מְאֹד
mᵉʼôd · meh-ode'
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H181 (אוּד);
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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְאֹד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
300 occurrences · 300 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- greatly21 · 14%
- very21 · 14%
- was very19 · 13%
- exceedingly9 · 6%
- a very8 · 5%
- with a very7 · 5%
- and very7 · 5%
- and greatly6 · 4%
- was greatly5 · 3%
- is very4 · 3%
- diligently4 · 3%
- is exceeding4 · 3%
- exceeding4 · 3%
- and there was a very3 · 2%
- was a very3 · 2%
- great3 · 2%
- in great3 · 2%
- were very3 · 2%
- mightily2 · 1%
- was sore2 · 1%
- it, is an exceeding2 · 1%
- and waxed exceeding2 · 1%
- him exceedingly2 · 1%
- thee exceeding2 · 1%
- thee exceedingly2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.