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עָצוּם H6099
H6099 is the Hebrew word עָצוּם, transliterated ʻâtsûwm and said aw-tsoom'. The King James Version most often renders it strong.
What it means
powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous.
Where it comes from
or עָצֻם; passive participle of H6105 (עָצַם).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 25 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: [phrase] feeble, great, mighty, must, strong.
Verses using עָצוּם
All 25 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 18:18 · KJV
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Numbers 22:6 · KJV
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Numbers 32:1 · KJV
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, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Deuteronomy 4:38 · KJV
To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy 9:1 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
Joshua 23:9 · KJV
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
Psalm 35:18 · KJV
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Psalm 135:10 · KJV
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
Proverbs 7:26 · KJV
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Proverbs 30:26 · KJV
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Isaiah 8:7 · KJV
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 up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
Isaiah 53:12 · KJV
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 numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah 60:22 · KJV
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
Daniel 8:24 · KJV
And 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 11:25 · KJV
And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
Joel 1:6 · KJV
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
Joel 2:2 · KJV
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 not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Joel 2:5 · KJV
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Joel 2:11 · KJV
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 very terrible; and who can abide it?
Amos 5:12 · KJV
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 right.
Micah 4:3 · KJV
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: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Micah 4:7 · KJV
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, even for ever.
Zechariah 8:22 · KJV
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6099 mean?
H6099 is the Hebrew word עָצוּם (ʻâtsûwm), meaning powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous.
How is H6099 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it strong (11 times), mighty (6 times), mightier (3 times), too mighty (1 time), great (1 time), among others.
How many times does H6099 appear in the Bible?
עָצוּם (ʻâtsûwm) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6099 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or עָצֻם; passive participle of H6105 (עָצַם).
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