Quick Definition
bone
Strong's Definition
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Derivation: from H6105 (עָצַם);
KJV Usage: body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.
TWOT Reference: 1673c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) — bone. : bone/limb 1) bone, essence, substance 1a) bone 1a1) body, limbs, members, external body 1b) bone (of animal) 1c) substance, self
עֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) — bone: same. : same/very 1) bone, essence, substance 1a) bone 1a1) body, limbs, members, external body 1b) bone (of animal) 1c) substance, self
עֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) — bone: body. : body 1) bone, essence, substance 1a) bone 1a1) body, limbs, members, external body 1b) bone (of animal) 1c) substance, self
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun · עצם
| ≈ גֶּרֶם
bone = any of the pieces of hard, whitish material that together consitute the skeleton of humans and animals; ≈ associated with strength
GEN 50:25 · EXO 12:46 · EXO 13:19 · EXO 13:19 · NUM 9:12 · NUM 19:16 · NUM 19:18 · NUM 24:8 · JOS 24:32 · 1SA 31:13 · 2SA 21:12 · 2SA 21:12 · 2SA 21:13 · 2SA 21:13 · 2SA 21:13 · 2SA 21:14 · 1KI 13:2 · 1KI 13:31 · 1KI 13:31 · 2KI 13:21 · 2KI 23:14 · 2KI 23:16 · 2KI 23:18 · 2KI 23:18 · 2KI 23:18 · 2KI 23:20 · 1CH 10:12 · 2CH 34:5 · JOB 10:11 · JOB 19:20 · JOB 21:24 · JOB 33:21 · JOB 40:18 · PSA 22:15 · PSA 34:21 · PSA 102:6 · PSA 141:7 · ISA 38:13 · JER 8:1 · JER 8:1 · JER 8:1 · JER 8:1 · JER 8:1 · LAM 3:4 · LAM 4:8 · EZK 6:5 · EZK 24:4 · EZK 24:5 · EZK 24:5 · EZK 24:10 · EZK 32:27 · EZK 37:1 · EZK 37:3 · EZK 37:4 · EZK 37:4 · EZK 37:5 · EZK 37:7 · EZK 37:7 · EZK 37:7 · EZK 37:11 · EZK 37:11 · EZK 39:15 · AMO 2:1 · AMO 6:10 · MIC 3:2 · MIC 3:3
| noun pl | ≈ בֶּטֶן · בָּשָׂר · לֵב · עֹור · קֶרֶב
bones > body literally: bones; hence: = the physical body of a human being
JOB 4:14 · JOB 20:11 · JOB 30:17 · JOB 30:30 · JOB 33:19 · PSA 6:3 · PSA 31:11 · PSA 32:3 · PSA 38:4 · PSA 102:4 · PSA 109:18 · PRO 3:8 · PRO 12:4 · PRO 14:30 · PRO 16:24 · ECC 11:5 · ISA 58:11 · ISA 66:14 · JER 20:9 · JER 23:9 · LAM 1:13 · LAM 4:7 · HAB 3:16
| ≈ בָּשָׂר
Collocation: עֶצֶם וְבָשָׂר
flesh and blood literally: (someone's) bone and flesh; hence: = the physical body of a human being, ◄ named after its primary components: bones and flesh
Relatives | ≈ בָּשָׂר
Collocation: עֶצֶם וְבָשָׂר
flesh and blood literally: (someone's) bone and flesh; hence: = member of the same family or group
GEN 2:23 · GEN 2:23 · GEN 29:14 · JDG 9:2 · 2SA 5:1 · 2SA 19:13 · 2SA 19:14 · 1CH 11:1
Self
bones > self literally: (one's) bones, extended to denote the entire person; hence: = a reference to one's self
Identifiers
this very, itself, full = a marker drawing the reader's attention to the object or event directly following it and identifying it with emphasis as the object or event in focus, as opposed to other, similar objects and events
GEN 7:13 · GEN 17:23 · GEN 17:26 · EXO 12:17 · EXO 12:41 · EXO 12:51 · EXO 24:10 · LEV 23:14 · LEV 23:21 · LEV 23:28 · LEV 23:29 · LEV 23:30 · DEU 32:48 · JOS 5:11 · JOS 10:27 · JOB 21:23 · EZK 2:3 · EZK 24:2 · EZK 24:2 · EZK 40:1
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֶ֫צֶם 125 n.f. bone, substance, self base