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Hebrew-Aramaic
H2388

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Original: חזק
Transliteration: chazaq (châzaq)
Phonetic: khaw-zak'
BDB Definition:
  1. 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)
1
Against Me, I Caught (1x)
2
Against Them, And Shall Prevail (1x)
3
Also He Strengthened (1x)
4
Also Repaired (1x)
5
And Amend (1x)
6
And Be Strong (2x)
7
And Caught (1x)
8
And Caught Hold (2x)
9
And Could Not Withstand (1x)
10
And Encourage (1x)
11
And Encouraged (1x)
12
And Fortified (1x)
13
And Have Taken Hold (1x)
14
And He Fastened (1x)
15
And He Fortified (1x)
16
And He Hardened (1x)
17
And He Shall Be Strong (1x)
18
And He Strengthened (1x)
19
And Held (1x)
20
And Hold (1x)
21
And I Was Strengthened (1x)
22
And I Will Harden (1x)
23
And I Will Strengthen (1x)
24
And I, Behold, I Will Harden (1x)
25
And Laid Hold (2x)
26
And Let Them Repair (1x)
27
And Let Us Behave Ourselves Valiantly (1x)
28
And Let Us Play The Men (1x)
29
And Obtain (1x)
30
And Prevailed (2x)
31
And Repaired (3x)
32
And Retained (1x)
33
And She Constrained (1x)
34
And Still He Holdeth Fast (1x)
35
And Strengthen (2x)
36
And Strengthened (2x)
37
And Taketh (1x)
38
And They Caught (1x)
39
And Thou Hast Strengthened (1x)
40
And To Give Strength (1x)
41
And Took (2x)
42
And Was Recovered (1x)
43
And Will Hold (1x)
44
And Will Strengthen (1x)
45
And Wilt Hold (1x)
46
Be Made Strong (1x)
47
Be Of Good Courage (5x)
48
Be Strengthened (2x)
49
Be Strong (15x)
50
Be Thou Strong (1x)
51
Be Too Strong (4x)
52
Be Ye Strong (1x)
53
Became Mighty (1x)
54
But I Will Harden (1x)
55
But I Will Strengthen (1x)
56
But, Being Stronger (1x)
57
Caught Hold (1x)
58
Courageous (1x)
59
Courageously (1x)
60
Did Help (1x)
61
Encouraged (3x)
62
Even Shall Take Hold (1x)
63
For He Hath Strengthened (1x)
64
For He Strengthened (1x)
65
For Thou Hast Strengthened (1x)
66
Force (1x)
67
Fortify (1x)
68
Had Not Repaired (1x)
69
Had, Who Strengthened (1x)
70
Hardened (5x)
71
Harder (1x)
72
Hath Seized (1x)
73
Hath Taken Hold (2x)
74
Have Been Stout (1x)
75
Have Taken (1x)
76
Have Ye Not Strengthened (1x)
77
He Laid Hold (1x)
78
He Retaineth (1x)
79
He Shall Hold (1x)
80
He Strengthened (1x)
81
He Took Courage (1x)
82
He Took Hold (1x)
83
He Was Strong (1x)
84
Held (1x)
85
Held Them Fast (1x)
86
Her, And He That Strengthened (1x)
87
Him No More: And He Took Hold (1x)
88
Him Repaired (12x)
89
Him, But Strengthened (1x)
90
Himself To Take Hold (1x)
91
I Have Holden (1x)
92
I Hold (1x)
93
I Took (1x)
94
If He Be Constant (1x)
95
In His Stead, And Strengthened (1x)
96
It Received (1x)
97
It, And Taketh Hold (1x)
98
It, To Make It Strong (1x)
99
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
2 Chronicles 27:6
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.(c)
2 Chronicles 28:15
And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
2 Chronicles 28:20
And Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
2 Chronicles 29:3
He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord , and repaired them.
2 Chronicles 29:34
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.(n)
2 Chronicles 31:4
Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord .
2 Chronicles 32:5
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.(d)
2 Chronicles 32:7
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
2 Chronicles 34:8
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 34:10
And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord , and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord , to repair and amend the house:
2 Chronicles 35:2
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord ,
Ezra 1:6
And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.(c)
Ezra 6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Ezra 7:28
And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
Ezra 9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Ezra 10:4
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Nehemiah 2:18
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Nehemiah 3:4
And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
Nehemiah 3:5
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
Nehemiah 3:6
Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah 3:7
And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
Nehemiah 3:8
Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.(b)
Nehemiah 3:9
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 3:10
And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
Nehemiah 3:11
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath–moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.(c)
Nehemiah 3:12
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Nehemiah 3:13
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
Nehemiah 3:14
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth–haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah 3:15
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
Nehemiah 3:16
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth–zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
Nehemiah 3:17
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
Nehemiah 3:18
After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
Nehemiah 3:19
And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.

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.

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