Strong's Hebrew · H6106
H6106 ʻetsem
עֶצֶם
eh'tsem
bone
ʻetsem appears 126 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:23 and Leviticus 23:21. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
In the King James Version
body, bone, × life, (self-) same, strength, × very.
Derivation
from H6105 (עָצַם);
Appears 126 times in Scripture
“On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.”
“And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.””
“On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.”
“If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.”
“On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.”
“And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.””
“Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,”
“On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—”
“Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
