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me.od H3966

מְאֹד (me.od) means “much” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מְאֹד Hebrew · H3966 300 tagged occurrences in 278 verses

Pronunciation guide: meh-ode' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3966

מְאֹד · me.od · much

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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from the same as H181 (אוּד); properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)

KJV glosses: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.

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How translators render H3966

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
greatly 15
very 10
was very 8
a very 6
and greatly 5
exceedingly 4
a great 2
a large 2
and highly 2
and very 2
are very 2
be very 2
became very 2
carefully 2
completely 2
deeply 2
he was a very 2
his exceeding 2
i have acted very 2
in great 2
measure 2
quickly 2
thoroughly 2
violently 2
vvv 2
was a very 2
was greatly 2
was highly 2
was so 2
were very 2
with a very 2
a most 1
a serious 1
a severely 1
all 1
am greatly 1
an exceedingly 1
and a very 1
and altogether 1
and became even more 1
and became exceedingly 1
and being very 1
and diligently 1
and earnestly 1
and fortified 1
and i was greatly 1
and increased greatly 1
and it is very 1
and louder 1
and utterly 1
and was very much 1
and were well 1
and worse 1
are fully 1
became 1
because there were so 1
bitterly 1
but very 1
considerably 1
constantly 1
contained very 1
critically 1
desire 1
diligently 1
enough 1
even more 1
far 1
from a very 1
from our very 1
had become extremely 1
had very 1
has greatly 1
have been highly 1
he committed the most 1
he exults 1
he is highly 1
he was exceedingly 1
his strength 1
how 1
how great 1
how intense 1
hurry 1
i am badly 1
i became extremely 1
i will make you exceedingly 1
in total 1
is an exceedingly 1
is completely 1
is exceedingly 1
is so 1
is very 1
is without limit 1
it was very 1
large amounts 1
low 1
only far 1
profusely 1
quite low 1
richly 1
so adoni-zedek and his people were greatly 1
so strongly 1
so we greatly 1
so you must be very 1
such great 1
swiftly 1
the most 1
their multitude 1
they are very 1
they were filled with 1
they were very 1
they will be utterly 1
too 1
utterly 1
very much 1
very well 1
was almost 1
was an obese 1
was firmly 1
was in deep 1
was quite 1
who greatly 1
will be deeply 1
will be greatly 1
will be so 1
will writhe in agony 1
you are much 1
you are very 1
you became very 1
your strength 1
your very 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
very 50
greatly 21
a very 14
was very 11
exceedingly 7
with a very 7
and greatly 6
and very 6
exceeding 6
was greatly 5
diligently 4
great 3
in great 3
an exceeding 2
and be very 2
and sore 2
and there was a very 2
and was sore 2
and with very 2
are very 2
for i have done very 2
had exceeding 2
i am in a great 2
mightily 2
much 2
not for he was sore 2
was sore 2
were greatly 2
a great 1
a mighty 1
a very great height 1
also exceeding 1
among you and very 1
and a very 1
and exceeding 1
and he did very 1
and he was sore 1
and i was very 1
and it was a very 1
and louder 1
and made them exceeding 1
and made very 1
and there shall be a very 1
and there was very 1
and they were very 1
and thou wast exceeding 1
and waxed exceeding 1
and waxed very 1
and were sore 1
and were well 1
and with all his might 1
and with all thy might 1
at great 1
be ye therefore very 1
be ye very 1
because they are very 1
because they were exceeding 1
but especially 1
but take diligent 1
but they were exceedingly 1
by reason of the very 1
far above 1
fast 1
for i am sore 1
for the great 1
for very 1
from us for thou art much 1
had a very 1
hast thou very 1
hath dealt very 1
have had me greatly 1
he is exceeding 1
he is greatly 1
he was very 1
her exceedingly 1
him and he was sore 1
him and it shall be very 1
him exceedingly 1
him greatly 1
himself greatly 1
himself very 1
how greatly 1
i am sore 1
i was greatly 1
i will greatly 1
is also sore 1
is very 1
me much 1
me never so much 1
me not utterly 1
me sore 1
me upon a very 1
not away neither shall he greatly 1
not in great 1
not very 1
of you take ye good 1
quickly 1
right well 1
shall be sore 1
should greatly 1
so much 1
sore 1
take good 1
take ye therefore good 1
that he was sore 1
thee exceeding 1
thee exceedingly 1
thee unto very great 1
them and they were sore 1
them exceedingly 1
them with a very 1
then i was very 1
then they were very 1
they greatly 1
they shall be greatly 1
they were much 1
thou art greatly 1
thou art very 1
though it be very 1
thy exceeding 1
to be so much 1
to thee-ward very 1
unto him from a very 1
unto them and they were greatly 1
upon them greatly 1
us thou art very 1
us very sore 1
utterly 1
very much 1
very sore 1
was a very 1
was far 1
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was so 1
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we are greatly 1
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with him a very 1
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yet very 1
you far off 1
you therefore we were sore 1

Verses containing H3966

Page 4 of 6. 278 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 1 Kings 7:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

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  2. 1 Kings 10:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.

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  3. 1 Kings 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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  4. 1 Kings 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.

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  5. 1 Kings 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There Hadad found such great favor in the sight of Pharaoh that he gave to him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes, his own wife.

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  6. 1 Kings 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

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  7. 1 Kings 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

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  8. 1 Kings 21:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

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  9. 2 Kings 10:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”

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  10. 2 Kings 14:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,

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  11. 2 Kings 17:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,

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  12. 2 Kings 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  13. 2 Kings 23:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.

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  14. 1 Chronicles 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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  15. 1 Chronicles 16:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

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  16. 1 Chronicles 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.

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  17. 1 Chronicles 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

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  18. 1 Chronicles 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

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  19. 1 Chronicles 21:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

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  20. 1 Chronicles 21:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

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  21. 2 Chronicles 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

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  22. 2 Chronicles 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.

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  23. 2 Chronicles 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.

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  24. 2 Chronicles 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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  25. 2 Chronicles 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

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  26. 2 Chronicles 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder

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    Source alternate reference: 14.12

  27. 2 Chronicles 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.

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  28. 2 Chronicles 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

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  29. 2 Chronicles 24:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.

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  30. 2 Chronicles 25:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.

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  31. 2 Chronicles 30:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

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  32. 2 Chronicles 32:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

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  33. 2 Chronicles 32:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

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  34. 2 Chronicles 33:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

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  35. 2 Chronicles 33:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

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  36. 2 Chronicles 35:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”

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  37. Ezra 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

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  38. Nehemiah 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

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  39. Nehemiah 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

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    Source alternate reference: 4.1

  40. Nehemiah 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,

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  41. Nehemiah 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.

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  42. Nehemiah 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.

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  43. Nehemiah 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

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  44. Esther 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.

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  45. Esther 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

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  46. Job 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

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  47. Job 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

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  48. Job 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.

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  49. Job 35:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

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  50. Psalms 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?

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    Source alternate reference: 6.4

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