Lexical Summary meod: muchness, force, abundance Original Word: מְאֹדTransliteration: meod Phonetic Spelling: (meh-ode') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: muchness, force, abundance Meaning: vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily Strong's Concordance diligently, especially, exceedingly, far, fast, good, greatly, louder and louder, From the same as 'uwd; 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) -- diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well. see HEBREW 'uwd Brown-Driver-Briggs H3966. meod מְאֹד noun masculine muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly (compare Assyrian mu'du, abundance, HomZMG 1878, 711 ('treasures ana mu'di, in abundance') DlHWB 399): — 1 force, might, Deuteronomy 6:5 וּבְכָלמְֿאֹדֶ֑ךָ and with all thy might; hence 2 Kings 23:25. 2 in different idioms (298 t.) to express the idea of exceedingly, greatly, very (whether of magnitude or degree): a. (so mostly) as adverb accusative, qualifying both adjectives and obs., Genesis 1:31 מְאֹד טוֺב good exceedingly, 4:5 מְאֹד לְקַיִן וַיִּחַד and Cain was wroth exceedingly, 7:18 וַיִּגְבְּרוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּרְבּוּ מְאֹד, 12:14; 13:2 וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד בַּמִּקְנֶה, 13:13 לי ׳חַטָּאִים מאד, 18:20; 19:3, 9; 21:11; 24:16, 35, + often, Psalm 46:2 בְצָרוֺת עֶזְרָה מְאֹד נִמְצָא as a help in troubles, to be found (= present) exceedingly; with an infinitive Isaiah 47:9 מְאֹד חֲבָרַיִח בְּעָצְמַת despite of thy spells being very numerous, Joshua 9:13 מְאֹד הַדֶּרֶךְ מֵרֹב, 1 Kings 7:47; מְאֹד הַרְבֵּה Genesis 15:1; 41:49; Deuteronomy 3:5 +, for which in the later language is found מְאֹד לָרֹב Zechariah 14:14; 2 Chronicles 4:18; 9:9 (in 1 Kings 10:10 מְאֹד הַרְבֵּה); 2 Chronicles 24:24; 30:13, and even מְאֹד לְהַרְבֵּה11:12; 16:8. מְאֹד is not usually separated from the word it qualifies by more than one or two words (as Genesis 20:8 וייראו מאד האנשׁים, Numbers 11:10 י אף ׳ויחר מאד); see, however, Deuteronomy 30:14; Judges 12:2; 2 Samuel 12:5; 1 Kings 11:19; Psalm 31:12. It precedes its verb, Psalm 47:10 נַעֲלָה מְאֹד (hence 97:9), 92:6. b. עַדמְֿאֹד up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly, Genesis 27:33 ׳עַדמֿ גְּדֹלָה חֲדָדָה, 27:34; 1 Samuel 11:15 מ עד ֗֗֗ ׳וישׂמח, 25:36 עַדמֿ ׳שִׁכֹּר וְהוּא, 2 Samuel 2:17; 1 Kings 1:4; Isaiah 64:8 (compare Lamentations 5:22), 5:11; Psalm 38:7; 38:9; 119:8; 119:43; 119:51; 119:107; Daniel 8:8; 11:25. c. עַדלִֿמְאֹד (see לְ עַד) 2 Chronicles 16:14. d. duplicated (Ges§ 113k), Genesis 7:19 מ גָָּֽבְרוּ ׳וְהַמַּיִם ׳מ, 30:43; Numbers 14:7; 1 Kings 7:47; 2 Kings 10:4; Ezekiel 37:10. e. מְאֹד בִּמְאֹד literally with muchness, muchness, Genesis 17:2, 6, 20; Exodus 1:7 (all P), Ezekiel 9:9; 16:13. |
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