עָצוּם atsum

Hebrew word for “mighty” · Strong’s H6099 · used 31 times in 31 verses

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Meaning

1) mighty, vast, numerous; 1a) mighty, strong (in number); 1b) numerous, countless

How it is translated

Glosses given for atsum in context, with how often each is used:

• mighty 22
• numerous 4
• mighty people 2
• too mighty 1
• among mighty ones 1
• mighty ones 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Joel 2 (3), Deuteronomy 9 (2), Micah 4 (2), Genesis 18 (1), Exodus 1 (1), Numbers 14 (1), Numbers 22 (1), Numbers 32 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1)

Forms

• עצום 11
• ועצום 5
• ועצמים 5
• עצומים 5
• ועצומים 2
• בעצומיו 1
• העצומים 1
• עצמים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with atsum more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רַב rav “many” 15
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 15
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 9
• יָרַשׁ yarash “to possess” 6
• מִן־ min “from” 8
• עַד ad “till” 5
• חַיִל chayil “strength” 3
• מְאֹד meod “much” 3
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 3
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 3
• הַר har “mountain” 3
• כֹּחַ koach “strength” 2

Key verses

The verses using atsum that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 32:1 — Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that,…
• Deuteronomy 7:1 — When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the…
• Deuteronomy 9:1 — Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
• Deuteronomy 9:14 — Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
• Deuteronomy 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and…
• Isaiah 8:7 — Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come…
• Isaiah 53:12 — Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was…
• Joel 2:2 — A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath…
• Joel 2:11 — And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and…
• Amos 5:12 — For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their…
• Micah 4:3 — And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:…
• Micah 4:7 — And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth,…

See all 31 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.