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Mighty

עִזּוּזStrong’s H5808

izzuz (iz-zuz)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

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

“Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.”
Psalms 24:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. Powerful, mighty
How it's translated
  • strong 1
  • and a strong 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 1
  • Isaiah 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

עִזּוּז izzuz · mighty

powerful, mighty

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

MI'GHTY, adjective

Having great bodily strength or physical power; very strong or vigorous; as a mighty arm.

  1. Very strong; valiant; bold; as a mighty man of valor. Judges 6:12
  2. Very powerful; having great command.“Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth” Genesis 10:8
  3. Very strong in numbers; as a mighty nation. Genesis 18:18
  4. Very strong or great in corporeal power; very able.“Wo to them that are mighty to drink wine” Isaiah 5:22
All definitions and other forms of “mighty”
  1. Violent; very loud; as mighty thunderings. Exodus 9:28Psalms 68:33
  2. Vehement; rushing with violence; as a mighty wind or tempest. Exodus 10:19Revelation 6:13
  3. Very great; vast; as mighty waters. Nehemiah 9:11
  4. Very great or strong; as mighty power. 2 Chronicles 26:12
  5. Very forcible; efficacious; as, great is truth and mighty
  6. Very great or eminent in intellect or acquirements; as the mighty Scaliger and Selden.
  7. Great; wonderful; performed with great power; as mighty works. Matthew 11:20
  8. Very severe and distressing; as a mighty famine. Luke 15:14
  9. Very great, large or populous; as a mighty city. Revelation 18:10
  10. Important; momentous.

MI'GHTY, adverb

In a great degree; very; as might wise; mighty thoughtful. [Colloquial.]

    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.