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Strong's #2393 - חֶזְקָה
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
1) strength, strong, being strong, force
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2152) qzh (ההזק HhZQ) AC: Seize CO: ? AB: Strength: A strong grabbing hold to refrain or support.
V) qzh (ההזק HhZQ) - Seize: To grab hold tightly. To refrain or support by grabbing hold. KJV (290): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel) strong, repair, hold, strengthen, harden, prevail, encourage, take, courage, caught, stronger - Strongs: H2388 (חָזַק)
Nm) qzh (ההזק HhZQ) - Strong: The strength of something that refrains or supports. KJV (60): strong, mighty, sore, hard, hot, impudent, loud, stiffhearted, louder, stronger, strength - Strongs: H2389 (חָזָק), H2390 (חָזֵק), H2391 (חֵזֶק)
Nf1) eqzh (ההזקה HhZQH) - Strength: KJV (10): strong, strength, strengthen, force, mighty, repair, sharply - Strongs: H2393 (חֶזְקָה), H2394 (חָזְקָה)
gm) qzfh (ההוזק HhWZQ) - Strength: KJV (5): strength - Strongs: H2392 (חֹזֶק)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 of urgency of׳י s hand in prophetic inspiration בְּחֶזְקַת הַיָד֑ Isaiah 8:11 (compare חָזַק Ezekiel 3:14).
2 of royal powerכְּחֶזְקָתוֺ 2 Chronicles 12:1; 26:16 ("" חָזַק 2 Chronicles 26:15), Daniel 11:2.
חֶזְקָה properly inf. of the verb חָזַק
(1) כְּתֶזְקָתוֹ 2 Chronicles 12:1, 26:16, “in his being strong,” when he had become strong.
(2) Isaiah 8:11, בְּחֶזְקַת־הַיָּד “in the hand (of God) being strong,” i.e. impelling me, being impelled by the Spirit of God, comp. the verb, Ezekiel 3:14; Jeremiah 20:7.
(3) Daniel 11:2, כְּחֶזְקָתוֹ בְעָשְׁרוֹ “in his being strong in his riches,” i.e. confiding in them.
