Hebrew adjective · H5794
עַז
azaz
strong
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻaz
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5794is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5794
strong, vehement, harsh
The King James renders it: fierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
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
az is rendered "strong". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Five of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
Genesis 49:3עָֽז׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- strong13
- mighty4
- fierce2
- and from a strong1
- fierce of1
- mighty of1
- power1
- strength1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עַזָּתִי | Azzathi | Gaza | Uses2 |
The words it stands beside
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 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
- עָ֑ז5
- עַ֣ז2
- וּמֵעַ֖ז1
- עַ֔ז1
- עַ֖ז1
- עַז֙1
- עָ֔ז1
- עַז־1
- עָז־1
- עָֽז׃1
- עַזָּה֙1
- עַזָּ֤ה1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular11HAamsa
- adjective · masculine plural4HAampa
- adjective · feminine singular3HAafsa
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- adjective · feminine plural1HAafpa
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HAampc
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HAamsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine singular1HC/R/Aamsa
Genesis
two uses
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
- עָֽז׃ʾaznoun · masculine singulartagged: power
Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
- עָ֔זʾazadjective · masculine singulartagged: fierce
Exodus
one use
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
- עַזָּה֙ʾazahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
Numbers
two uses
Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
- עַ֣זʾazadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
- עַ֔זʾazadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
Deuteronomy
one use
a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
- עַ֣זʾazadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fierce of
Judges
two uses
So he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.
- וּמֵעַ֖זumeazconjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and from a strong
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
- עַ֖זʾazadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
2 Samuel
one use
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
- עָ֑זʾazadjective · masculine singulartagged: mighty
Nehemiah
one use
You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
- עַזִּֽים׃ʾazimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: mighty
Psalms
two uses
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
- עָ֑זʾazadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
- עַזִ֑יםʾazimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: fierce
Proverbs
three uses
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
- עַזּֽוֹת׃azotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: strong
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
- עַזָּֽה׃ʾazahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
- עָ֑זʾazadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
Song of Solomon
one use
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- עַזָּ֤הʾazahadjective · feminine singulartagged: strong
Isaiah
five uses
I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- עַז֙ʾazadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
- עָ֑זʾazadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
- עָז־ʾoz-noun · masculine singulartagged: strength
Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,
- עַזִּ֖יםʾazimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: mighty
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
- עַזֵּי־ʾazei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: mighty of
Ezekiel
one use
So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.
- עַזִּ֔יםʾazimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: mighty
Daniel
one use
In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
- עַז־ʾaz-adjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
Amos
one use
He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
- עָ֑זʾazadjective · masculine singulartagged: strong
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.