Strong's Lexicon
etsem: Bone, essence, substance, selfsame
Original Word:עֶצֶם
Part of Speech:Noun Feminine
Transliteration:`etsem
Pronunciation:EH-tsem
Phonetic Spelling:(eh'tsem)
Definition:Bone, essence, substance, selfsame
Meaning:a bone, the body, the substance, selfsame
Word Origin:Derived from the root עָצַם (atsam), meaning "to be strong" or "to be mighty."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -G3747 (osteon): Refers to "bone" in the New Testament, used in similar contexts, such as in John 19:36, "Not one of His bones will be broken."
Usage:The Hebrew word "etsem" primarily refers to "bone," the structural component of the body. It is used both literally and metaphorically in the Hebrew Bible. Literally, it denotes the physical bones of humans and animals. Metaphorically, it can signify strength, essence, or the very substance of something, reflecting the idea of foundational or essential elements.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Hebrew culture, bones were considered the core of physical strength and vitality. They were also associated with life and death, as bones were often the last remaining part of a body after death, symbolizing endurance and continuity. The preservation of bones was important in burial practices, reflecting beliefs about the afterlife and resurrection.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
atsomDefinitionbone, substance, self
NASB Translationbody (3), bone (15), bone of my bones (1), bones (83), itself (1), limb (1), pains (1), same (7), strength (1), very (7), very same (4), wood (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I.
125Psalm 35:10 (with pronoun masculine
Ezekiel 37:5,6 etc., compare Albr
ZAW xvi (1896). 73) ; — absolute
Genesis 2:23 +; ;
Proverbs 15:30;
Proverbs 16:24; construct
Exodus 24:10 +; suffix
Job 19:20 +, etc.; plural
2 Kings 23:16 +; construct
Joshua 24:22 +; suffix
Job 4:14 +, etc.; also
Ezekiel 24:4 +, suffix
Genesis 2:23 +, etc.; —
bone:
Micah 3:2,3(hyperbole),Job 10:11;Job 19:20;Lamentations 4:8;Psalm 102:6;Ecclesiastes 11:5 +; figurative of close relationshipGenesis 2:23, compareGenesis 29:14 (both J),Judges 9:2;2 Samuel 5:1 =1 Chronicles 11:1;2 Samuel 19:13;2 Samuel 19:14 (all + ).
+ =body,Job 2:5, plural =bodily frameJeremiah 20:9 (simile),limbs, members,Judges 9:29 i.e.limb by limb (GFM); as seat of vigourJob 20:11, etc.
(poetry) as seat of disease and painJob 30:17,30 and (especially of personified Israel)Psalm 22:15;Psalm 31:11;Psalm 102:4;Lamentations 1:13;Habakkuk 3:16 +.
plural = one's whole being, (especially of personified Israel)Psalm 6:3 (""Psalm 6:4),Psalm 35:10 (""Psalm 35:9),Isaiah 66:14; of individual (including physical and moral)Proverbs 3:8;Proverbs 14:30;Proverbs 15:30;Proverbs 16:24.
singular =external bodyLamentations 4:7 Ew Th and others, but dubious; Bi Bubones (= branches) of coral (); Löhrtheir skin.
Numbers 19:16,18 (P),Ezekiel 37:1 +; often (plural) =remainsAmos 6:10;Genesis 50:25;Exodus 13:19 (twice in verse);Joshua 24:32 (all E) +.
bone of animalExodus 12:46;Numbers 9:12 (both P);Ezekiel 24:4,5 (symbolic); of (living) hippopotamusJob 40:18.
singularsubstance, self (compare
):Exodus 24:10 (JE),like the substance of the sky = the sky itself;Job 21:23 i.e. full prosperity; especiallyEzekiel 24:2this selfsame day,Ezekiel 24:2;Ezekiel 40:1;Genesis 7:13;Genesis 17:23,26;Exodus 12:17,41,51;Leviticus 23:21,28,29,30;Deuteronomy 32:48;Joshua 5:11 (all P),Ezekiel 2:3;Leviticus 23:14 (P),Joshua 10:27 (R). —Ezekiel 24:5a read (Bö Ew and others);Ezekiel 24:10 strike out (Co Toy);Job 7:15 read (Reiske Me Bu Du and others);Psalm 53:6 read perhaps (compare ""Psalm 14:6 Bae; see Hup Che and others);Psalm 69:5 read (for ), Ol Che Bae and others
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
body, bone, life, selfsame, strength, very
Fromatsam; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) Selfsame -- body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
see HEBREWatsam
Forms and Transliterations
בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַ֗י בְּעֶ֖צֶם בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙ בְּעֶ֛צֶם בְּעֶ֣צֶם בְּעֶ֣צֶם ׀ בְּעֶ֨צֶם בְּעַצְמ֣וֹת בְּעַצְמֹתַ֖י בְּעַצְמֹתָ֑י בְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יו בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃ בְעֶ֥צֶם בַּ֝עֲצָמַ֗י בַּעֲצָמַ֖י בַּעֶ֙צֶם֙ בעצם בעצמות בעצמותי בעצמותיו בעצמותיו׃ בעצמי בעצמתי הָֽעֲצָמוֹת֙ הָעֲצָמ֣וֹת הָעֲצָמִ֖ים הָעֲצָמוֹת֙ העצמות העצמים וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗י וְהָעֲצָמ֖וֹת וְעֶ֖צֶם וְעַצְמ֥וֹת וְעַצְמִי־ וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶ֛ם וְעַצְמֹתֶ֖יךָ וְעַצְמוֹת֙ וְעַצְמוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם וַעֲצָמַ֥י וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹת וּכְעֶ֥צֶם ובעצמות והעצמות וכעצם ועצם ועצמות ועצמותי ועצמותיכם ועצמי ועצמי־ ועצמתיהם ועצמתיך כַּעֲצָמִ֖ים כעצמים לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ לַעֲצָמֶ֔יהָ לָעֲצָמ֖וֹת לָעָֽצֶם׃ לעצם׃ לעצמות לעצמותיך׃ לעצמיה מֵֽעֲצָמַ֔י מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ מעצמותי׃ מעצמי עֲ֝צָמֵ֗ינוּ עֲ֭צָמַי עֲ֭צָמָיו עֲצָמ֔וֹת עֲצָמ֣וֹת עֲצָמ֥וֹת עֲצָמִ֖ים עֲצָמִים֮ עֲצָמֶ֖יהָ עֲצָמָ֑י עֲצָמָ֣יו עֲצָמָֽי׃ עֲצָמֽוֹת׃ עֶ֖צֶם עֶ֙צֶם֙ עֶ֚צֶם עֶ֣צֶם עַ֝צְמִ֗י עַ֝צְמוֹתָ֗יו עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו עַצְמ֖וֹ עַצְמ֖וֹת עַצְמ֣וֹת עַצְמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם עַצְמ֤וֹת עַצְמ֥וֹת עַצְמ֨וֹת עַצְמ֫וֹתָ֥י עַצְמְךָ֥ עַצְמִ֑י עַצְמִ֥י עַצְמֵכֶ֥ם עַצְמָ֔ם עַצְמֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם עַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖ם עַצְמֹתַ֖י עַצְמֹתַ֛י עַצְמֹתָ֑יו עַצְמֹתָ֔יו עַצְמֹתָֽי׃ עַצְמֽוֹ׃ עַצְמוֹת֙ עַצְמוֹתֵ֛ינוּ עַצְמוֹתֵיהֶ֜ם עַצְמוֹתַ֔י עַצְמוֹתַ֣י עַצְמוֹתַ֨י ׀ עַצְמוֹתָ֑י עַצְמוֹתָ֑יו עַצְמוֹתָ֔ם עַצְמוֹתָ֣יו עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃ עַצְמוֹת־ עָֽצֶם׃ עצם עצם׃ עצמו עצמו׃ עצמות עצמות־ עצמות׃ עצמותי עצמותי׃ עצמותיהם עצמותיו עצמותיכם עצמותינו עצמותם עצמותם׃ עצמי עצמי׃ עצמיה עצמיו עצמים עצמינו עצמך עצמכם עצמם עצמתי עצמתי׃ עצמתיהם עצמתיו ‘ă·ṣā·māw ‘ă·ṣā·may ‘ă·ṣā·māy ‘ă·ṣā·me·hā ‘ă·ṣā·mê·nū ‘ă·ṣā·mîm ‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ ‘ā·ṣem ‘aṣ·mām ‘aṣ·mə·ḵā ‘aṣ·mê·ḵem ‘aṣ·mî ‘aṣ·mō·ṯāw ‘aṣ·mō·ṯay ‘aṣ·mō·ṯāy ‘aṣ·mō·ṯê·hem ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯām ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāw ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯay ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯê·hem ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯê·ḵem ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯê·nū ‘aṣ·mō·wṯ ‘aṣ·mō·wṯ- ‘aṣ·mōw ‘ăṣāmāw ‘ăṣāmay ‘ăṣāmāy ‘ăṣāmehā ‘ăṣāmênū ‘ăṣāmîm ‘ăṣāmōwṯ ‘āṣem ‘aṣmām ‘aṣməḵā ‘aṣmêḵem ‘aṣmî ‘aṣmōṯāw ‘aṣmōṯay ‘aṣmōṯāy ‘aṣmōṯêhem ‘aṣmōw ‘aṣmōwṯ ‘aṣmōwṯ- ‘aṣmōwṯām ‘aṣmōwṯāw ‘aṣmōwṯay ‘aṣmōwṯāy ‘aṣmōwṯêhem ‘aṣmōwṯêḵem ‘aṣmōwṯênū ‘e·ṣem ‘eṣem Atzamai atzaMav atzaMeiha atzaMeinu atzaMim atzaMot Atzem atzMam atzmeCha atzmeChem atzMi atzMo atzMot atzmoTai atzmoTam atzmoTav atzMoteiChem atzMoteiHem atzmoTeinu ba‘ăṣāmay ba‘eṣem ba·‘ă·ṣā·may ba·‘e·ṣem baatzaMai baEtzem bə‘aṣmōṯay bə‘aṣmōṯāy bə‘aṣmōwṯ bə‘aṣmōwṯāw bə‘aṣmōwṯay bə‘eṣem ḇə‘eṣem bə·‘aṣ·mō·ṯay bə·‘aṣ·mō·ṯāy bə·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāw bə·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯay bə·‘aṣ·mō·wṯ bə·‘e·ṣem ḇə·‘e·ṣem beatzMot beatzmoTai beatzmoTav beEtzem Etzem hā‘ăṣāmîm hā‘ăṣāmōwṯ hā·‘ă·ṣā·mîm hā·‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ haatzaMim haatzamOt ka‘ăṣāmîm ka·‘ă·ṣā·mîm kaatzaMim la‘ăṣāmehā lā‘ăṣāmōwṯ lā‘āṣem la·‘ă·ṣā·me·hā lā·‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ lā·‘ā·ṣem laatzaMeiha laatzaMot laAtzem lə‘aṣmōwṯeḵā lə·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯe·ḵā leatzmoTeicha mê‘ăṣāmay mê‘aṣmōwṯāy mê·‘ă·ṣā·may mê·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy meatzaMai MeatzmoTai ū·ḇa·‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ ū·ḵə·‘e·ṣem ūḇa‘ăṣāmōwṯ ucheEtzem ūḵə‘eṣem uvaatzaMot vaatzaMai veatzmi veatzMot veatzmoTai veatzmoTeicha veatzmoteiChem veatzmoteiHem veEtzem vehaatzaMot wa‘ăṣāmay wa·‘ă·ṣā·may wə‘aṣmî- wə‘aṣmōṯêhem wə‘aṣmōṯeḵā wə‘aṣmōwṯ wə‘aṣmōwṯay wə‘aṣmōwṯêḵem wə‘eṣem wə·‘aṣ·mî- wə·‘aṣ·mō·ṯê·hem wə·‘aṣ·mō·ṯe·ḵā wə·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯay wə·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯê·ḵem wə·‘aṣ·mō·wṯ wə·‘e·ṣem wə·hā·‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ wəhā‘ăṣāmōwṯ
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