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מְאֹד

me.odmuchHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentAdjective301 occurrences28 books279 verses

Definition

from the same as H181; 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)
Traditional renderings: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), × louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מְאֹד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

301 total
  1. Judges 19:11מְאֹ֑ד · was almost
    When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
  2. Ruth 1:13מְאֹד֙
    …would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
  3. Ruth 1:20מְאֹֽד׃
    “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
  4. 1 Samuel 2:17מְאֹ֖ד
    Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
  5. 1 Samuel 2:22מְאֹ֑ד · was very
    Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
  6. 1 Samuel 4:10מְאֹ֑ד · very
    So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
  7. 1 Samuel 5:9מְאֹ֔ד
    But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
  8. 1 Samuel 5:11מְאֹ֛ד · was very
    Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
  9. 1 Samuel 11:6מְאֹֽד׃
    When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
  10. 1 Samuel 11:15מְאֹֽד׃פ
    So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
  11. 1 Samuel 12:18מְאֹ֛ד · greatly
    So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
  12. 1 Samuel 14:20מְאֹֽד׃ · in total
    Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
  13. 1 Samuel 14:31מְאֹֽד׃ · were very
    That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
  14. 1 Samuel 16:21מְאֹ֔ד · very much
    When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.
  15. 1 Samuel 17:11מְאֹֽד׃פ · and greatly
    On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
  16. 1 Samuel 17:24מְאֹֽד׃
    When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
  17. 1 Samuel 18:8מְאֹ֗ד
    And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
  18. 1 Samuel 18:15מְאֹ֑ד · was very
    When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.
  19. 1 Samuel 18:30מְאֹֽד׃ס · was highly
    Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
  20. 1 Samuel 19:1מְאֹֽד׃ · greatly
    Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
  21. 1 Samuel 19:4מְאֹֽד׃ · [have been] highly
    Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
  22. 1 Samuel 20:19מְאֹ֔ד · hurry
    When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
  23. 1 Samuel 21:12מְאֹ֔ד · and was very much
    Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
  24. 1 Samuel 25:2מְאֹ֔ד · He was a very
    Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
  25. 1 Samuel 25:15מְאֹ֑ד · were very
    Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.
  26. 1 Samuel 25:36מְאֹ֑ד
    When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
  27. 1 Samuel 26:21מְאֹֽד׃
    Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
  28. 1 Samuel 28:5מְאֹֽד׃ · violently
    When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
  29. 1 Samuel 28:15מְאֹ֜ד · deeply
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
  30. 1 Samuel 28:20מְאֹ֖ד
    Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
  31. 1 Samuel 28:21מְאֹ֑ד
    When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
  32. 1 Samuel 30:6מְאֹ֗ד · was greatly
    And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
  33. 1 Samuel 31:3מְאֹ֖ד · critically
    When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
  34. 1 Samuel 31:4מְאֹ֑ד
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  35. 2 Samuel 1:26מְאֹ֑ד
    I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
  36. 2 Samuel 2:17מְאֹ֖ד
    The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
  37. 2 Samuel 3:8מְאֹ֜ד
    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
  38. 2 Samuel 8:8מְאֹֽד׃ס · a large
    And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
  39. 2 Samuel 10:5מְאֹ֑ד · thoroughly
    When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
  40. 2 Samuel 11:2מְאֹֽד׃ · a very
    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
  41. 2 Samuel 12:2מְאֹֽד׃
    The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
  42. 2 Samuel 12:5מְאֹ֑ד
    David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
  43. 2 Samuel 12:30מְאֹֽד׃
    Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed 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.
  44. 2 Samuel 13:3מְאֹֽד׃ · was a very
    Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
  45. 2 Samuel 13:15מְאֹ֔ד
    Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
  46. 2 Samuel 13:21מְאֹֽד׃
    When King David heard all this, he was furious.
  47. 2 Samuel 13:36מְאֹֽד׃ · very
    And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
  48. 2 Samuel 14:25מְאֹ֑ד · and highly
    Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
  49. 2 Samuel 18:17מְאֹ֑ד
    They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
  50. 2 Samuel 19:32מְאֹ֔ד · was quite
    Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.