Strength
חֶזְקָהStrong’s H2393chezqah (chez-qah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chezqah is the Hebrew word usually translated “according to strengthening his”, “according to strength of” and “according to strength his”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.”
Meaning
- Strength, strong, being strong, force
How it's translated
- and according to strengthening his 2
- according to strength of 1
- and according to strength his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Isaiah 1
- Daniel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 12:1And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- Isaiah 8:11For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
Hebrew dictionary
חֶזְקָה chezqah · strength
strength, strong, being strong, force
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “strength” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STRENGTH, noun
[See Strong.]
- That property or quality of an animal body by which it is enabled to move itself or other bodies.
- Firmness; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they sustain the application of force without breaking or yielding.
- Power or vigor of any kind.
- Power of resisting attacks; fastness; as the strength of a castle or fort.
All definitions and other forms of “strength”
- Support; that which supports; that which supplies strength; security.“God is our refuge and strength” Psalms 46:1
- Power of mind; intellectual force; the power of any faculty; as strength of memory; strength of reason; strength of judgment.
- Spirit; animation.
- Force of writing; vigor; nervous diction.
- Vividness; as strength of colors or coloring.
- Spirit; the quality of any liquor which has the power of affecting the taste, or of producing sensible effects on other bodies; as the strength of wine or spirit; the strength of an acid.
- The virtue or spirit of any vegetable, or of its juices or qualities.
- Legal or moral force; validity; the quality of binding, uniting or securing; as the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion or custom.
- Vigor; natural force; as the strength of natural affection.
- That which supports; confidence.
- Amount of force, military or naval; an army or navy; number of troops or ships well appointed.
- Soundness; force; the quality that convinces, persuades or commands assent; as the strength of an argument or of reasoning; the strength of evidence.
- Vehemence; force proceeding from motion and proportioned to it; as the strength of wind or a current of water.
- Degree of brightness or vividness; as the strength of light.
- Fortification; fortress; as an inaccessible strength [Not in use.]
- Support; maintenance of power.
STRENGTH, verb intransitive
To strengthen. [Not in use.]
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.