6111. Atsmon
Berean Strong's Lexicon
Atsmon: Atsmon

Original Word: עַצְמוֹן
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Atsmon
Pronunciation: ats-MONE
Phonetic Spelling: (ats-mone')
Definition: Atsmon
Meaning: Atsmon

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root עֶצֶם (etsem), meaning "bone" or "strength."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Atsmon, as it is a specific Hebrew place name. However, Greek terms related to boundaries or territories might be conceptually linked, such as ὅριον (horion), meaning "boundary" or "border."

Usage: Atsmon is a proper noun used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to a specific location. It is associated with a boundary marker in the description of the territorial borders of the tribes of Israel.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the context of ancient Israel, boundary markers were significant for defining tribal territories. These markers were often natural landmarks or established points that delineated the inheritance of the tribes as allocated by God through Moses and Joshua. The precise location of Atsmon is not definitively known today, but it was part of the southern boundary of the tribe of Judah.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from atsom
Definition
a place on the S. border of Canaan
NASB Translation
Azmon (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
עַצְמֹוֺן proper name, of a location Ασε(λ)μωνα on extreme southern border of Canaan, Numbers 34:5, with ה locative עַצְמֹ֫נָה Numbers 34:4, עַצְמ֫וֺנָה Joshua 15:4.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Azmon

Or iatsmon {ats-mone'}; from Etsem; bone-like; Atsmon, a place near Palestine -- Azmon.

see HEBREW Etsem

Forms and Transliterations
מֵעַצְמ֖וֹן מעצמון עַצְמ֗וֹנָה עַצְמֹֽנָה׃ עצמונה עצמנה׃ ‘aṣ·mō·nāh ‘aṣ·mō·w·nāh ‘aṣmōnāh ‘aṣmōwnāh atzMonah mê‘aṣmōwn mê·‘aṣ·mō·wn meatzMon
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Englishman's Concordance
Numbers 34:4
HEB: אַדָּ֖ר וְעָבַ֥ר עַצְמֹֽנָה׃
NAS: Hazaraddar and continue to Azmon.
KJV: to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:
INT: Hazaraddar and continue to Azmon

Numbers 34:5
HEB: וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מֵעַצְמ֖וֹן נַ֣חְלָה מִצְרָ֑יִם
NAS: shall turn [direction] from Azmon to the brook
KJV: shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river
INT: shall turn the border Azmon to the brook of Egypt

Joshua 15:4
HEB: וְעָבַ֣ר עַצְמ֗וֹנָה וְיָצָא֙ נַ֣חַל
NAS: It continued to Azmon and proceeded
KJV: [From thence] it passed toward Azmon, and went out
INT: continued to Azmon and proceeded to the brook

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6111
3 Occurrences


‘aṣ·mō·nāh — 2 Occ.
mê·‘aṣ·mō·wn — 1 Occ.
















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