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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H6106

עֶצֶם

etsemeh'tsem

bone

126 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻetsem

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6106is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 24 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 94
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6106

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

The King James renders it: body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.

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

etsem is rendered "bone". It stands 126 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-four books.

  • Twenty-one of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
  • The Greek text spells it ninety-four different ways.

The first use

And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

Genesis 2:23עֶ֚צֶם

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • bones of18
  • on substance of14
  • bones my13
  • bones his8
  • bones6
  • bone my5
  • bones their5
  • in bones my5
  • the bones5
  • bone4
  • substance of4
  • bone your3

and 29 more, 126 uses in all

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.

עֶצֶבetsebtoilUses7
עֶצֶרetsermagistrateUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 126, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

94 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

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

and 82 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)18HNcfpc
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)16HR/Ncfsc
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular10HNcfpc/Sp1bs
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7HNcfpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural5HNcfpc/Sp3mp
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfsc
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5HNcfsc/Sp1bs
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural5HTd/Ncfpa
  • noun · feminine plural4HNcfpa
  • noun · feminine singular4HNcfsa
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4HR/Ncfpc/Sp1bs
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HNcmpc/Sp1bs

Genesis

seven uses
  • And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

    Genesis 2:23

    • עֶ֚צֶםʾetzemnoun · feminine singulartagged: bone
    • מֵֽעֲצָמַ֔יmeatzamaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: from bones my
  • On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

    Genesis 7:13

    • בְּעֶ֨צֶםbeetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

    Genesis 17:23

    • בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙beetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

    Genesis 17:26

    • בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙beetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

    Genesis 29:14

    • עַצְמִ֥יʾatzminoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bone my
  • And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

    Genesis 50:25

    • עַצְמֹתַ֖יʾatzmotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my

Exodus

seven uses
  • So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

    Exodus 12:17

    • בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙beetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.

    Exodus 12:41

    • בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙beetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.

    Exodus 12:46

    • וְעֶ֖צֶםveetzemconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a bone
  • And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

    Exodus 12:51

    • בְּעֶ֖צֶםbeetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

    Exodus 13:19

    • עַצְמ֥וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
    • עַצְמֹתַ֛יʾatzmotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my
  • and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

    Exodus 24:10

    • וּכְעֶ֥צֶםukheetzemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and like substance of

Leviticus

five uses
  • You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.

    Leviticus 23:14

    • עֶ֙צֶם֙ʾetzemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: substance of
  • On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.

    Leviticus 23:21

    • בְּעֶ֣צֶם׀beetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 23:28

    • בְּעֶ֖צֶםbeetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.

    Leviticus 23:29

    • בְּעֶ֖צֶםbeetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.

    Leviticus 23:30

    • בְּעֶ֖צֶםbeetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of

Numbers

four uses
  • they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

    Numbers 9:12

    • וְעֶ֖צֶםveetzemconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a bone
  • Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

    Numbers 19:16

    • בְעֶ֥צֶםveetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in a bone of
  • Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.

    Numbers 19:18

    • בַּעֶ֙צֶם֙baetzempreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the bone
  • God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.

    Numbers 24:8

    • וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶ֛םveatzmoteihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and bones their

Deuteronomy

one use
  • On that same day the LORD said to Moses,

    Deuteronomy 32:48

    • בְּעֶ֛צֶםbeetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of

Joshua

three uses
  • The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.

    Joshua 5:11

    • בְּעֶ֖צֶםbeetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.

    Joshua 10:27

    • עֶ֖צֶםʾetzemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: substance of
  • And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

    Joshua 24:32

    • עַצְמ֣וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of

Judges

two uses
  • “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

    Judges 9:2

    • עַצְמֵכֶםʾatzmekhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bone your
  • When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

    Judges 19:29

    • לַעֲצָמֶ֔יהָlaatzameihapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: to bones her

1 Samuel

one use
  • Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

    1 Samuel 31:13

    • עַצְמֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םʾatzmoteihemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bones their

2 Samuel

nine uses
  • Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

    2 Samuel 5:1

    • עַצְמְךָ֥ʾatzmekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bone your
  • You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’

    2 Samuel 19:12

    • עַצְמִ֥יʾatzminoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bone my
  • And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

    2 Samuel 19:13

    • עַצְמִ֥יʾatzminoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bone my
  • he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.

    2 Samuel 21:12

    • עַצְמ֤וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
    • עַצְמוֹת֙ʾatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
  • So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, along with the bones of those who had been hanged.

    2 Samuel 21:13

    • עַצְמ֣וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
    • עַצְמ֖וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
    • עַצְמ֖וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
  • And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.

    2 Samuel 21:14

    • עַצְמוֹת־ʾatzmot-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of

1 Kings

three uses
  • And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”

    1 Kings 13:2

    • וְעַצְמ֥וֹתveatzmotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and bones of
  • After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

    1 Kings 13:31

    • עַצְמֹתָ֔יוʾatzmotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bones his
    • עַצְמֹתָֽי׃ʾatzmotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my

2 Kings

seven uses
  • Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.

    2 Kings 13:21

    • בְּעַצְמ֣וֹתbeatzmotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in bones of
  • He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

    2 Kings 23:14

    • עַצְמ֥וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
  • And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.

    2 Kings 23:16

    • הָֽעֲצָמוֹת֙haatzamotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the bones
  • “Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.

    2 Kings 23:18

    • עַצְמֹתָ֑יוʾatzmotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bones his
    • עַצְמֹתָ֔יוʾatzmotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bones his
    • עַצְמ֣וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
  • On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

    2 Kings 23:20

    • עַצְמ֥וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of

1 Chronicles

two uses
  • all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

    1 Chronicles 10:12

    • עַצְמוֹתֵיהֶ֜םatzmoteihemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bones their
  • Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

    1 Chronicles 11:1

    • עַצְמְךָ֥ʾatzmekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bone your

2 Chronicles

one use
  • Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 34:5

    • וְעַצְמוֹת֙veatzmotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and bones of

Job

thirteen uses
  • But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

    Job 2:5

    • עַצְמ֖וֹatzmonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bone his
  • fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.

    Job 4:14

    • עַצְמוֹתַ֣יatzmotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my
  • so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

    Job 7:15

    • מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃meatzmotaipreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: more than bones my
  • You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

    Job 10:11

    • וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹתuvaatzamotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with bones
  • My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

    Job 19:20

    • עַצְמִ֑יʾatzminoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bone my
  • The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

    Job 20:11

    • עַ֭צְמוֹתָיוatzmotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bones his
  • One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

    Job 21:23

    • בְּעֶ֣צֶםbeetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with limb of
  • His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.

    Job 21:24

    • עַצְמוֹתָ֣יוatzmotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bones his
  • Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

    Job 30:17

    • עֲ֭צָמַיʾatzamainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my
  • My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

    Job 30:30

    • וְעַצְמִי־veatzmi-conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and bone my
  • A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

    Job 33:19

    • עֲצָמָ֣יוʾatzamavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bones his
  • His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

    Job 33:21

    • עַ֝צְמוֹתָ֗יוatzmotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bones his
  • His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.

    Job 40:18

    • עֲ֭צָמָיוʾatzamavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bones its

Psalms

fifteen uses
  • Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

    Psalms 6:2

    • עֲצָמָֽי׃ʾatzamainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my
  • I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

    Psalms 22:14

    • עַצְמ֫וֹתָ֥יatzmotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my
  • I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

    Psalms 22:17

    • עַצְמוֹתָ֑יatzmotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my
  • For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

    Psalms 31:10

    • וַעֲצָמַ֥יvaatzamaiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and bones my
  • When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

    Psalms 32:3

    • עֲצָמָ֑יʾatzamainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my
  • He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

    Psalms 34:20

    • עַצְמוֹתָ֑יוatzmotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bones his
  • All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

    Psalms 35:10

    • עַצְמוֹתַ֨י׀atzmotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my
  • There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

    Psalms 38:3

    • בַּ֝עֲצָמַ֗יbaatzamaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in bones my
  • Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

    Psalms 42:10

    • בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַ֗יbeatzmotaipreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in bones my
  • Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

    Psalms 51:8

    • עֲצָמ֥וֹתatzamotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: bones
  • There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

    Psalms 53:5

    • עַצְמ֣וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
  • For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

    Psalms 102:3

    • וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗יveatzmotaiconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and bones my
  • Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.

    Psalms 102:5

    • עַ֝צְמִ֗יʾatzminoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bone my
  • The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

    Psalms 109:18

    • בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃beatzmotavpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in bones his
  • As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

    Psalms 141:7

    • עֲ֝צָמֵ֗ינוּʾatzameinunoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: bones our

Proverbs

five uses
  • This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

    Proverbs 3:8

    • לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ׃leatzmoteikhapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to bones your
  • A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

    Proverbs 12:4

    • בְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יוbeatzmotavpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in bones his
  • A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

    Proverbs 14:30

    • עֲצָמ֣וֹתatzamotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: bones
  • The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.

    Proverbs 15:30

    • עָֽצֶם׃ʾatzemnoun · feminine singulartagged: bone
  • Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

    Proverbs 16:24

    • לָעָֽצֶם׃laatzempreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the bone

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

    Ecclesiastes 11:5

    • כַּעֲצָמִ֖יםkaatzamimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like bones

Isaiah

three uses
  • I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

    Isaiah 38:13

    • עַצְמוֹתָ֑יatzmotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my
  • The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

    Isaiah 58:11

    • וְעַצְמֹתֶ֖יךָveatzmoteikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and bones your
  • When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

    Isaiah 66:14

    • וְעַצְמוֹתֵיכֶ֖םveatzmoteikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and bones your

Jeremiah

seven uses
  • “At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.

    Jeremiah 8:1

    • עַצְמ֣וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
    • עַצְמוֹת־ʾatzmot-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
    • עַצְמ֨וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
    • עַצְמ֣וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
    • עַצְמ֥וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
  • If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

    Jeremiah 20:9

    • בְּעַצְמֹתָ֑יbeatzmotaipreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in bones my
  • As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

    Jeremiah 23:9

    • עַצְמוֹתַ֔יatzmotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my

Lamentations

four uses
  • He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

    Lamentations 1:13

    • בְּעַצְמֹתַ֖יbeatzmotaipreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in bones my
  • He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

    Lamentations 3:4

    • עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃atzmotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bones my
  • Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

    Lamentations 4:7

    • עֶ֙צֶם֙ʾetzemnoun · feminine singulartagged: bone
  • But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

    Lamentations 4:8

    • עַצְמָ֔םʾatzmamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bone their

Ezekiel

twenty-one uses
  • “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.

    Ezekiel 2:3

    • עֶ֖צֶםʾetzemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: substance of
  • I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

    Ezekiel 6:5

    • עַצְמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םatzmoteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bones your
  • “Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.

    Ezekiel 24:2

    • עֶ֖צֶםʾetzemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: substance of
    • בְּעֶ֖צֶםbeetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of
  • Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.

    Ezekiel 24:4

    • עֲצָמִ֖יםʾatzamimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: bones
  • Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’

    Ezekiel 24:5

    • הָעֲצָמִ֖יםhaatzamimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the bones
    • עֲצָמֶ֖יהָʾatzameihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: bones its
  • Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.

    Ezekiel 24:10

    • וְהָעֲצָמ֖וֹתvehaatzamotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the bones
  • They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.

    Ezekiel 32:27

    • עַצְמוֹתָ֔םatzmotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bones their
  • The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

    Ezekiel 37:1

    • עֲצָמֽוֹת׃atzamotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: bones
  • Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”

    Ezekiel 37:3

    • הָעֲצָמ֣וֹתhaatzamotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the bones
  • And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

    Ezekiel 37:4

    • הָעֲצָמ֣וֹתhaatzamotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the bones
    • הָעֲצָמוֹת֙haatzamotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: O bones
  • This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

    Ezekiel 37:5

    • לָעֲצָמ֖וֹתlaatzamotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: to the bones
  • So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

    Ezekiel 37:7

    • עֲצָמ֔וֹתatzamotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: bones
    • עֶ֖צֶםʾetzemnoun · feminine singulartagged: bone
    • עַצְמֽוֹ׃atzmonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bone its
  • Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

    Ezekiel 37:11

    • הָעֲצָמ֣וֹתhaatzamotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the bones
    • עַצְמוֹתֵ֛ינוּatzmoteinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: bones our
  • As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.

    Ezekiel 39:15

    • עֶ֣צֶםʾetzemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a bone of
  • In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.

    Ezekiel 40:1

    • בְּעֶ֣צֶם׀beetzempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on substance of

Amos

two uses
  • This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.

    Amos 2:1

    • עַצְמ֥וֹתatzmotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bones of
  • And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”

    Amos 6:10

    • עֲצָמִים֮ʾatzamimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: bones

Micah

two uses
  • You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

    Micah 3:2

    • עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃atzmotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bones their
  • You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

    Micah 3:3

    • עַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖םʾatzmoteihemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bones their

Habakkuk

one use
  • I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

    Habakkuk 3:16

    • בַּעֲצָמַ֖יbaatzamaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in bones my

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.

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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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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