3, 78:29, 78:59, 79:8, 92:5, 93:5, 96:4, 97:9, 104:1, 105:24, 107:38, 109:30, 112:1, 116:10, 119:4, 119:8, 119:43, 119:51, 119:96, 119:107, 119:138, 119:140, 119:167, 139:14, 142:6, 145:3
- Isaiah 16:6, 31:1, 47:6, 47:9, 52:13, 56:12, 64:9, 64:12
- Jeremiah 2:10, 2:12, 2:36, 9:19, 14:17, 18:13, 20:11, 24:2, 24:3, 40:12, 48:16, 48:29, 49:30, 50:12
- Lamentations 5:22
- Ezekiel 9:9, 16:13, 20:13, 27:25, 37:2, 37:10, 40:2, 47:7, 47:9, 47:10
- Daniel 8:8, 11:25
- Joel 2:11
- Obadiah 1:2
- Nahum 2:1
- Zephaniah 1:14
- Zechariah 9:2, 9:5, 9:9, 14:4, 14:14
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