Strong
עַזStrong’s H5794az
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Az is the Hebrew word usually translated “strong”, “mighty” and “fierce”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.”
Meaning
- Strong, mighty, fierce
How it's translated
- strong 13
- mighty 4
- fierce 2
- power 1
- fierce of 1
- and from a strong 1
- strength 1
- mighty of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 5
- Proverbs 3
- Genesis 2
- Numbers 2
- Judges 2
- Psalms 2
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 49:3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
- Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
- Exodus 14:21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
- Numbers 13:28Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
- Numbers 21:24And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
- Deuteronomy 28:50A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Hebrew dictionary
עַז az · strong
strong, mighty, fierce
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.]
- 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
- Having physical passive power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; solid; as a constitution strong enough to bear the fatigues of a campaign.
- Well fortified; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as a strong fortress or town.
- Having great military or naval force; powerful; as a strong army or fleet; a strong nation; a nation strong at sea.
All definitions
- Having great wealth, means or resources; as a strong house or company of merchants.
- 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.
- Hale; sound; robust; as a strong constitution.
- 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.
- Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as a strong partisan; a strong whig or tory.
- 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.
- Full of spirit; intoxicating; as strong liquors.
- Affecting the sight forcibly; as strong colors.
- Affecting the taste forcibly; as the strong flavor of onions.
- Affecting the smell powerfully; as a strong scent.
- Not of easy digestion; solid; as strong meat. Hebrews 5:7
- Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as a custom grown strong by time.
- Violent; vehement; earnest.“Who in the day of his flesh, when he offered up prayers with strong crying and tears--” Hebrews 5:7
- Able; furnished with abilities.
- 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.
- Having great force; comprising much in few words.
- Bright; glaring; vivid; as a strong light.
- 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.