עֶצֶם
ʿeṣem
bone
Strong's H6106NounHebrewTWOT 1673cBody

עֶצֶם (ʿeṣem) is a Hebrew noun meaning bone. It appears 126 times in 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6106).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1673c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1673c)bone, substance, self; strong, body, selfsame; same, strength
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֶ֫צֶם noun, feminine: bone, substance, self

Strong's H6106 עֶצֶם: a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV:body, bone, × life, (self-) same, strength, × very.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1673: עָצֹם ʿāṣōm — be vast, mighty, numerous; make strong; bind fast, close, powerful, crunch the bones; break the bones, be great, be increased, be more, shut, be strong, be stronger

See it in Scripture

Genesis 2:23Exodus 12:17Leviticus 23:14

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