Word Study · Strong's H6339 · Hebrew

פָּזַז

pazaz

paw-zaz'

Strong's 1890 spelling: pâzaz

“to solidify (as if by refining)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to solidify (as if by refining); also to spring (as if separating the limbs)

Rendered in the KJV as

leap, be made strong.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

וַיָּפֹ֖זּוּ1
מְפַזֵּ֤ז1

How it is rendered · 2

and they were agile1
leaping1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

Hc/Vqw3mp1
verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1

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Hc/Vqw3mp · 1
HVprmsa · 1

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Where this word lives

Genesis1 of 2 · 50%
2 Samuel1 of 2 · 50%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 49:24וַיָּפֹ֖זּוּvaiyafozuHc/Vqw3mpYet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,here: and they were agile

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 6:16מְפַזֵּ֤זmefazezverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAs the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.here: leaping

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled פָּזַז

H6338 · 1×

פָּזַז

pazaz

“to refine (gold)”

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