זְרוֹעַ zeroa

Hebrew word for “arm” · Strong’s H2220 · used 91 times in 84 verses

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Meaning

1) arm, forearm, shoulder, strength;

How it is translated

Glosses given for zeroa in context, with how often each is used:

• arm 59
• arms 21
• strength 5
• forces 3
• own arm 2
• does an arm 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 30 (4), Daniel 11 (4), Psalms 89 (3), Deuteronomy 33 (2), Job 22 (2), Isaiah 40 (2), Isaiah 51 (2), Isaiah 63 (2), Ezekiel 20 (2), Genesis 49 (1)

Forms

• זרוע 12
• ובזרוע 7
• וזרעו 7
• זרעו 5
• בזרוע 4
• זרועך 4
• וזרעות 4
• זרעי 3
• וזרוע 3
• זרעות 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zeroa more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נָטָה natah “to stretch” 17
• חָזָק chazaq “strong” 13
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 13
• כֹּחַ koach “strength” 8
• שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 8
• יָמִין yamin “right” 7
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 8
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 7
• עֹז oz “strength” 5
• יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 6
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 8
• סָמַךְ samakh “to support” 4

Key verses

The verses using zeroa that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:24 — But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of…
• Deuteronomy 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand,…
• Deuteronomy 33:27 — The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
• Psalms 44:3 — For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy…
• Psalms 98:1 — [A Psalm.] O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
• Isaiah 30:30 — And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of…
• Isaiah 40:11 — He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Isaiah 51:9 — Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded…
• Isaiah 53:1 — Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
• Jeremiah 17:5 — Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
• Jeremiah 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet…
• Jeremiah 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.