Strong's Hebrew · H6105

H6105 ʻâtsam

עָצַם

aw-tsam'

break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er).

When ʻâtsam is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones

Derivation

a primitive root; also denominatively (from H6106 (עֶצֶם))

Appears 20 times in Scripture

Exodus 1:20

“So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.”

Psalms 38:19

“Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.”

Isaiah 31:1

“Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.”

Daniel 8:8

“Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.”

Psalms 69:4

“Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.”

Psalms 105:24

“And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,”

Genesis 26:16

“Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.””

Psalms 40:12

“For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.”

Psalms 40:5

“Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.”

Exodus 1:7

“but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.”

When ʻâtsam is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what ʻâtsam means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Exodus 1:20 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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Strong's concordance data derived from the Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA) Hebrew and Greek lexicons. Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain.

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