Be vast
עָצֹםStrong’s H6105atsom (a-tsom)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Atsom is the Hebrew word usually translated “are numerous”, “became mighty” and “have become powerful”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.”
Meaning
- To be vast, be numerous, be mighty(Qal) · (Hiphil) to make strong, make mighty
- To shut (the eyes), close (the eyes)(Qal) to shut (the eyes) · (Piel) to shut tightly (the eyes)
How it's translated
- they are numerous 9
- and they became mighty 2
- you have become powerful 1
- and he made strong it 1
- they are vast 1
- and he has shut 1
- and shuts 1
- he gnawed bones its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 6
- Jeremiah 5
- Isaiah 3
- Daniel 3
- Exodus 2
- Genesis 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 8:24In contextAnd his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
- Daniel 11:23In contextAnd after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
- Genesis 26:16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
- Exodus 1:7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- Exodus 1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
- Psalms 38:19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Hebrew dictionary
עָצֹם atsom · be vast
1) to be vast, be numerous, be mighty 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to be mighty 1a2) to be numerous 1b) (Hiphil) to make strong, make mighty
עָצַם atsam · to shut eyes
1) to shut (the eyes), close (the eyes) 1a) (Qal) to shut (the eyes) 1b) (Piel) to shut tightly (the eyes)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shut” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHUT, verb transitive
pretand participle passive shut.
- To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or gate; to shut the eyes or the mouth.
- To prohibit; to bar; to forbid entrance into; as, to shut the ports of the kingdom by a blockade.
- To preclude; to exclude.
- To close, as the fingers; to contract; as, to shut the hand.
All definitions and other forms of “shut”
- Spoken of points of land, when by the progress of a ship, one point is brought to cover or intercept the view of another.
- To obstruct.
- To confine; to imprison; to lock or fasten in; as, to shut up a prisoner.
- To confine by legal or moral restraint.“Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up to the faith, which should afterwards be revealed” Galatians 3:23
- To end; to terminate; to conclude.
SHUT, verb intransitive
To close itself; to be closed. The door shuts of itself; it shuts hard. Certain flowers shut at night and open in the day.
SHUT, participle passive
- Closed; having the entrance barred.
- adjective Rid; clear; free.
SHUT, noun
- Close; the act of closing; as the shut of a door; the shut of evening. [Little used.]
- A small door or cover; But shutter is more generally used.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.