Senses
1. very, exceedingly, greatly — An adverb of degree meaning 'very, exceedingly, greatly,' used to intensify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs. It is one of the most common intensifiers in Biblical Hebrew, appearing approximately 300 times. Typical usage: 'God saw that it was very good' (Gen 1:31), Cain was very angry (Gen 4:5), the waters increased greatly (Gen 7:18-19), Abram was very rich (Gen 13:2), Sarah was very beautiful (Gen 12:14). The reduplicated form bimʾod mʾod ('exceedingly exceedingly') expresses superlative intensity, as in God's covenant promise to multiply Abraham exceedingly (Gen 17:2, 6, 20). Also used in the expression 'with all your might/strength' (Deut 6:5; 2 Kgs 23:25), where the word functions as a substantive noun meaning 'muchness, utmost capacity, might' -- the full measure of one's resources or force. This substantival use with pronominal suffixes (mʾodekha 'your might,' mʾodo 'his might') represents a distinct syntactic pattern but derives from the same core semantic of fullness of degree or measure. 301×
AR["بِ-كَثْرَةٍ","جِدًّا"]·ben["-অতিশয়","অতি","অতিশয়","অত্যন্ত","খুব","মহান"]·DE["groß","sehr"]·EN["greatly","very"]·FR["grandement","très"]·heb["ב-מאוד","מאוד"]·HI["अधिक","बहुत"]·ID["sangat","sangat-","sungguh"]·IT["grandemente","molto"]·jav["kathah-sanget","sanget"]·KO["매우","매우-"]·PT["em-muito","muito"]·RU["весьма","очень"]·ES["en-muy","mucho","muy"]·SW["pembetatu","sana"]·TR["büyüktür","çok"]·urd["بہت","زیادہ"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
מְאֹד n.m. muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly (cf. Assyrian mu’du, abundance, HomZMG 1878, 711 (‘treasures ana mu’di, in abundance’) DlHWB 399):— 1. force, might, †Dt 6:5 וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶ֑ךָ and with all thy might; hence 2 K 23:25. 2. in diff. idioms (298 times) to express the idea of exceedingly, greatly, very (whether of magnitude or degree): a. (so mostly) as adv. acc., qualifying both adj.…