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Word Study · Strong's H6106 · Hebrew

עֶצֶם

etsem

eh'tsem

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻetsem

a bone (as strong)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame

Rendered in the KJV as

body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.

  • 126
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 24 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 94
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 126 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 94

  • בְּעֶ֖צֶם6
  • עַצְמ֣וֹת6
  • עַצְמ֥וֹת5
  • בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙4
  • עֶ֖צֶם4
  • הָעֲצָמ֣וֹת3
  • עַצְמִ֥י3
  • בְּעֶ֣צֶם׀2
  • וְעֶ֖צֶם2
  • עֶ֙צֶם֙2
  • עַצְמ֖וֹת2
  • עַצְמוֹת־2

and 82 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 49

  • [the] bones of16
  • on [the] substance of14
  • bones my13
  • bones his8
  • bones their5
  • in bones my5
  • the bones5
  • [the] substance of4
  • [the] bones3
  • bones3
  • [are] bone my2
  • [are] bone your2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 42

  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)18
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)16
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular10
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural5
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural5
  • noun · feminine plural4
  • noun · feminine singular4
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcfpc · 18
  • HR/Ncfsc · 16
  • HNcfpc/Sp1bs · 10
  • HNcfpc/Sp3ms · 7
  • HNcfpc/Sp3mp · 5
  • HNcfsc · 5
  • HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 5
  • HTd/Ncfpa · 5
  • HNcfpa · 4
  • HNcfsa · 4
  • HR/Ncfpc/Sp1bs · 4
  • HNcmpc/Sp1bs · 3

All 126, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis7 occurrences
Exodus7 occurrences
Leviticus5 occurrences
Numbers4 occurrences
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Joshua3 occurrences
Judges2 occurrences
1 Samuel1 occurrence
2 Samuel9 occurrences
1 Kings3 occurrences
2 Kings7 occurrences
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Job13 occurrences
Psalms15 occurrences
Proverbs5 occurrences
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
Isaiah3 occurrences
Jeremiah7 occurrences
Lamentations4 occurrences
Ezekiel21 occurrences
Amos2 occurrences
Micah2 occurrences
Habakkuk1 occurrence

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled עֶצֶם

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).