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title: אֹמֶץ — strength · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֹמֶץ (555), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: strength. BDB 1906: strength. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֹמֶץ

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«אֹמֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strength** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 555 · **BDB:** אֹ֫מֶץ

### Glosses

strength (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/555/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/555/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] strength, fig. טֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹ֑מֶץ Jb 17:9 the clean of hands increaseth strength.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֹמֶץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/555/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 17:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.17.9/)

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וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.hold \[the\].righteous way his and.\[the\] clean of.hands he.will.increase strength

*JPS 1917:* Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.

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