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חָזָקStrong’s H2389

chazaq (cha-zaq)

Appears in 54 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chazaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “strong”, “mighty” and “severe”. It appears in 54 verses of the Old Testament.

“And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.”
Daniel 9:15 KJV
Meaning
  1. Strong, stout, mightystrong · a strong one (subst)
How it's translated
  • strong 30
  • mighty 8
  • severe 4
  • hard 4
  • the strong 2
  • and strong 1
  • from a person strong 1
  • and mighty 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Deuteronomy 10
  • Ezekiel 9
  • Exodus 6
  • 1 Kings 4
  • Jeremiah 4
  • Numbers 3

18 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 54 verses, by book
Judges 1
18:26
1 Samuel 1
14:52
2 Samuel 1
11:15
2 Chronicles 1
6:32
Nehemiah 1
1:10
Psalms 2
35:10136:12
Proverbs 1
23:11
Daniel 1
9:15
Amos 1
2:14
Hebrew dictionary

חָזָק chazaq · strong

1) strong, stout, mighty 1a) strong 1a1) severe, sharp, hot 1a2) firm, hard 1b) a strong one (subst)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

STRONG, adjective

[G., Latin The sense of the radical word is to stretch, strain, draw, and probably from the root of stretch and reach.]

  1. Having physical active power, or great physical power; having the power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.“That our oxen may be strong to labor” Psalms 144:14
  2. Having physical passive power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; solid; as a constitution strong enough to bear the fatigues of a campaign.
  3. Well fortified; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as a strong fortress or town.
  4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as a strong army or fleet; a strong nation; a nation strong at sea.
All definitions
  1. Having great wealth, means or resources; as a strong house or company of merchants.
  2. Moving with rapidity; violent; forcible; impetuous; as a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; we had a strong tide against us.
  3. Hale; sound; robust; as a strong constitution.
  4. Powerful; forcible; cogent; adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; as a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example or instance.
  5. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as a strong partisan; a strong whig or tory.
  6. Having virtues of great efficacy; or having a particular quality in a great degree; as a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea; strong coffee.
  7. Full of spirit; intoxicating; as strong liquors.
  8. Affecting the sight forcibly; as strong colors.
  9. Affecting the taste forcibly; as the strong flavor of onions.
  10. Affecting the smell powerfully; as a strong scent.
  11. Not of easy digestion; solid; as strong meat. Hebrews 5:7
  12. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as a custom grown strong by time.
  13. Violent; vehement; earnest.“Who in the day of his flesh, when he offered up prayers with strong crying and tears--” Hebrews 5:7
  14. Able; furnished with abilities.
  15. Having great force of mind, of intellect or of any faculty; as a man of strong powers of mind; a man of a strong mind or intellect; a man of strong memory, judgment or imagination.
  16. Having great force; comprising much in few words.
  17. Bright; glaring; vivid; as a strong light.
  18. Powerful to the extent of force named; as an army ten thousand strong

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

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.