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Strong's H6099 עָצוּם (atsum)

Atsum means “great” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6099
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 31
Books 13

Strong's H6099 Quick Answer

Strong's H6099 עָצוּם עָצוּם (`atsuwm) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `atsuwm (aw-tsoom') (or matsum {aw-tsoom'}) adj. 1. powerful 2. (specifically) a paw It has 31 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include great, mighty, and feeble. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
`atsuwm (aw-tsoom') (or matsum {aw-tsoom'}) adj. 1. powerful 2. (specifically) a paw
Usage
31 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
great, mighty, and feeble

Meaning and Definition

`atsuwm (aw-tsoom') (or matsum {aw-tsoom'}) adj. 1. powerful 2. (specifically) a paw 3. (by implication) numerous [passive participle of H6105] KJV: + feeble, great, mighty, must, strong. Root(s): H6105

Original Word
עָצוּם עָצוּם
Transliteration
`atsuwm
Derivation
Root: עצם First root strongs: 6105
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6099. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H6099 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `atsuwm, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

great Numbers 32:1 11× feeble Proverbs 30:26 mighty Genesis 18:18

How Strong's H6099 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 31 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6099 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H6099 in the Old Testament

31 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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?

Exodus 1:9 KJV

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

Numbers 14:12 KJV

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

Usage Excerpts

First 31 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6099.

Genesis 18:18 Old Testament, KJV
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Exodus 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
Numbers 14:12 Old Testament, KJV
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Numbers 22:6 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
Deuteronomy 9:1 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
Deuteronomy 26:5 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.
Psalms 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
Psalms 35:18 Old Testament, KJV
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Psalms 135:10 Old Testament, KJV
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
Proverbs 7:26 Old Testament, KJV
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Proverbs 18:18 Old Testament, KJV
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Proverbs 30:26 Old Testament, KJV
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Isaiah 8:7 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6099, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Old Testament
Joel 4 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6099 FAQ

What does atsum (עָצוּם) mean?

Atsum (Strong's H6099) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "great". `atsuwm (aw-tsoom') (or matsum {aw-tsoom'}) adj. 1. powerful 2. (specifically) a paw

How many times is atsum (עָצוּם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 31 linked usages for Strong's H6099 across 13 books.

Where can I study atsum (עָצוּם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6099 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate atsum (עָצוּם)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as great, mighty, and feeble. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.