עָצוּםʻâtsûwm

עָצוּם: mighty, numerous

Pronunciation: aw-tsoom' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6099

Meanings

1. mighty, strong (Genesis 18:18; Exodus 1:9; Deuteronomy 4:38)

2. numerous, countless (Amos 5:12; Psalms 35:18; Isaiah 53:12)

עצם: defend, protect, defence

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 31 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 18:18 “For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
  • Exodus 1:9 He said to his people, “Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are stronger than we are.
  • Numbers 14:12 I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are!”
  • Numbers 22:6 Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”
  • Numbers 32:1 The tribes of Reuben and Gad owned vast numbers of livestock. So when they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideally suited for their flocks and herds,
  • Deuteronomy 4:38 He drove out nations far greater than you, so he could bring you in and give you their land as your special possession, as it is today.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).