Lexical Definition

‎מְאֹד‎ mᵉʼôd (meh-ode') much ^H:A
from the same as ‎אוּד‎

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.

• 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)

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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Extended Information

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• n m

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְאֹד‎ noun masculine muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly (compare Assyrian mu'du, abundance, Hom^{ZMG 1878, 711} ('treasures ana mu'di, in abundance') Dl^{HWB 399}): —

1. force, might, Deut 6:5 ‎וּבְכָלמְֿאֹדֶ֑ךָ‎ and with all thy might; hence 2Kgs 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., Gen 1:31 ‎טוֺב מְאֹד‎ good exceedingly, Gen 4:5 ‎וַיִּחַד לְקַיִן מְאֹד‎ and Cain was wroth exceedingly, Gen 7:18 ‎מְאֹד‎ ‎וַיִּרְבּוּ‎ ‎הַמַּיִם‎ ‎וַיִּגְבְּרוּ‎, Gen 12:14; Gen 13:2 ‎בַּמִּקְנֶה‎ ‎מְאֹד‎ ‎כָּבֵד‎ ‎וְאַבְרָם‎, vGen 13:13 ‎מאד‎ ‎׳‎‎חַטָּאִים לי‎, Gen 18:20; Gen 19:3; Gen 19:9; Gen 21:11; Gen 24:16; Gen 24:35, + often, Ps 46:2* ‎נִמְצָא מְאֹד עֶזְרָה בְצָרוֺת‎ as a help in troubles, to be found (= present) exceedingly; with an infinitive Isa 47:9 ‎בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִח מְאֹד‎ despite of thy spells being very numerous, Josh 9:13 ‎מֵרֹב הַדֶּרֶךְ מְאֹד‎, 1Kgs 7:47 ‎הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד‎ Gen 15:1; Gen 41:49; Deut 3:5 +, for which in the later language is found ‎לָרֹב מְאֹד‎ Zech 14:14; 2Chr 4:18; 2Chr 9:9 (in 1Kgs 10:10 ‎הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד‎); 2Chr 24:24; 2Chr 30:13, and even ‎לְהַרְבֵּה מְאֹד‎ 2Chr 11:12; 2Chr 16:8. ‎מְאֹד‎ is not usually separated from the word it qualifies by more than one or two words (as Gen 20:8 ‎האנשׁים מאד וייראו‎, Num 11:10 ‎מאד‎ ‎׳‎‎ויחר אף י‎); see, however, Deut 30:14; Judg 12:2; 2Sam 12:5; 1Kgs 11:19; Ps 31:12*. It precedes its verb, Ps 47:10* ‎מְאֹד נַעֲלָה‎ (hence Ps 97:9), Ps 92:6*.
b. ‎עַדמְֿאֹד‎ up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly, Gen 27:33 ‎חֲדָדָה גְּדֹלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎עַדמֿ‎, vGen 27:34; 1Sam 11:15 ‎׳‎‎וישׂמח ֗֗֗ עד מ‎, 1Sam 25:36 ‎וְהוּא‎ ‎׳‎‎שִׁכֹּר עַדמֿ‎, 2Sam 2:17; 1Kgs 1:4; Isa 64:8* (compare Lam 5:22), vLam 5:11; Ps 38:7*; Ps 38:9*; Ps 119:8; Ps 119:43; Ps 119:51; Ps 119:107; Dan 8:8; Dan 11:25.
c. ‎עַדלִֿמְאֹד‎ (see ‎עַד לְ‎) 2Chr 16:14.
d. duplicated (Ges^{«GKC:113k»§ 113k}), Gen 7:19 ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְהַמַּיִם גָָּֽבְרוּ מ‎, Gen 30:43; Num 14:7; 1Kgs 7:47; 2Kgs 10:4; Ezek 37:10.
e. ‎בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד‎ literally with muchness, muchness, Gen 17:2; Gen 17:6; Gen 17:20; Exod 1:7 (all P), Ezek 9:9; Ezek 16:13.

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