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Be fierce

יָעַזStrong’s H3267

yaaz (ya-az)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Yaaz is the Hebrew word usually translated “barbarous”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.”
Isaiah 33:19 KJV
Meaning
  1. To be strong, be fierce (meaning uncertain)(Niphal) barbarous (participle)
How it's translated
  • barbarous 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    יָעַז yaaz · be fierce

    1) to be strong, be fierce (meaning uncertain) 1a) (Niphal) barbarous (participle)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    B'ARBAROUS, adjective

    Uncivilized; savage; unlettered; untutored; ignorant; unacquainted with arts; stranger to civility of manners.

    1. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; as barbarous

    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.