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חָזֵקStrong’s H2390

chazeq (cha-zeq)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chazeq is the Hebrew word usually translated “strong”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.”
Exodus 19:19 KJV
Meaning
  1. Stronger, louder
How it's translated
  • and strong 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 1
  • 2 Samuel 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

חָזֵק chazeq · stronger

stronger, louder

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

STRONGER, adjective

comparative of strong. Having more strength.

    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.