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Hebrew adjective · H2389

חָזָק

chazaqkhaw-zawk'

strong

56 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: châzâq

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2389is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 35
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2389

strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

The King James renders it: harder, hottest, [phrase] impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

chazaq is rendered "strong". It stands 56 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-five different ways.

The first use

But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.

Exodus 3:19חֲזָקָֽה׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eighteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 21 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • strong28
  • the mighty6
  • hard4
  • severe3
  • the strong3
  • mighty2
  • ¿ strong1
  • a mighty1
  • and a strong1
  • and hard of1
  • and strong1
  • and the mighty1

and 4 more, 56 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

חָזָהchazahto seeUses55

The words it stands beside

All 56, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

35 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • חֲזָקָה֙5
  • חֲזָקָֽה׃5
  • חָזָ֣ק4
  • חָזָ֥ק4
  • הַחֲזָקָ֔ה3
  • חֲזָקָ֔ה3
  • חָזָ֗ק2
  • חָזָ֖ק2
  • חֲזָקָ֑ה2
  • בְּחָזָ֣ק1
  • הֶחָזָ֥ק1
  • הַחֲזָקָ֑ה1

and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · feminine singular21HAafsa
  • adjective · masculine singular14HAamsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular10HTd/Aafsa
  • adjective · masculine plural3HAampa
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular2HC/Aamsa
  • preposition + adjective · masculine singular2HR/Aamsa
  • adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HAampc
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Aampc
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular1HC/Td/Aafsa
  • question particle + adjective · masculine singular1HTi/Aamsa

Exodus

seven uses
  • But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.

    Exodus 3:19

    • חֲזָקָֽה׃chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

    Exodus 6:1

    • חֲזָקָה֙chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
    • חֲזָקָ֔הchazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

    Exodus 10:19

    • חָזָ֣קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
  • It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

    Exodus 13:9

    • חֲזָקָ֔הchazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

    Exodus 19:16

    • חָזָ֣קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
  • But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

    Exodus 32:11

    • חֲזָקָֽה׃chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong

Numbers

three uses
  • See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.

    Numbers 13:18

    • הֶחָזָ֥קhechazakquestion particle + adjective · masculine singulartagged: ¿ strong
  • But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”

    Numbers 13:31

    • חָזָ֥קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
  • But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.

    Numbers 20:20

    • חֲזָקָֽה׃chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong

Deuteronomy

ten uses
  • “O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

    Deuteronomy 3:24

    • הַחֲזָקָ֑הhachazakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the strong
  • Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

    Deuteronomy 4:34

    • חֲזָקָה֙chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

    Deuteronomy 5:15

    • חֲזָקָ֖ה֙chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

    Deuteronomy 6:21

    • חֲזָקָֽה׃chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

    Deuteronomy 7:8

    • חֲזָקָ֑הchazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.

    Deuteronomy 7:19

    • הַחֲזָקָה֙hachazakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the mighty
  • And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

    Deuteronomy 9:26

    • חֲזָקָֽה׃chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;

    Deuteronomy 11:2

    • הַחֲזָקָ֔הhachazakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the mighty
  • Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.

    Deuteronomy 26:8

    • חֲזָקָה֙chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

    Deuteronomy 34:12

    • הַחֲזָקָ֔הhachazakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the mighty

Joshua

three uses
  • He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”

    Joshua 4:24

    • חֲזָקָ֖הchazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: mighty
  • still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.

    Joshua 14:11

    • חָזָ֗קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
  • because the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.”

    Joshua 17:18

    • חָזָ֖קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong

Judges

one use
  • So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.

    Judges 18:26

    • חֲזָקִ֥יםchazakimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: strong

1 Samuel

one use
  • And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.

    1 Samuel 14:52

    • חֲזָקָ֣הchazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: severe

2 Samuel

one use
  • In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”

    2 Samuel 11:15

    • הַֽחֲזָקָ֔הhachazakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the severe

1 Kings

four uses
  • for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

    1 Kings 8:42

    • הַֽחֲזָקָ֔הhachazakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the mighty
  • Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

    1 Kings 17:17

    • חָזָ֣קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: severe
  • So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,

    1 Kings 18:2

    • חָזָ֥קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: severe
  • Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

    1 Kings 19:11

    • וְחָזָ֞קvechazakconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and strong

2 Chronicles

one use
  • And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

    2 Chronicles 6:32

    • הַחֲזָקָ֔הhachazakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the mighty

Nehemiah

one use
  • They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.

    Nehemiah 1:10

    • הַחֲזָקָֽה׃hachazakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the mighty

Job

two uses
  • He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

    Job 5:15

    • חָזָ֣קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
  • can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?

    Job 37:18

    • חֲ֝זָקִ֗יםchazakimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: hard

Psalms

two uses
  • All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

    Psalms 35:10

    • מֵחָזָ֣קmechazakpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from a person strong
  • with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.

    Psalms 136:12

    • חֲ֭זָקָהchazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong

Proverbs

one use
  • for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

    Proverbs 23:11

    • חָזָ֑קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong

Isaiah

three uses
  • In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

    Isaiah 27:1

    • וְהַֽחֲזָקָ֗הvehachazakahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: and the mighty
  • Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.

    Isaiah 28:2

    • חָזָ֤קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: a mighty
  • Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

    Isaiah 40:10

    • בְּחָזָ֣קbechazakpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: in a strong

Jeremiah

four uses
  • And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.

    Jeremiah 21:5

    • חֲזָקָ֑הchazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.

    Jeremiah 31:11

    • חָזָ֥קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
  • You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

    Jeremiah 32:21

    • חֲזָקָה֙chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

    Jeremiah 50:34

    • חָזָ֗קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong

Ezekiel

ten uses
  • They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’

    Ezekiel 2:4

    • וְחִזְקֵי־vechizkei-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and hard of
  • But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

    Ezekiel 3:7

    • חִזְקֵי־chizkei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hard of
  • Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

    Ezekiel 3:8

    • חֲזָקִ֖יםchazakimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: hard
    • חָזָ֖קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: hard
  • I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”

    Ezekiel 3:9

    • חָזָ֥קchazakadjective · masculine singulartagged: hard
  • As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.

    Ezekiel 20:33

    • חֲזָקָ֜הchazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.

    Ezekiel 20:34

    • חֲזָקָה֙chazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
  • Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!

    Ezekiel 26:17

    • חֲזָקָ֤הchazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: mighty
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

    Ezekiel 30:22

    • הַחֲזָקָ֖הhachazakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the strong
  • I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

    Ezekiel 34:16

    • הַחֲזָקָ֛הhachazakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the strong

Daniel

one use
  • Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.

    Daniel 9:15

    • חֲזָקָ֔הchazakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong

Amos

one use
  • Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

    Amos 2:14

    • וְחָזָ֖קvechazakconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and a strong

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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