meod · very, much

What it means

meod (מְאֹד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “very, much”.

Very, greatly, exceedingly; a word that strengthens what goes with it. As a noun, strength, might.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
2. All that one is and has: one's strength, one's whole capacity.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Very, much. BDB notes that the proper sense is vehemence, force, and that it is used mainly to intensify other words, especially when repeated.

• Very: “very good”, “very rich” Genesis 1:31Genesis 13:2
• Greatly: “very angry” Genesis 4:5
• Repeated, “exceedingly” Genesis 17:2
• As a noun, “strength”: “with all your strength” Deuteronomy 6:5

How we translate it

“Very” 160 times, “greatly” 72, “exceedingly” 23, “great” 13. When the word is repeated (מְאֹד מְאֹד) it is translated “exceedingly” or “very, very much”. In Deuteronomy 6:5 it is a noun and is translated “strength”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• very ×160
• greatly ×72
• exceedingly ×23
• great ×13
• carefully ×4
• utterly ×4
• beyond measure ×2
• deal ×2
• extreme ×2
• strength ×2
• others ×16

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×38
• Exodus×14
• Numbers×11
• Deuteronomy×12
• Joshua×16
• Judges×10
• Ruth×2
• 1 Samuel×31
• 2 Samuel×20
• 1 Kings×16
• 2 Kings×6
• 1 Chronicles×9
• 2 Chronicles×16
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×6
• Esther×2
• Job×4
• Psalms×35
• Isaiah×8
• Jeremiah×16
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×14
• Daniel×2
• Joel×2
• Obadiah×1
• Nahum×1
• Zephaniah×1
• Zechariah×5

• Genesis 1:31

  And Elohim saw everything that he had made, and look, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

• Genesis 4:5

  but Cain and his offering he did not regard. And Cain was very angry, and his face fell.

• Genesis 7:18

  And the waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.

• Genesis 7:19

  And the waters prevailed very, very much on the earth, and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.

• Genesis 12:14

  When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.

• Genesis 13:2

  Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

• Genesis 13:13

  Now the men of Sodom were evil and great sinners against YHWH.

• Genesis 15:1

  After these things the word of YHWH came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram; I am a shield to you; your reward will be very great.”

• Genesis 17:2

  I will set my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

• Genesis 17:6

  I will make you fruitful exceedingly, and I will make you into nations, and kings will come from you.

• Genesis 17:20

  As for Ishmael, I have heard you; look, I will bless him and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly. He will father twelve chiefs, and I will make him into a great nation.

• Genesis 18:20

  Then YHWH said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is indeed very grave.

• Genesis 19:3

  But he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

• Genesis 19:9

  But they said, “Step aside!” And they said, “This one came to reside as an alien, and he keeps acting as judge! Now we will do worse to you than to them.” And they pressed hard against the man, against Lot, and came near to break the door.

• Genesis 20:8

  So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their ears; and the men were very afraid.

• Genesis 21:11

  The matter was greatly displeasing in the eyes of Abraham on account of his son.

• Genesis 24:16

  The girl was very beautiful in appearance, a virgin, and no man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.

• Genesis 24:35

  YHWH has blessed my lord greatly, and he has become great. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male slaves and female slaves, camels and donkeys.

• Genesis 26:13

  The man became great and went on growing greater until he became very great.

• Genesis 26:16

  Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you have become much mightier than we.”

• Genesis 27:33

  Isaac trembled with a great trembling, exceedingly, and said, “Who then was he who hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate of all before you came, and I blessed him? Indeed, he will be blessed.”

• Genesis 27:34

  When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me too, my father!”

• Genesis 30:43

  The man increased exceedingly, and he had many flocks, female slaves and male slaves, camels and donkeys.

• Genesis 32:7

  Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the cattle, and the camels, into two camps.

• Genesis 34:7

  The sons of Jacob came from the field when they heard it, and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done an outrage in Israel by lying with the daughter of Jacob, and such a thing is not done.

• Genesis 34:12

  Increase very much the bride-price and the gift you require of me, and I will give just as you say to me; only give me the young woman as a wife.”

• Genesis 41:19

  And look, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly in form and lean in flesh; I have never seen any like them in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

• Genesis 41:31

  The abundance will not be known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it will be very severe.

• Genesis 41:49

  Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

• Genesis 47:13

  There was no bread in all the land, for the famine was very severe, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

• Genesis 47:27

  Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; they acquired possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

• Genesis 50:9

  There went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the company was very large.

• Genesis 50:10

  They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented there with a great and very solemn lamentation; and he observed a mourning of seven days for his father.

• Exodus 1:7

  But the sons of Israel were fruitful, swarmed, multiplied, and grew strong, very, very much, and the land was filled with them.

• Exodus 1:20

  And Elohim dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very strong.

• Exodus 9:3

  look, the hand of YHWH will be on your livestock that are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the cattle, and on the flocks, with a very severe pestilence.

• Exodus 9:18

  Look, about this time tomorrow I will rain down very heavy hail, such as has never been like it in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

• Exodus 9:24

  There was hail, and fire flashing in the midst of the hail, very heavy, such as had never been like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

• Exodus 10:14

  The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt, very heavy; before them there had never been such locusts as these, nor will there be such after them.

• Exodus 10:19

  And YHWH turned it into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Sea of Reeds; not a single locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

And 260 more times.