H3524 H3524
mighty, powerful (of persons or God); great, mighty (of things, forces, quantity); much, abundant (quantity)
1. mighty, powerful (of persons or God) — Adjective describing personal might or power, applied to God or strong individuals. Arabic عَظيمٌ/عُظَماءَ 'great/mighty ones' and عاتِيَةٌ 'fierce/violent' reflect personal power. Spanish 'poderoso' (powerful) and 'poderosos' (powerful ones) are consistent. Korean 능력하신 'the capable/mighty one' and 강한 자들을 'the strong ones' emphasize personal strength. Hindi शक्तिशाली 'powerful' and शक्तिशालियों 'powerful ones' and प्रचण्ड 'fierce/intense' all point to personal might. Swahili mkuu/wenye nguvu 'great/having strength' confirms. Singular and plural inflections of the same adjectival sense are merged. 6×
AR["العَظيمَ","عاتِيَةٌ","عَظيمٌ","عَظِيمٌ","عُظَماءَ"]·ben["প্রচণ্ড","মহান","মহৎ","শক্তিশালী","শক্তিশালীদের"]·DE["[כביר]","maechtig"]·EN["mighty","the-Mighty","the-mighty"]·FR["[כביר]","puissant"]·heb["גדול","כביר","כבירים"]·HI["प्रचण्ड","बड़े-को","शक्तिशालियों-को","शक्तिशाली"]·ID["banyak","kencang","orang-orang perkasa","perkasa","yang perkasa"]·IT["il-Mighty","il-mighty","mighty","potente"]·jav["ageng","agung","ingkang-kuwasa","kuwasa","tiyang-kuwasa"]·KO["강한","강한-자들을","능력하시나","능력하신","크리라","큰"]·PT["grande","poderoso","poderosos"]·RU["великого","значительный","могучий","сильный","сильных"]·ES["fuerte","muchos","poderoso","poderoso-de-","poderosos"]·SW["mkubwa","mkuu","ni-mkuu","wengi","wenye-nguvu"]·TR["buyuk","güçlü","güçlüleri","güçlüyü"]·urd["طاقتور","طاقتوروں کو","طوفانی","عظیم"]
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Senses
2. great, mighty (of things, forces, quantity) — Adjective describing greatness of impersonal things like waters, forces, or general magnitude. Arabic كَثِيرَةٍ 'many/abundant' and جَارِفَةٍ 'sweeping/torrential' describe powerful natural forces. Spanish 'impetuosas' (impetuous, of waters) and 'mayor' (greater) point to non-personal magnitude. Korean 큰 'great/large' is used for impersonal scale. Hindi बहुत 'much/very' and बड़ा 'great/large' describe quantity or size rather than personal power. Swahili mengi 'many' and makubwa 'large' confirm impersonal magnitude. This includes comparative usage (S105377 'greater') which describes relative magnitude. 3×
AR["أَكْبَرُ","جَارِفَةٍ","كَثِيرَةٍ"]·ben["বিশাল","বৃহৎ","মহান"]·DE["[כבירים]","maechtig"]·EN["greater","mighty"]·FR["[כבירים]","puissant"]·heb["כביר","כבירים"]·HI["बड़ा","बहुत","बहुत-का"]·ID["lebih-tua","yang-dahsyat"]·IT["greater","potente"]·jav["agung","ingkang-ageng"]·KO["위대한-자","큰"]·PT["maior","poderosas"]·RU["великий","могучих"]·ES["impetuosas","mayor","poderosas"]·SW["makubwa","mengi","mkubwa"]·TR["buyuk","guclu","yüce"]·urd["بڑا","زور-آور"]
3. much, abundant (quantity) — Adjective emphasizing sheer quantity or abundance rather than power or size. Arabic عَظيماً here functions as 'greatly/abundantly' rather than 'mighty.' Spanish 'abundante' (abundant) is the clearest differentiator from the power sense. Korean 많은 것을 'many things' and Hindi बहुत 'much/a lot' focus on amount. Swahili mengi 'many/much' confirms quantitative meaning. This sense is distinguished from the 'mighty' senses because the context emphasizes quantity of substance or material rather than strength or greatness of persons or forces. 1×
AR["عَظيماً"]·ben["বহু"]·DE["maechtig"]·EN["much"]·FR["puissant"]·heb["כביר"]·HI["बहुत"]·ID["banyak"]·IT["molto"]·jav["kathah"]·KO["많은-것을"]·PT["abundante"]·RU["много"]·ES["abundante"]·SW["mengi"]·TR["büyük"]·urd["بہت"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כַּבִּיר adj. great, mighty, much, only poet., and only Jb Is 1:—Is 10:13 Qr (but read as Kt כְּאַבִּיר), 17:22 and 28:2 מים כבירים (usually מַיִם רַבִּים), Jb 8:2 ורוח כביר אמרי פיך a mighty wind, 15:10 כביר מאביך ימים (Ges§131, R 5 a) = aged: of God, 34:17 צַדִּיק כַּבִּיר the just mighty one, 36:5 a, v b כ׳ כֹּחַ לֵב mighty in strength of understanding; 34:24 כבירים mighty men; of quantity = much, Is 16:14 שְׁאָר מְעַט מִזְעָר לוֹא כַבִּיר, Jb 31:25 ובי כביר מצאה ידי had gotten much.