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חָזַק (H2388)

châzaq

khaw-zak'

a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

חָזַק 291 vb. be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
Qal
I intrans. be or grow strong
II transit. only strengthened him not
Pi.
1 make strong (physically)
2 strengthen the hands (acc.) of anyone, sustain, encourage
3 make strong = bold, encourage
4 make firm
5 make rigid, hard, i.e. perverse, obstinate, harden
Hiph.
1
a make strong, strengthen
b make firm, the kingdom
c display strength
2 make severe, of battle
3 support
4 = repair
5 prevail
6 esp. take or keep hold of, seize, grasp
Hithp.
1 strengthen oneself
2 put forth strength, use one's strength
3 withstand
4 hold strongly with

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


266 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:13
    Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
  • 1 Chronicles 26:27
    Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:7
    Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:10
    Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:20
    And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:12
    Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
  • 2 Chronicles 1:1
    And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
  • 2 Chronicles 4:5
    And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
  • 2 Chronicles 7:22
    And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
  • 2 Chronicles 8:3
    And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.