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עֶצֶם H6106

H6106 is the Hebrew word עֶצֶם, transliterated ʻetsem and said eh'tsem. The King James Version most often renders it bones.

Word: עֶצֶםTransliteration: ʻetsemSaid: eh'tsemLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 97 verses

What it means

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame.

Where it comes from

from H6105 (עָצַם).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 105 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

bones 75×bone 9×selfsame 7×same 4×body 2×behold we are thy bone 2×art my bone 1×even the selfsame 1×came to pass the selfsame 1×until the selfsame 1×or a bone 1×corn in the selfsame 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.

Verses using עֶצֶם

The first 40 of 97 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 2:23 · KJV

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Genesis 7:13 · KJV

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

Genesis 17:23 · KJV

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

Genesis 17:26 · KJV

In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

Genesis 29:14 · KJV

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

Genesis 50:25 · KJV

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

Exodus 12:17 · KJV

And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

Exodus 12:41 · KJV

And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:51 · KJV

And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

Exodus 13:19 · KJV

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

Exodus 24:10 · KJV

And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

Leviticus 23:14 · KJV

And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Leviticus 23:21 · KJV

And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

Leviticus 23:28 · KJV

And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.

Leviticus 23:29 · KJV

For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

Leviticus 23:30 · KJV

And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

Numbers 9:12 · KJV

They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

Numbers 19:16 · KJV

And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 19:18 · KJV

And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

Numbers 24:8 · KJV

God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

Deuteronomy 32:48 · KJV

And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

Joshua 5:11 · KJV

And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

Joshua 10:27 · KJV

And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.

Joshua 24:32 · KJV

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

Judges 9:2 · KJV

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

Judges 19:29 · KJV

And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

1 Samuel 31:13 · KJV

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

2 Samuel 5:1 · KJV

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Samuel 19:12 · KJV

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

2 Samuel 19:13 · KJV

And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

2 Samuel 21:12 · KJV

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

2 Samuel 21:13 · KJV

And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

2 Samuel 21:14 · KJV

And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

1 Kings 13:2 · KJV

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.

1 Kings 13:31 · KJV

And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

2 Kings 13:21 · KJV

And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

2 Kings 23:14 · KJV

And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

2 Kings 23:16 · KJV

And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

2 Kings 23:18 · KJV

And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

2 Kings 23:20 · KJV

And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6106 mean?

H6106 is the Hebrew word עֶצֶם (ʻetsem), meaning a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame.

How is H6106 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it bones (75 times), bone (9 times), selfsame (7 times), same (4 times), body (2 times), among others.

How many times does H6106 appear in the Bible?

עֶצֶם (ʻetsem) is tagged in 97 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6106 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6105 (עָצַם).

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