Strong's Hebrew: 6111. עַצְמוֹן (Atsmon) -- Atsmon

Strong's Lexicon

Atsmon: Atsmon

Original Word: עַצְמוֹן
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: `Atsmown
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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