עֶ֫צֶם
e.tsem
“bone”
Definition
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
from H6105 (עָצַם);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
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Occurrences
עֶ֫צֶם appears 95 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
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But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
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.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.