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חָזַק

cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb291 occurrences28 books266 verses

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
Traditional renderings: aid, amend, × 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, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָזַק:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

291 total
  1. 2 Kings 25:3וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק · was so severe
    By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:10הַמִּתְחַזְּקִ֨ים · and strengthened
    Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
  3. 1 Chronicles 19:12תֶּחֱזַ֤ק · are too strong; יֶֽחֶזְק֥וּ · are too strong
    “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
  4. 1 Chronicles 19:13חֲזַ֤ק · Be strong; וְנִֽתְחַזְּקָה֙ · and let us fight bravely
    Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 21:4חָזַ֣ק · prevailed
    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
  6. 1 Chronicles 22:13חֲזַ֣ק · Be strong
    Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
  7. 1 Chronicles 26:27לְחַזֵּ֖ק · to the repair
    They had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.
  8. 1 Chronicles 28:7יֶחֱזַ֗ק · he resolutely
    I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
  9. 1 Chronicles 28:10חֲזַ֥ק · Be strong
    Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
  10. 1 Chronicles 28:20חֲזַ֤ק · Be strong
    David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
  11. 1 Chronicles 29:12וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק · and give strength
    Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
  12. 2 Chronicles 1:1וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֛ק · established himself securely
    Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.
  13. 2 Chronicles 4:5מַחֲזִ֣יק
    It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
  14. 2 Chronicles 7:22וַֽיַּחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ · and have embraced
    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
  15. 2 Chronicles 8:3וַיֶּחֱזַ֖ק · and captured
    Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
  16. 2 Chronicles 11:11וַיְחַזֵּ֖ק · He strengthened
    He strengthened their fortifications and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
  17. 2 Chronicles 11:12וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֖ם · and strengthened them
    He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
  18. 2 Chronicles 11:17וַֽיְחַזְּקוּ֙ · So they strengthened
    So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
  19. 2 Chronicles 12:13וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק · established himself
    Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
  20. 2 Chronicles 13:7הִתְחַזַּ֖ק · to resist
    Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
  21. 2 Chronicles 13:8לְהִתְחַזֵּק֙ · you can resist
    And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
  22. 2 Chronicles 13:21וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק · grew strong
    But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
  23. 2 Chronicles 15:7חִזְק֔וּ · be strong
    But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
  24. 2 Chronicles 15:8הִתְחַזַּ֗ק · he took courage
    When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
  25. 2 Chronicles 16:9לְ֠הִתְחַזֵּק · to show Himself strong
    For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
  26. 2 Chronicles 17:1וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖ק · and he strengthened himself
    Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
  27. 2 Chronicles 19:11חִזְק֣וּ · resolutely
    Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”
  28. 2 Chronicles 21:4וַיִּתְחַזַּ֔ק · he strengthened himself
    When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
  29. 2 Chronicles 23:1הִתְחַזַּ֣ק · strengthened himself
    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.
  30. 2 Chronicles 24:5לְחַזֵּ֣ק׀ · to repair
    So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.
  31. 2 Chronicles 24:12לְחַזֵּ֖ק · to repair
    Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.
  32. 2 Chronicles 25:3חָזְקָ֥ה · was firmly
    As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
  33. 2 Chronicles 25:8חֲזַ֣ק · bravely
    Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
  34. 2 Chronicles 25:11הִתְחַזַּ֔ק · summoned his strength
    Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,
  35. 2 Chronicles 26:8הֶחֱזִ֖יק · powerful
    The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he had become exceedingly powerful.
  36. 2 Chronicles 26:9וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃ · and he fortified them
    Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
  37. 2 Chronicles 26:15חָזָֽק׃ · he became powerful
    And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.
  38. 2 Chronicles 27:5וַיֶּחֱזַ֣ק · and defeated them
    Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
  39. 2 Chronicles 27:6וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖ק · grew powerful
    So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
  40. 2 Chronicles 28:15וַיַּחֲזִ֣יקוּ · took charge
    Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
  41. 2 Chronicles 28:20חֲזָקֽוֹ׃ · strengthening him
    Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
  42. 2 Chronicles 29:3וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃ · and repaired
    In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.
  43. 2 Chronicles 29:34וַֽיְּחַזְּק֞וּם · helped them
    However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.
  44. 2 Chronicles 31:4יֶחֶזְק֖וּ · they could devote themselves
    Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
  45. 2 Chronicles 32:5וַיִּתְחַזַּ֡ק · Then Hezekiah worked resolutely; וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק · and reinforced
    Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
  46. 2 Chronicles 32:7חִזְק֣וּ · Be strong
    “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
  47. 2 Chronicles 34:8לְחַזֵּ֕ק · to repair
    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.