Lexical Summary chazaq: strong, stout, mighty Original Word: חָזָקTransliteration: chazaq Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-zawk') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: strong, stout, mighty Meaning: strong, stout, mighty Strong's Concordance harder, hottest, impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff-hearted, strongerFrom chazaq; strong (usu. In a bad sense, hard, bold, violent) -- harder, hottest, + impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er). see HEBREW chazaq Brown-Driver-Briggs H2389. chazaq חָזָק adjective strong, stout, mighty; — ׳ח Exodus 10:19 18t.; feminine חֲזָקָה 3:19 31t. + Ezekiel 3:14 (Co for ᵑ0 verb 3feminine singular); plural חֲזָקִים Judges 18:25 2t.; construct חִזְקֵי Ezekiel 2:4 (strike out Co. see below) 3:7; — 1 strong: a. of men, rarely predicate Numbers 13:18 (opposed to רָפֶה), 13:31 (comparative with מִן), Joshua 14:11; 17:18 (all J E), Judges 18:26 (comparative with מִן); also of גֹּאֲלָם Jeremiah 50:34; Proverbs 23:11; of hand of ׳י Joshua 4:24 (D), so Ezekiel 3:14 ᵐ5 Co (see above and חָזַק Qal 3); compare of Tyre בַּיָּם חֲזָקָה הָֽיְתָה 26:17 (strike out B Co). b. usually attributive; of ram of Pharaoh Ezekiel 30:22 (opposed to נִשְׁבָּ֑רֶת); especially of hand of ׳י in delivering Israel from Egypt, Exodus 3:19 (gloss ? see Di), 6:1 (twice in verse); 13:9 (all J), Deuteronomy 6:21; 7:8; 9:26; Daniel 9:15; in wonders done by agency of Moses Deuteronomy 34:12; also חֲזָקָה וּבְיָד גָּדוֺל בְּכֹחַ Exodus 31:11(JE), compare Nehemiah 1:10, but oftener נְטוּיָה וּבִזְרוֺעַ חזקה ביד Deuteronomy 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 11:2; 26:6; Jeremiah 32:21; Psalm 136:12; of control of enemies and deliverance from exile Ezekiel 20:33-34, more Generally Deuteronomy 3:24 ("" גָּדְלְךָ), 1 Kings 8:42 2 Chronicles 6:32; of ׳יs opposition to Zedekiah Jeremiah 21:5; once of Edom, opposed to Israel חזקה וביד כבד בעם Numbers 20:20 (JE). c. of sword of ׳י Isaiah 27:1 ("" וְהַגְּדוֺלָה הַקָּשָׁה), of wind Exodus 10:19 (J), 1 Kings 19:11; sound of trumpet (= loud) Exodus 19:16 (E). d severe, sharp, hot, of war 1 Samuel 14:52 (predicate), battle 2 Samuel 11:15, sickness 1 Kings 17:17 (predicate), famine 18:2. e. firm, hard, of face, פנים Ezekiel 3:8, forehead, מֵצַח 3:8; adamant, simile of forehead 3:9 (comparative, with מִן); of sky Job 37:18 (predicate) in plural construct ׳ח לֵב Ezekiel 2:4 hard of heart ("" פָנִים קְשֵׁי) but omitted by B Co, מֵֿצַח׳ח 3:7 hard (= impudent) of forehead ("" קְשֵׁילֵֿב). 2 as substantive, a strong one, of ׳י (בְּחָזָק, as, in the character of, a strong one) Isaiah 40:10; of ׳יs agent 28:2 ("" אַמִּץ); see also כֹחוֺ יְאַמֵּץ לאֹ וְחָזָק Amos 2:14; with מִן compare= one too strong for Jeremiah 31:11; Psalm 35:10. In Ezekiel 34:16 ᵑ0 uses ׳הח in bad sense ("" הִשְּׁמֵנָה), ᵐ5 Co, with different text, in good sense (see VB). |
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