עָצַם
ʻâtsam · aw-tsam'
to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also denominatively (from H6106 (עֶצֶם))
to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones
- to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes)
- intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous
- to crunch the bones
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to pursue the straight path › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know that works to pursue the straight path of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָצַם 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- mighty2 · 10%
- are increased2 · 10%
- were increased2 · 10%
- mightier1 · 5%
- and they are strong1 · 5%
- of them, they are more1 · 5%
- they are more1 · 5%
- are mighty1 · 5%
- and made them stronger1 · 5%
- how great1 · 5%
- and hath closed1 · 5%
- strong1 · 5%
- and shutteth1 · 5%
- hath broken his bones1 · 5%
- and when he was strong1 · 5%
- shall be mighty1 · 5%
- and shall become strong1 · 5%
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.