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Lexicon :: Strong's H2389 - ḥāzāq

Aa
חָזָק
Transliteration
ḥāzāq
Pronunciation
khaw-zawk'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 636a

Strong’s Definitions

חָזָק châzâq, khaw-zawk'; from H2388; strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent):—harder, hottest, impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 56x

The KJV translates Strong's H2389 in the following manner: strong (26x), mighty (20x), sore (3x), stronger (2x), harder (1x), hottest (1x), impudent (1x), loud (1x), stiffhearted (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 56x
The KJV translates Strong's H2389 in the following manner: strong (26x), mighty (20x), sore (3x), stronger (2x), harder (1x), hottest (1x), impudent (1x), loud (1x), stiffhearted (1x).

  1. strong, stout, mighty

    1. strong

      1. severe, sharp, hot

      2. firm, hard

    2. a strong one (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָזָק châzâq, khaw-zawk'; from H2388; strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent):—harder, hottest, impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
STRONGS H2389: Abbreviations
† חָזָק adjective strong, stout, mighty; — ח׳ Exodus 10:19 + 18 times; feminine חֲזָקָה Exodus 3:19 + 31 times + Ezekiel 3:14 (Co for MT verb 3rd person feminine singular); plural חֲזָקִים Judges 18:25 + 2 times; construct חִזְקֵי Ezekiel 2:4 (strike out Co. see below) Ezekiel 3:7; —
1. strong:
a. of men, rarely predicate Numbers 13:18 (opposed to רָפֶה), Numbers 13:31 (comparative with מִן), Joshua 14:11; Joshua 17:18 (all J E), Judges 18:26 (comparative with מִן); also of גֹּאֲלָם Jeremiah 50:34; Proverbs 23:11; of hand of י׳ Joshua 4:24 (D), so Ezekiel 3:14 Greek Version of the LXX Co (see above and חָזַק Qal 3); compare of Tyre הָֽיְתָה חֲזָקָה בַּיָּם Ezekiel 26:17 (strike out B Co).
b. usually attributive; of ram of Pharaoh Ezekiel 30:22 (opposed to נִשְׁבָּ֑רֶת); especially of hand of י׳ in delivering Israel from Egypt, Exodus 3:19 (gloss ? see Di), Exodus 6:1 (twice in verse); Exodus 13:9 (all J), Deuteronomy 6:21; Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 9:26; Daniel 9:15; in wonders done by agency of Moses Deuteronomy 34:12; also בְּכֹחַ גָּדוֺל וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה Exodus 31:11(JE), compare Nehemiah 1:10, but oftener ביד חזקה וּבִזְרוֺעַ נְטוּיָה Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 5:15; Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 11:2; Deuteronomy 26:6; Jeremiah 32:21; Psalm 136:12; of control of enemies and deliverance from exile Ezekiel 20:33, 34; more generally Deuteronomy 3:24 (|| גָּדְלְךָ), 1 Kings 8:42 2 Chronicles 6:32; of י׳'s opposition to Zedekiah Jeremiah 21:5; once of Edom, opposed to Israel בעם כבד וביד חזקה Numbers 20:20 (JE).
c. of sword of י׳ Isaiah 27:1 (|| הַקָּשָׁה וְהַגְּדוֺלָה), of wind Exodus 10:19 (J), 1 Kings 19:11; sound of trumpet (= loud) Exodus 19:16 (E).
d. severe, sharp, hot, of war 1 Samuel 14:52 (predicate), battle 2 Samuel 11:15, sickness 1 Kings 17:17 (predicate), famine 1 Kings 18:2.
e. firm, hard, of face, פנים Ezekiel 3:8, forehead, מֵצַח Ezekiel 3:8; adamant, simile of forehead Ezekiel 3:9 (comparative, with מִן); of sky Job 37:18 (predicate) in plural construct לֵב ח׳ Ezekiel 2:4 hard of heart (|| קְשֵׁי פָנִים) but omitted by B Co, מֵֿצַח ח׳ Ezekiel 3:7 hard (= impudent) of forehead (|| קְשֵׁילֵֿב).
2. as substantive, a strong one, of י׳ (בְּחָזָק, as, in the character of, a strong one) Isaiah 40:10; of י׳'s agent Isaiah 28:2 (|| אַמִּץ); see also וְחָזָק לאֹ יְאַמֵּץ כֹחוֺ Amos 2:14; with מִן compare= one too strong for Jeremiah 31:11; Psalm 35:10. In Ezekiel 34:16 MT uses הח׳ in bad sense (|| הִשְּׁמֵנָה), Greek Version of the LXX Co, with different text, in good sense (see VB).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

3:19; 3:19; 6:1; 10:19; 10:19; 13:9; 19:16; 31:11

Numbers

13:18; 13:31; 20:20

Deuteronomy

3:24; 4:34; 5:15; 6:21; 7:8; 7:19; 9:26; 11:2; 26:6; 34:12

Joshua

4:24; 14:11; 17:18

Judges

18:25; 18:26

1 Samuel

14:52

2 Samuel

11:15

1 Kings

8:42; 17:17; 18:2; 19:11

2 Chronicles

6:32

Nehemiah

1:10

Job

37:18

Psalms

35:10; 136:12

Proverbs

23:11

Isaiah

27:1; 28:2; 40:10

Jeremiah

21:5; 31:11; 32:21; 50:34

Ezekiel

2:4; 2:4; 3:7; 3:7; 3:8; 3:8; 3:9; 3:14; 3:14; 20:33; 20:34; 26:17; 30:22; 34:16

Daniel

9:15

Amos

2:14

H2389

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2389 matches the Hebrew חָזָק (ḥāzāq),
which occurs 56 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 3:19–Eze 26:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:19 - And I am certain that the king of Egypt will not let you go without being forced.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:1 - And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will be forced to let them go, driving them out of his land because of my outstretched arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - And the Lord sent a very strong west wind, which took up the locusts, driving them into the Red Sea; not one locust was to be seen in any part of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:9 - And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16 - And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 - But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:18 - And see what the land is like; and if the people living in it are strong or feeble, small or great in number;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:31 - But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - O Lord God, you have now for the first time let your servant see your great power and the strength of your hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth able to do such great works and such acts of power?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - Has God ever before taken a nation for himself from out of another nation, by punishments and signs and wonders, by war and by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and great acts of wonder and fear, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:15 - And keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God took you out of that land by his strong hand and his stretched-out arm: for this reason the Lord has given you orders to keep the Sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:21 - Then you will say to your son, We were servants under Pharaoh's yoke in Egypt; and the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:19 - The great punishments which your eyes saw, and the signs and the wonders and the strong hand and the stretched-out arm, by which the Lord your God took you out: so will the Lord your God do to all the peoples who are the cause of your fears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - And I made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord God, do not send destruction on your people and your heritage, to whom, by your great power, you have given salvation, whom you have taken out of Egypt by the strength of your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:2 - And be certain in your minds this day; for these words are not said to your children, who have had no experience of the training of the Lord your God, and who have not seen his great power or his strong hand and his stretched-out arm,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8 - And the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand and a stretched-out arm, with works of power and signs and wonders:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:12 - And in all the acts of power and fear which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:24 - So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the hand of the Lord is strong; and that they may go in fear of the Lord your God for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:11 - And still, I am as strong today as I was when Moses sent me out: as my strength was then, so is it now, for war and for all the business of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - For the hill-country of Gilead will be yours ... the woodland and cut down ... its outskirts will be yours ... get the Canaanites out, for they have iron war-carriages ... strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:26 - Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:52 - All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:42 - (For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:11 - Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:32 - And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel but comes from a far country because of the glory of your name and your strong hand and your outstretched arm; when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:10 - Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:15 - But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:18 - Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:12 - With a strong hand and an outstretched arm: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 - See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overflowing of a strong river, he will violently overcome them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10 - See, the Lord God will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him are with him, and those whom he has made safe go before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:5 - And I myself will be fighting against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even with angry feeling and passion and in great wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:11 - For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:21 - And have taken your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders and with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, causing great fear;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:34 - Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:4 - And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:7 - But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:8 - See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:9 - Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:33 - By my life, says the Lord, truly, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with burning wrath let loose, I will be King over you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:34 - And I will take you out from the peoples and get you together out of the countries where you are wandering, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with burning wrath let loose:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:17 - And they will send up a song of grief for you, and say to you, What destruction has come on you, how are you cut off from the sea, the noted town, which was strong in the sea, she and her people, causing the fear of them to come on all the dry land!

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