עֹז oz
Hebrew word for “strength” · Strong’s H5797 · used 92 times in 91 verses
Meaning
1) might, strength; 1a) material or physical; 1b) personal or social or political
How it is translated
Glosses given for oz in context, with how often each is used:
- strength 87
- might 3
- who strength 1
- who is in strength 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 44 | 2.2 | |
| Proverbs | 9 | 1.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 6 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 4 | 0.4 | |
| Job | 4 | 0.5 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 6 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 68 (4), 1 Chronicles 16 (3), Psalms 59 (3), Proverbs 18 (3), Ezekiel 19 (3), Exodus 15 (2), Psalms 21 (2), Psalms 28 (2), Psalms 29 (2), Psalms 62 (2)
Forms
- עז 34
- עזך 13
- עזי 8
- עזו 8
- ועז 7
- עזה 5
- בעזך 4
- ועזו 4
- עזכם 2
- בעוז 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with oz more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- גָּאוֹן gaon “pride” 6
- מַחְסֶּה machaseh “refuge” 5
- יְשׁוּעָה yeshuah “salvation” 6
- אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 7
- תִּפְאָרָה tipharah “beauty” 5
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 9
- זְרוֹעַ zeroa “arm” 5
- אֵל el “God” 6
- זִמְרָת zimrat “song” 3
- יָהּ yah “LORD” 4
- כָּבוֹד kavod “glory” 5
- מַטֶּה matteh “tribe” 5
Key verses
The verses using oz that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 15:2 — The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- 1 Samuel 2:10 — The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give…
- Psalms 28:7 — The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
- Psalms 46:1 — [To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 93:1 — The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it…
- Proverbs 18:10 — The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- Isaiah 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Isaiah 45:24 — Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
- 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 52:1 — Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the…
- Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say,…
- Micah 5:4 — And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto…
See all 91 verses in the Word Atlas
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.