עֶצֶם
ʻetsem · eh'tsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6105 (עָצַם);
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
- a bone (as strong)
- by extension, the body
- figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.
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 עֶצֶם 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
126 occurrences · 126 OT · 0 NT · 94 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the bones12 · 15%
- and the bones9 · 11%
- my bones8 · 10%
- bones4 · 5%
- their bones4 · 5%
- his bones4 · 5%
- in the selfsame4 · 5%
- all my bones4 · 5%
- bone3 · 4%
- in my bones3 · 4%
- in that same3 · 4%
- with the bones2 · 3%
- behold, we are thy bone2 · 3%
- and his bones2 · 3%
- a bone2 · 3%
- into my bones2 · 3%
- our bones2 · 3%
- and my bones2 · 3%
- until the selfsame1 · 1%
- and as it were the body1 · 1%
- and it came to pass the selfsame1 · 1%
- even the selfsame1 · 1%
- for in this selfsame1 · 1%
- thou art my bone1 · 1%
- of my bones1 · 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.