Hebrew verb · H6105
עָצַם
atsamaw-tsam'
be vast; to shut eyes
20 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâtsam
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6105is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6105
to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones
The King James renders it: break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
atsam is rendered "be vast; to shut eyes". It stands 20 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Six of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "be vast".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 26:16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
Genesis 26:16עָצַֽמְתָּ־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: be vast, and to shut eyes.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| be vastStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 26:16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.” |
| to shut eyesStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- they are numerous9
- and they became mighty2
- and he has shut1
- and he made strong it1
- and he will become mighty1
- and it will be mighty1
- and just as became mighty it1
- and shuts1
- he gnawed bones its1
- they are vast1
- you have become powerful1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ2
- עָצְמ֣וּ2
- עָצְמ֖וּ2
- וַיְעַצֵּ֖ם1
- וַ֝יַּֽעֲצִמֵהוּ1
- וּכְעָצְמ֗וֹ1
- וְעָצַ֤ם1
- וְעָצַ֖ם1
- וְעֹצֵ֥ם1
- עִצְּמ֔וֹ1
- עָ֝צְמ֗וּ1
- עָצְמ֥וּ1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural10HVqp3cp
- Hc/Vqq3ms2Hc/Vqq3ms
- Hc/Vqw3mp2Hc/Vqw3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/R/Vqcc/Sp3ms
- Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms
- Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vqrmsa
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpp3ms/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqp2ms
Genesis
one use
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
- עָצַֽמְתָּ־ʾatzamta-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have become powerful
Exodus
two uses
but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
- וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּvaiyaatzmuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they became mighty
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
- וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּvaiyaatzmuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they became mighty
Psalms
six uses
Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
- עָצֵ֑מוּʾatzemuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are numerous
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
- עָ֝צְמ֗וּʾatzemuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are numerous
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
- עָצְמ֥וּʾatzemuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are numerous
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
- עָצְמ֣וּʾatzemuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are numerous
And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
- וַ֝יַּֽעֲצִמֵהוּvaiyaatzimehuHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he made strong it
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
- עָ֝צְמוּʾatzemuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are vast
Isaiah
three uses
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
- וַיְעַצֵּ֖םvayatzemHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he has shut
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
- עָצְמ֣וּʾatzemuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are numerous
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- וְעֹצֵ֥םveotzemconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and shuts
Jeremiah
five uses
Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
- עָצְמ֖וּʾatzemuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are numerous
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
- עָֽצְמוּ־ʾatzemu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are numerous
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
- עָצְמ֖וּʾatzemuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are numerous
Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
- עָֽצְמוּ֙ʾatzemuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are numerous
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
- עִצְּמ֔וֹitzemoverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he gnawed bones its
Daniel
three uses
Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.
- וּכְעָצְמ֗וֹukheatzemoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and just as became mighty it
His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.
- וְעָצַ֤םveatzamHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be mighty
After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.
- וְעָצַ֖םveatzamHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will become mighty
The letters
Gematria 200· 760 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.