עָצֹם

Genesis 26:16 עָצַֽמְתָּ־ you have become [too] powerful

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

Here: 'You have become mighty/numerous.' The verb covers both strength and sheer numbers. It describes a state Isaac has grown into: a large household, flocks, herds and servants (vv.13–14) that make him a rival power in the area.

Exodus 1:7 וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ and they became mighty

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Here: "And they grew vast/strong": the word covers both sheer numbers and the strength that comes with them. Pharaoh picks up this very word in verse 9: 'more numerous and stronger (ʿāṣûm) than we'.

Exodus 1:20 וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ and they became mighty

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

Psalm 38:19 עָצֵ֑מוּ they are numerous

Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

Here: "They are mighty / they have grown strong." The verb covers both strength and great numbers, and the next verb pulls it toward numbers. Put together, the picture is a crowd too strong to resist.

Psalm 40:5 עָ֝צְמ֗וּ they are [too] numerous

Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.

Here: 'They are vast/mighty.' The verb joins great number with great strength. The deeds are too many and too weighty.

Psalm 40:12 עָצְמ֥וּ they are numerous

For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

Here: "They are mighty / too many." The word means strength as well as number: these things are both countless and overpowering. It is the same verb verse 5 used of God's wonders ("they are too many to tell").

Psalm 69:4 עָצְמ֣וּ they are numerous

Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Here: 'They are mighty / vast'. The verb covers both strength and great numbers, so it repeats 'they are many' and adds a sense of overwhelming power.

Psalm 105:24 וַ֝יַּֽעֲצִמֵהוּ and he made strong it

And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,

Psalm 139:17 עָ֝צְמוּ they are vast

How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!

Here: "They are mighty / countless." The verb joins strength with large numbers, as when Israel "multiplied and grew exceedingly strong" (Exod 1:7). It looks ahead to verse 18, where the psalmist tries to count them and cannot.

Isaiah 29:10 וַיְעַצֵּ֖ם and he has shut

For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

Here: An intensive form of a rare verb meaning to press the eyes shut. It is the opposite of a prophet's job, which is to see.

Isaiah 31:1 עָצְמ֣וּ they are numerous

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Here: "They are mighty/numerous": the word holds together strength and sheer mass, as in Exod 1:7, 20 where Israel in Egypt grew "exceedingly mighty" (the same verb with the same "exceedingly").

Isaiah 33:15 וְעֹצֵ֥ם and [one who] shuts

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

Here: 'And one who shuts': closing the eyes firmly. In Isaiah 29:10 the LORD shuts the eyes of the prophets in judgment; here a person closes his own eyes by choice.

Jeremiah 5:6 עָצְמ֖וּ they are numerous

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

Here: 'They are mighty/vast': the turnings-away have grown both many and strong. The word suggests numbers and heavy weight together, and it pairs with 'many' in the line before.

Jeremiah 15:8 עָֽצְמוּ־ they are numerous

I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

Jeremiah 30:14 עָצְמ֖וּ they are numerous

All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.

Here: 'They have become mighty/numerous.' The verb joins strength to number: her sins have grown into a powerful mass. It starts a new clause with no joining word, so it lands like a summary verdict.

Jeremiah 30:15 עָֽצְמוּ֙ they are numerous

Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.

Here: "They have become mighty, massive". The verb combines "many" with "strong", so the sins are numerous and overpowering. The clause has no joining word, which makes it land as a second blow: "your sins were overwhelming."

Jeremiah 50:17 עִצְּמ֔וֹ he gnawed bones its

Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

Here: A rare verb built from ʿetsem, 'bone': literally 'he boned it', crunching the bones once the flesh is gone. What Assyria began, Babylon finished, leaving nothing behind.

Daniel 8:8 וּכְעָצְמ֗וֹ and just as became mighty it

Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

Here: 'And as he became mighty', with a small time-word attached to a verb of strength. The construction usually points to the moment itself, so the break comes just as his strength peaks, not at some later point of decline.

Daniel 8:24 וְעָצַ֤ם and it will be mighty

His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.

Here: "And it will grow mighty." The verb describes strength that keeps swelling until it is overwhelming. The verb form carries forward the future from verse 23 ("a king will arise"), so the sense is "and then his power will become massive."

Daniel 11:23 וְעָצַ֖ם and he will become mighty

After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.