עָצַםʻâtsam
עָצֹם: be vast, mighty, numerous
Pronunciation: aw-tsam' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6105
Meanings
Qal
1. be mighty (Genesis 26:16; Daniel 8:8; Daniel 8:24)
2. be numerous (Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 47:9; Jeremiah 5:6)
Hiph`il: make strong (Psalms 105:24)
עָצַם: shut the eyes
Qal: shutteth (Isaiah 33:15)
Pi`el: tightly shut, (compare I. עצה) (Isaiah 29:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 20 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 26:16 Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country. “Go somewhere else,” he said, “for you have become too powerful for us.”
- Exodus 1:7 But their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so greatly that they became extremely powerful and filled the land.
- Exodus 1:20 So God was good to the midwives, and the Israelites continued to multiply, growing more and more powerful.
- Psalms 38:19 I have many aggressive enemies; they hate me without reason.
- Psalms 40:5 O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. You have no equal. If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of them.
- Psalms 40:12 For troubles surround me— too many to count! My sins pile up so high I can’t see my way out. They outnumber the hairs on my head. I have lost all courage.
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).