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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
Jeremiah 52:6
And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Ezekiel 3:14
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.(f) (g)
Ezekiel 7:13
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.(f) (g) (h)
Ezekiel 13:22
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:(j)
Ezekiel 16:49
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 22:14
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.
Ezekiel 27:9
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.(g)
Ezekiel 27:27
Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.(r) (s)
Ezekiel 30:21
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
Ezekiel 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
Ezekiel 30:25
But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the Lord , when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 34:4
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
Ezekiel 34:16
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
Daniel 10:18
Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
Daniel 10:19
And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
Daniel 10:21
But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.(k)
Daniel 11:1
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
Daniel 11:5
And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
Daniel 11:6
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.(a) (b) (c)
Daniel 11:7
But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:(d)
Daniel 11:21
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.(t)
Daniel 11:32
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.(y)
Hosea 7:15
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.(j)
Micah 4:9
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Nahum 2:1
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.(a)
Nahum 3:14
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
Haggai 2:4
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord ; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord , and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:
Zechariah 8:9
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
Zechariah 8:13
And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
Zechariah 8:23
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Zechariah 14:13
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
Malachi 3:13
Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord . Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

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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