chazaq (to strengthen)

Meaning

To strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore(Qal) · (Piel)

How it's translated

be strong 26
he repaired 26
and he took hold 10
and he strengthened himself 9
to repair 9
they repaired 8
and they took hold 6
strengthen 6

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

2 Chronicles 38
Nehemiah 34
Isaiah 20
Exodus 15
2 Samuel 15
2 Kings 15

28 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Daniel 10:19In contextAnd said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
Daniel 10:21In contextBut I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Daniel 11:1In contextAlso I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
Daniel 11:5In contextAnd the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
Daniel 11:6In contextAnd in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
Daniel 11:7In contextBut out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:

All 266 verses, by book

Genesis 6: 19:16 21:18 41:56 41:57 47:20 48:2
Exodus 15: 4:4 4:21 7:13 7:22 8:19 9:2 9:12 9:35 10:20 10:27 11:10 12:33 14:4 14:8 14:17
Leviticus 1: 25:35
Numbers 1: 13:20
Deuteronomy 9: 1:38 3:28 11:8 12:23 22:25 25:11 31:6 31:7 31:23
Joshua 8: 1:6 1:7 1:9 1:18 10:25 11:20 17:13 23:6
Judges 12: 1:28 3:12 7:8 7:11 7:20 9:24 16:26 16:28 19:4 19:25 19:29 20:22
1 Samuel 6: 4:9 15:27 17:35 17:50 23:16 30:6
2 Samuel 15: 1:11 2:7 2:16 3:6 3:29 10:11 10:12 11:25 13:11 13:14 13:28 15:5 16:21 18:9 24:4
1 Kings 8: 1:50 2:2 2:28 9:9 16:22 20:22 20:23 20:25
2 Kings 15: 2:12 3:26 4:8 4:27 12:5 12:6 12:7 12:8 12:12 12:14 14:5 15:19 22:5 22:6 25:3
1 Chronicles 10: 11:10 19:12 19:13 21:4 22:13 26:27 28:7 28:10 28:20 29:12
2 Chronicles 38: 1:1 4:5 7:22 8:3 11:11 11:12 11:17 12:13 13:7 13:8 13:21 15:7 15:8 16:9 17:1 19:11 21:4 23:1 24:5 24:12 25:3 25:8 25:11 26:8 26:9 26:15 27:5 27:6 28:15 28:20 29:3 29:34 31:4 32:5 32:7 34:8 34:10 35:2
Ezra 5: 1:6 6:22 7:28 9:12 10:4
Nehemiah 34: 2:18 3:4 3:5 3:6 3:7 3:8 3:9 3:10 3:11 3:12 3:13 3:14 3:15 3:16 3:17 3:18 3:19 3:20 3:21 3:22 3:23 3:24 3:27 3:28 3:29 3:30 3:31 3:32 4:16 4:17 4:21 5:16 6:9 10:29
Job 7: 2:3 2:9 4:3 8:15 8:20 18:9 27:6
Psalms 5: 27:14 31:24 35:2 64:5 147:13
Proverbs 4: 3:18 4:13 7:13 26:17
Isaiah 20: 4:1 22:21 27:5 28:22 33:23 35:3 35:4 39:1 41:6 41:7 41:9 41:13 42:6 45:1 51:18 54:2 56:2 56:4 56:6 64:7
Jeremiah 15: 5:3 6:23 6:24 8:5 8:21 10:4 20:7 23:14 31:32 49:24 50:33 50:42 50:43 51:12 52:6
Ezekiel 12: 3:14 7:13 13:22 16:49 22:14 27:9 27:27 30:21 30:24 30:25 34:4 34:16
Daniel 9: 10:18 10:19 10:21 11:1 11:5 11:6 11:7 11:21 11:32
Hosea 1: 7:15
Micah 2: 4:9 7:18
Nahum 2: 2:1 3:14
Haggai 1: 2:4
Zechariah 4: 8:9 8:13 8:23 14:13
Malachi 1: 3:13

Hebrew dictionary

חָזַק chazaq · to strengthen

: strengthen/support/encourage 1) to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be strong, grow strong 1a1a) to prevail, prevail upon 1a1b) to be firm, be caught fast, be secure 1a1c) to press, be urgent 1a1d) to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense) 1a1e) to be severe, be grievous 1a2) to strengthen 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make strong 1b2) to restore to strength, give strength 1b3) to strengthen, sustain, encourage 1b4) to make strong, make bold, encourage 1b5) to make firm 1b6) to make rigid, make hard …

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “strengthen” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

STRENGTHEN, verb transitive

To make strong or stronger; to add strength to, either physical, legal or moral; as, to strengthen a limb; to strengthen an obligation.
To confirm; to establish; as, to strengthen authority.
To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.“Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him” Deuteronomy 3:28
To cause to increase in power or security.

All definitions and other forms of “strengthen”

STRENGTHEN, verb intransitive

To grow strong or stronger.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.