Definition

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

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

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

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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