תַּעֲצֻמָה
taʻătsumâh · H8592 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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strength, power, might
State in which humans have physical, political, or military strength
ExamplesPsalm 68:35 God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God!
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- כֹּחַ kôach · H3581 · strength, power, ability
- כֹּחַ is a distinct Hebrew lexeme (not from the עצם root) denoting strength or power; it is a close synonym often interchangeable with תַּעֲצֻמָה in contexts referring to abstract power or might.
- גְּבוּרָה gᵉbûwrâh · H1369 · greatness, ability, might
- גְּבוּרָה (from the root גבר, not עצם) is a distinct abstract noun for strength/might/power, semantically parallel to תַּעֲצֻמָה and suitable for similar contexts of expressing power.
Contrasting words 1 word
- רִפְיוֹן riphyôwn · H7510 · discouragement
- רִפְיוֹן denotes slackness or feebleness, representing the opposite of power/strength; it functions as a lexical antonym to תַּעֲצֻמָה.
In the other Testament 2 words
- δύναμις dýnamis · G1411 · ability, capability, power
- δύναμις is the standard Greek translation-equivalent for Hebrew abstract nouns denoting power or might; it naturally renders תַּעֲצֻמָה's sense of 'power/strength' in LXX translation contexts.
- ἰσχύς ischýs · G2479 · capability, strength
- ἰσχύς denotes physical or active strength/power and serves as a viable Greek equivalent for Hebrew abstract strength nouns including תַּעֲצֻמָה.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Strong002001001063
- This noun denotes might, as in Psalm 68:35's declaration that the God of Israel gives strength and power to His people.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8592. taatsumah [תַּעֲצֻמָה] noun feminine might; — plural intensive זְתַעֲצֻמוֺת עז…
[תַּעֲצֻמָה] noun feminine might; — plural intensive זְתַעֲצֻמוֺת עז Psalm 68:36 strength and abundant might.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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