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title: עָצוּם — mighty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָצוּם (6099), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: mighty. BDB 1906: adj. mighty, numerous. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָצוּם

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«עָצוּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mighty** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 31 times · **Key:** 6099 · **BDB:** עָצוּם

### Glosses

mighty (20); numerous (4); mighty.\[people\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mighty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6099/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. mighty, numerous [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6099/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 31 adj. mighty, numerous;—ע׳ Gn 18:18 +, pl. עֲצוּמִים Is 8:7 +, עֲצֻמִים Mi 4:3 +; sf. עֲצוּמָין ψ 10:10;— mighty, especially of people, strong in numbers (often ‖ רַב, גָּדוֹל) Gn 18:18; Ex 1:9; Nu 14:12; 22:6 JE; Dt 4:38 + 6 times D, Mi 4:3, 7 Zc 8:22; Is 60:22 (opp. צָעִיר), of locusts Jo 1:6; 2:2, 5, cf. v 11; so of חַיִל Dn 11:25; עַם לֹא עָצוּם, i.e. feeble Pr 30:26 (of the שָׁפָן); less often of individ. מְלָכִים ע׳ ψ 135:10; of waters Is 8:7; ע׳ alone Pr 18:18 the mighty, Dn 8:24; ψ 10:10 his mighty ones (i.e. claws, of lion). numerous, countless (all ‖ רַב): Am 5:12 ψ 35:18; as subst. = many Is 53:12; Pr 7:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָצוּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6099/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 135:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.135.10/)

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שֶֽׁ֭הִכָּה גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֑ים וְ֝הָרַ֗ג מְלָכִ֥ים עֲצוּמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* who he.defeated nations many and he.killed kings mighty

*JPS 1917:* Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings:

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[Proverbs 18:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.18/)

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מִ֭דְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּ֣ית הַגּוֹרָ֑ל וּבֵ֖ין עֲצוּמִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* contentions it.puts.an.end.to the lot and between mighty.\[people\] it.separates

*JPS 1917:* The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious.

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