Meod מְאֹד

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Meod
מְאֹד
Transliterationmeod
Strong's numberH3966
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechadjective
Glossmuch
Occurrences300 in 278 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (35)

Meod (Hebrew מְאֹד, Strong's H3966) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “much”. It occurs 300 times in 278 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

adv
1) exceedingly, much
subst
2) might, force, abundance
n m
3) muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly
3a) force, might
3b) exceedingly, greatly, very (idioms showing magnitude or degree)
3b1) exceedingly
3b2) up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly
3b3) with muchness, muchness

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVvery (136), greatly (49), sore (23), exceeding (18), great (12), exceedingly (11), much (10), diligently (4), good (3), mightily (2), might (2), well (2), and 12 other renderings
BSBvery (25), greatly (20), was very (7), exceedingly (7), great (4), highly (3), became very (2), completely (2), was (2), was highly (2), violently (2), was a very (2), and 97 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Meod, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Joel

Obadiah

Nahum

Zephaniah

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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