- Original: עצם - Transliteration: `atsam - Phonetic: aw-tsam' - Definition: 1. to be vast, be numerous, be mighty a. (Qal) 1. to be mighty 2. to be numerous b. (Hiphil) to make strong, make mighty 2. to shut (the eyes), close (the eyes) a. (Qal) to shut (the eyes) b. (Piel) to shut tightly (the eyes) - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1673,1674 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to bind fast that is close (the eyes); intransitively to be (causatively make) powerful or numerous; denominatively (from H6106 ) to craunch the bones: - break the bones close be great be increased be (wax) mighty (-ier) be more shut be (-come make) strong (-er). Total KJV Occurrences: 20 • bones, 1 Jeremiah 50:17 • closed, 1 Isaiah 29:10 • great, 1 Psalm 139:17 • increased, 4 Jeremiah 5:6; Jeremiah 15:8; Jeremiah 30:14; Jeremiah 30:15 • mightier, 1 Genesis 26:16 • mighty, 4 Exodus 1:7; Exodus 1:20; Psalm 69:4; Daniel 8:24 • more, 2 Psalm 40:5; Psalm 40:12 • shutteth, 1 Isaiah 33:15 • strong, 4 Psalm 38:19; Isaiah 31:1; Daniel 8:8; Daniel 11:23 • stronger, 1 Psalm 105:24