Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H2388

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Original: חזק

Transliteration: chazaq (châzaq)

Phonetic: khaw-zak'

BDB Definition:

to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
1. (Qal)
  1. to be strong, grow strong
    1. to prevail, prevail upon
    2. to be firm, be caught fast, be secure
    3. to press, be urgent
    4. to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense)
    5. to be severe, be grievous
  2. to strengthen
2. (Piel)
  1. to make strong
  2. to restore to strength, give strength
  3. to strengthen, sustain, encourage
  4. to make strong, make bold, encourage
  5. to make firm
  6. to make rigid, make hard
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to make strong, strengthen
  2. to make firm
  3. to display strength
  4. to make severe
  5. to support
  6. to repair
  7. to prevail, prevail upon
  8. to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support
  9. to hold, contain
4. (Hithpael)
  1. to strengthen oneself
  2. to put forth strength, use one's strength
  3. to withstand
  4. to hold strongly with

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 636

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence to seize, be strong (figuratively courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate ; to bind, restrain, conquer: - aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage (-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengten (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong (-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (288x)

Against Me, I Caught (1x)

Against Them, And Shall Prevail (1x)

Also He Strengthened (1x)

Also Repaired (1x)

And Amend (1x)

And Be Strong (2x)

And Caught (1x)

And Caught Hold (2x)

And Could Not Withstand (1x)

And Encourage (1x)

And Encouraged (1x)

And Fortified (1x)

And Have Taken Hold (1x)

And He Fastened (1x)

And He Fortified (1x)

And He Hardened (1x)

And He Shall Be Strong (1x)

And He Strengthened (1x)

And Held (1x)

And Hold (1x)

And I Was Strengthened (1x)

And I Will Harden (1x)

And I Will Strengthen (1x)

And I, Behold, I Will Harden (1x)

And Laid Hold (2x)

And Let Them Repair (1x)

And Let Us Behave Ourselves Valiantly (1x)

And Let Us Play The Men (1x)

And Obtain (1x)

And Prevailed (2x)

And Repaired (3x)

And Retained (1x)

And She Constrained (1x)

And Still He Holdeth Fast (1x)

And Strengthen (2x)

And Strengthened (2x)

And Taketh (1x)

And They Caught (1x)

And Thou Hast Strengthened (1x)

And To Give Strength (1x)

And Took (2x)

And Was Recovered (1x)

And Will Hold (1x)

And Will Strengthen (1x)

And Wilt Hold (1x)

Be Made Strong (1x)

Be Of Good Courage (5x)

Be Strengthened (2x)

Be Strong (15x)

Be Thou Strong (1x)

Be Too Strong (4x)

Be Ye Strong (1x)

Became Mighty (1x)

But I Will Harden (1x)

But I Will Strengthen (1x)

But, Being Stronger (1x)

Caught Hold (1x)

Courageous (1x)

Courageously (1x)

Did Help (1x)

Encouraged (3x)

Even Shall Take Hold (1x)

For He Hath Strengthened (1x)

For He Strengthened (1x)

For Thou Hast Strengthened (1x)

Force (1x)

Fortify (1x)

Had Not Repaired (1x)

Had, Who Strengthened (1x)

Hardened (5x)

Harder (1x)

Hath Seized (1x)

Hath Taken Hold (2x)

Have Been Stout (1x)

Have Taken (1x)

Have Ye Not Strengthened (1x)

He Laid Hold (1x)

He Retaineth (1x)

He Shall Hold (1x)

He Strengthened (1x)

He Took Courage (1x)

He Took Hold (1x)

He Was Strong (1x)

Held (1x)

Held Them Fast (1x)

Her, And He That Strengthened (1x)

Him No More: And He Took Hold (1x)

Him Repaired (12x)

Him, But Strengthened (1x)

Himself To Take Hold (1x)

I Have Holden (1x)

I Hold (1x)

I Took (1x)

If He Be Constant (1x)

In His Stead, And Strengthened (1x)

It Received (1x)

It, And Taketh Hold (1x)

It, To Make It Strong (1x)

It: And Encourage (1x)

100

Laid Hold (1x)

101

Layeth Hold (1x)

102

Made Himself Strong (1x)

103

Make Strong (1x)

104

Me, And Take Hold (1x)

105

Me, I Pray Thee, And Strengthen (1x)

106

Might Be With Him To Confirm (1x)

107

More Strong (1x)

108

Neither Did She Strengthen (1x)

109

Of Them Held (2x)

110

One That Taketh (1x)

111

Only Be Strong (1x)

112

Only Be Sure (1x)

113

Only Be Thou Strong (1x)

114

Or Let Him Take Hold (1x)

115

Or That Leaneth (1x)

116

Prevailed (6x)

117

Repaired (21x)

118

Retained (1x)

119

Shall Be Among Them; And They Shall Lay Hold (1x)

120

Shall Be Strong (2x)

121

Shall Prevail (1x)

122

Shall Take Hold (2x)

123

She Caught (1x)

124

So She Caught (1x)

125

So They Strengthened (2x)

126

Sore (1x)

127

Strengthen (5x)

128

Strengthened (6x)

129

Strong (3x)

130

Surely We Shall Be Stronger (1x)

131

Take Fast Hold (1x)

132

Take Hold (1x)

133

That Held (1x)

134

That Holdeth (1x)

135

That Taketh (1x)

136

That They Might Be Encouraged (1x)

137

That Ye May Be Strong (2x)

138

Thee? Be Strong (1x)

139

Them Repaired (1x)

140

Them Strengthened (1x)

141

Then Thou Shalt Relieve (1x)

142

Therefore They Were Stronger (1x)

143

Therein, Or Not. And Be Ye Of Good Courage (1x)

144

Thereof Were In Thee Thy Calkers (1x)

145

They Clave (1x)

146

They Encourage (1x)

147

They Fasten (1x)

148

They Hold (1x)

149

They Shall Hold (1x)

150

They Shall Lay Hold (1x)

151

They Strengthen (1x)

152

Thither: Encourage (1x)

153

Thou Art Stronger (1x)

154

Thy Calkers (1x)

155

To Confirm (1x)

156

To Harden (1x)

157

To Maintain (1x)

158

To Mend (1x)

159

To Repair (6x)

160

To Shew Himself Strong (1x)

161

To Them That Lay Hold (1x)

162

To Withstand (1x)

163

Took (1x)

164

Took Hold (2x)

165

Unto Him, Dost Thou Still Retain (1x)

166

Unto Me, I Was Strengthened (1x)

167

Unto Thee, Be Strong (1x)

168

Unto Them, To Strengthen (1x)

169

Unto Them, Why Repair (1x)

170

Was Confirmed (1x)

171

Was Established (1x)

172

Was Hardened (3x)

173

Was Sore (1x)

174

Was Strengthened (1x)

175

Was Strong (2x)

176

Was Too Sore (1x)

177

Waxed Mighty (1x)

178

Waxed Sore (1x)

179

We Shall Be Stronger (1x)

180

Were Urgent (1x)

181

Were Waxen Strong (1x)

182

Whom I Have Taken (1x)

183

Will Hold (1x)

184

With Thee Be Strong (1x)

185

With Thee: Be Of Good Courage (1x)

186

Yea, Also I Continued (1x)

187

Yea, Be Strong (1x)

188

Yet Now Be Strong (1x)

189

You? Be Courageous (1x)

All Occurrences

Joshua 1:7

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.(b)

Joshua 1:9

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Joshua 1:18

Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

Joshua 10:25

And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

Joshua 11:20

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Joshua 17:13

Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.

Joshua 23:6

Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

Judges 1:28

And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

Judges 3:12

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord .

Judges 7:8

So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

Judges 7:11

And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.(a)

Judges 7:20

And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord , and of Gideon.

Judges 16:26

And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

Judges 16:28

And Samson called unto the Lord , and said, O Lord God , remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

Judges 19:4

And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

Judges 19:25

But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

Judges 19:29

And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

Judges 20:22

And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

1 Samuel 4:9

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.(f)

1 Samuel 15:27

And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

1 Samuel 17:35

And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

1 Samuel 17:50

So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

1 Samuel 30:6

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.(a)

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

2 Samuel 2:7

Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.(a)

2 Samuel 2:16

And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath–hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.(f)

2 Samuel 3:6

And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

2 Samuel 3:29

Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.(h)

2 Samuel 10:11

And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

2 Samuel 10:12

Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth him good.

2 Samuel 11:25

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.(j)

(k)

2 Samuel 13:11

And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H2388

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H2388