חָזָק chazaq

Hebrew word for “strong” · Strong’s H2389 · used 56 times in 54 verses

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Meaning

1) strong, stout, mighty; 1a) strong; 1a1) severe, sharp, hot; 1a2) firm, hard; 1b) a strong one (subst)

How it is translated

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

• strong 28
• mighty 9
• hard 6
• severe 4
• strong one 3
• ¿ strong 1
• too strong 1
• person too strong 1
• mighty one 1
• one too strong 1
• strong person 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 3 (3), Numbers 13 (2), Deuteronomy 7 (2), Ezekiel 20 (2), Exodus 3 (1), Exodus 6 (1), Exodus 10 (1), Exodus 13 (1), Exodus 19 (1), Exodus 32 (1)

Forms

• חזקה 21
• חזק 14
• החזקה 10
• חזקים 3
• וחזק 2
• החזק 1
• מחזק 1
• והחזקה 1
• בחזק 1
• וחזקי 1

Words used with it

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

• זְרוֹעַ zeroa “arm” 13
• נָטָה natah “to stretch” 12
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 13
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 12
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 14
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 8
• מוֹרָא mora “fear” 4
• אוֹת ot “sign” 5
• יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 6
• מוֹפֵת mophet “wonder” 4
• פָּדָה padah “to ransom” 4
• רָאָה raah “to see” 8

Key verses

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

• Exodus 13:9 — And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand…
• Exodus 19:16 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet…
• Exodus 32:11 — And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with…
• 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 7:8 — But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and…
• Deuteronomy 9:26 — I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which…
• 1 Kings 19:11 — And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in…
• Psalms 35:10 — All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that…
• Isaiah 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall…
• Isaiah 40:10 — Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
• Jeremiah 50:34 — Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants…
• Ezekiel 34:16 — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick:…

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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.