Definition
from H2388; strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
Traditional renderings: harder, hottest, impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
Traditional renderings: harder, hottest, impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָזָק:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
56 total
- Ezekiel 20:34חֲזָקָה֙ · With a strongWith a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.
- Ezekiel 26:17חֲזָקָ֤ה · powerfulThen they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
- Ezekiel 30:22הַחֲזָקָ֖ה · both the strong oneTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
- Ezekiel 34:16הַחֲזָקָ֛ה · and strongI will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
- Daniel 9:15חֲזָקָ֔ה · with a mightyNow, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.
- Amos 2:14וְחָזָ֖ק · the strongEscape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.