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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. Job 2:9מַחֲזִ֣יק · retain
    Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
  2. Job 4:3תְּחַזֵּֽק׃ · and have strengthened
    Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
  3. Job 8:15יַחֲזִ֥יק · he holds fast
    He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
  4. Job 8:20יַ֝חֲזִ֗יק · strengthen
    Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
  5. Job 18:9יַחֲזֵ֖ק · grips him
    A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
  6. Job 27:6הֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּי · I will cling to
    I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
  7. Psalm 27:14חֲ֭זַק · be strong
    Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
  8. Psalm 31:24חִ֭זְקוּ · Be strong
    Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.
  9. Psalm 35:2הַחֲזֵ֣ק · Take up
    Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
  10. Psalm 64:5יְחַזְּקוּ־ · They hold fast
    They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
  11. Psalm 147:13חִ֭זַּק · He strengthens
    For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
  12. Proverbs 3:18לַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣ים · to those who embrace
    She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
  13. Proverbs 4:13הַחֲזֵ֣ק · Hold on
    Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
  14. Proverbs 7:13וְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָה · She seizes
    She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
  15. Proverbs 26:17מַחֲזִ֥יק · Like one who grabs
    Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
  16. Isaiah 4:1וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ֩ · will take hold
    In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
  17. Isaiah 22:21אֲחַזְּקֶ֔נּוּ · around him
    I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
  18. Isaiah 27:5יַחֲזֵ֣ק · let them lay claim
    Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”
  19. Isaiah 28:22יֶחְזְק֖וּ · will become heavier
    So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
  20. Isaiah 33:23יְחַזְּק֤וּ · secure
    Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
  21. Isaiah 35:3חַזְּק֖וּ · Strengthen
    Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
  22. Isaiah 35:4חִזְק֖וּ · Be strong
    Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
  23. Isaiah 39:1וַֽיֶּחֱזָֽק׃ · and recovery
    At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.
  24. Isaiah 41:6חֲזָֽק׃ · Be strong
    Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
  25. Isaiah 41:7וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק · encourages; וַיְחַזְּקֵ֥הוּ · He nails it down
    The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
  26. Isaiah 41:9הֶחֱזַקְתִּ֙יךָ֙ · I brought
    I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
  27. Isaiah 41:13מַחֲזִ֣יק · who takes hold
    For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
  28. Isaiah 42:6וְאַחְזֵ֣ק · and I will take hold
    “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
  29. Isaiah 45:1הֶחֱזַ֣קְתִּי · I have grasped
    This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
  30. Isaiah 51:18מַחֲזִיק֙ · one to take
    Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
  31. Isaiah 54:2חַזֵּֽקִי׃
    “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
  32. Isaiah 56:2יַחֲזִ֣יק · who holds it fast
    Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
  33. Isaiah 56:4וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖ים · and hold fast
    For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
  34. Isaiah 56:6וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖ים · and who hold fast
    And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
  35. Isaiah 64:7לְהַחֲזִ֣יק · to take hold
    No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
  36. Jeremiah 5:3חִזְּק֤וּ · harder
    O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
  37. Jeremiah 6:23יַחֲזִ֗יקוּ · They grasp
    They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
  38. Jeremiah 6:24הֶחֱזִיקַ֔תְנוּ · has gripped us
    We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
  39. Jeremiah 8:5הֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙ · They cling
    Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
  40. Jeremiah 8:21הֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃ · has gripped me
    For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
  41. Jeremiah 10:4יְחַזְּק֖וּם · and fasten it
    They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
  42. Jeremiah 20:7חֲזַקְתַּ֖נִי · You have overcome me
    You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
  43. Jeremiah 23:14וְחִזְּקוּ֙ · They strengthen
    And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
  44. Jeremiah 31:32הֶחֱזִיקִ֣י · I took them
    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
  45. Jeremiah 49:24הֶחֱזִ֑יקָה · has gripped her
    Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
  46. Jeremiah 50:33הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּ · hold them fast
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
  47. Jeremiah 50:42יַחֲזִ֗יקוּ · They grasp
    They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
  48. Jeremiah 50:43הֶחֱזִיקַ֔תְהוּ · has gripped him
    The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
  49. Jeremiah 51:12הַחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ · post
    Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.