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TWOT Reference: 636
to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
(Qal)
to be strong, grow strong
to prevail, prevail upon
to be firm, be caught fast, be secure
to press, be urgent
to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense)
to be severe, be grievous
to strengthen
(Piel)
to make strong
to restore to strength, give strength
to strengthen, sustain, encourage
to make strong, make bold, encourage
to make firm
to make rigid, make hard
(Hiphil)
to make strong, strengthen
to make firm
to display strength
to make severe
to support
to repair
to prevail, prevail upon
to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support
to hold, contain
(Hithpael)
to strengthen oneself
to put forth strength, use one's strength
to withstand
to hold strongly with
Strong's Number H2388 matches the Hebrew חָזַק (ḥāzaq),
which occurs 290 times in 266 verses
in the WLC Hebrew.
Page 3 / 6 (1Ch 22:13–Neh 2:18)
“Then you will succeed if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or discouraged.
They dedicated part of the plunder from their battles for the repair of the LORD’s temple.
“I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping my commands and my ordinances as he is doing today.’
“Realize now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”
Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you until all the work for the service of the LORD’s house is finished.
Riches and honor come from you, and you are the ruler of everything. Power and might are in your hand, and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all.
Solomon son of David strengthened his hold on his kingdom. The LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.
Then they will say, “Because they abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They clung to other gods and bowed in worship to them and served them. Because of this, he brought all this ruin on them.”
He strengthened their fortifications and put leaders in them with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
He also put large shields and spears in each and every city to make them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked in the ways of David and Solomon for three years.
King Rehoboam established his royal power in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
“Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young, inexperienced, and unable to assert himself against them.
“And now you are saying you can assert yourselves against the LORD’s kingdom, which is in the hand of one of David’s sons. You are a vast number and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.[fn]
However, Abijah grew strong, acquired fourteen wives, and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the abhorrent idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He renovated the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
“For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth to show himself strong for those who are wholeheartedly devoted to him. You have been foolish in this matter. Therefore, you will have wars from now on.”
His son Jehoshaphat became king in his place and strengthened himself against Israel.
“Note that Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all matters related to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all matters related to the king, and the Levites are officers in your presence. Be strong; may the LORD be with those who do what is good.”
When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened his position by killing with the sword all his brothers as well as some of the princes of Israel.
Then, in the seventh year, Jehoiada summoned his courage and took the commanders of hundreds into a covenant with him: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.
So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect silver from all Israel to repair the temple of your God as needed year by year, and do it quickly.”
However, the Levites did not hurry.
Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those in charge of the labor on the LORD’s temple, who were hiring stonecutters and carpenters to renovate the LORD’s temple, also blacksmiths and coppersmiths to repair the LORD’s temple.
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp,[fn] he executed his servants who had killed his father the king.
“But if you go with them, do it! Be strong for battle! But God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to make one stumble.”
Amaziah strengthened his position and led his people to the Salt Valley. He struck down ten thousand Seirites,[fn]
The Ammonites[fn] paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the entrance of Egypt, for God made him very powerful.
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the corner buttress, and he fortified them.
He made skillfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was wondrously helped until he became strong.
So Jotham strengthened his position because he did not waver in obeying[fn] the LORD his God.
Then the men who were designated by name took charge of the captives and provided clothes for their naked ones from the plunder. They clothed them, gave them sandals, food and drink, dressed their wounds, and provided donkeys for all the feeble. The Israelites brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, among their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
Then King Tiglath-pileser[fn] of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support.
In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the LORD’s temple and repaired them.
However, since there were not enough priests, they weren’t able to skin all the burnt offerings, so their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious[fn] to consecrate themselves than the priests were.
He told the people who lived in Jerusalem to give a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote their energy to the law of the LORD.
Then Hezekiah strengthened his position by rebuilding the entire broken-down wall and heightening the towers and the other outside wall. He repaired the supporting terraces of the city of David, and made an abundance of weapons and shields.
“Be strong and courageous! Don’t be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria or before the large army that is with him, for there are more with us than with him.
In the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, along with Maaseiah the governor of the city and the court historian Joah son of Joahaz, to repair the temple of the LORD his God.
They gave it to those doing the work — those who oversaw the LORD’s temple. They gave it to the workmen who were working in the LORD’s temple, to repair and restore the temple;
He appointed the priests to their responsibilities and encouraged them to serve in the LORD’s temple.
All their neighbors supported them[fn] with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and valuables, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering.
They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful, having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude toward them, so that he supported them[fn] in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
and who has shown favor to me before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by the hand of the LORD my God,[fn] and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.
“So do not give your daughters to their sons in marriage or take their daughters for your sons. Never pursue their welfare or prosperity, so that you will be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.”
“Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we support you. Be strong and take action! ”
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