Strength
עֱזוּזStrong’s H5807ezuz (e-zuz)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ezuz is the Hebrew word usually translated “might his”, “might of” and “fierceness of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.”
Meaning
- Strength, fierceness, might
How it's translated
- and might his 1
- and might of 1
- and fierceness of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 145:6And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
- Isaiah 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Hebrew dictionary
עֱזוּז ezuz · strength
strength, fierceness, might
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.