Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H2388

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Original: חזק

Transliteration: chazaq (châzaq)

Phonetic: khaw-zak'

BDB Definition:

to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
1. (Qal)
  1. to be strong, grow strong
    1. to prevail, prevail upon
    2. to be firm, be caught fast, be secure
    3. to press, be urgent
    4. to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense)
    5. to be severe, be grievous
  2. to strengthen
2. (Piel)
  1. to make strong
  2. to restore to strength, give strength
  3. to strengthen, sustain, encourage
  4. to make strong, make bold, encourage
  5. to make firm
  6. to make rigid, make hard
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to make strong, strengthen
  2. to make firm
  3. to display strength
  4. to make severe
  5. to support
  6. to repair
  7. to prevail, prevail upon
  8. to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support
  9. to hold, contain
4. (Hithpael)
  1. to strengthen oneself
  2. to put forth strength, use one's strength
  3. to withstand
  4. to hold strongly with

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 636

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence to seize, be strong (figuratively courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate ; to bind, restrain, conquer: - aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage (-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengten (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong (-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (288x)

Against Me, I Caught (1x)

Against Them, And Shall Prevail (1x)

Also He Strengthened (1x)

Also Repaired (1x)

And Amend (1x)

And Be Strong (2x)

And Caught (1x)

And Caught Hold (2x)

And Could Not Withstand (1x)

And Encourage (1x)

And Encouraged (1x)

And Fortified (1x)

And Have Taken Hold (1x)

And He Fastened (1x)

And He Fortified (1x)

And He Hardened (1x)

And He Shall Be Strong (1x)

And He Strengthened (1x)

And Held (1x)

And Hold (1x)

And I Was Strengthened (1x)

And I Will Harden (1x)

And I Will Strengthen (1x)

And I, Behold, I Will Harden (1x)

And Laid Hold (2x)

And Let Them Repair (1x)

And Let Us Behave Ourselves Valiantly (1x)

And Let Us Play The Men (1x)

And Obtain (1x)

And Prevailed (2x)

And Repaired (3x)

And Retained (1x)

And She Constrained (1x)

And Still He Holdeth Fast (1x)

And Strengthen (2x)

And Strengthened (2x)

And Taketh (1x)

And They Caught (1x)

And Thou Hast Strengthened (1x)

And To Give Strength (1x)

And Took (2x)

And Was Recovered (1x)

And Will Hold (1x)

And Will Strengthen (1x)

And Wilt Hold (1x)

Be Made Strong (1x)

Be Of Good Courage (5x)

Be Strengthened (2x)

Be Strong (15x)

Be Thou Strong (1x)

Be Too Strong (4x)

Be Ye Strong (1x)

Became Mighty (1x)

But I Will Harden (1x)

But I Will Strengthen (1x)

But, Being Stronger (1x)

Caught Hold (1x)

Courageous (1x)

Courageously (1x)

Did Help (1x)

Encouraged (3x)

Even Shall Take Hold (1x)

For He Hath Strengthened (1x)

For He Strengthened (1x)

For Thou Hast Strengthened (1x)

Force (1x)

Fortify (1x)

Had Not Repaired (1x)

Had, Who Strengthened (1x)

Hardened (5x)

Harder (1x)

Hath Seized (1x)

Hath Taken Hold (2x)

Have Been Stout (1x)

Have Taken (1x)

Have Ye Not Strengthened (1x)

He Laid Hold (1x)

He Retaineth (1x)

He Shall Hold (1x)

He Strengthened (1x)

He Took Courage (1x)

He Took Hold (1x)

He Was Strong (1x)

Held (1x)

Held Them Fast (1x)

Her, And He That Strengthened (1x)

Him No More: And He Took Hold (1x)

Him Repaired (12x)

Him, But Strengthened (1x)

Himself To Take Hold (1x)

I Have Holden (1x)

I Hold (1x)

I Took (1x)

If He Be Constant (1x)

In His Stead, And Strengthened (1x)

It Received (1x)

It, And Taketh Hold (1x)

It, To Make It Strong (1x)

It: And Encourage (1x)

100

Laid Hold (1x)

101

Layeth Hold (1x)

102

Made Himself Strong (1x)

103

Make Strong (1x)

104

Me, And Take Hold (1x)

105

Me, I Pray Thee, And Strengthen (1x)

106

Might Be With Him To Confirm (1x)

107

More Strong (1x)

108

Neither Did She Strengthen (1x)

109

Of Them Held (2x)

110

One That Taketh (1x)

111

Only Be Strong (1x)

112

Only Be Sure (1x)

113

Only Be Thou Strong (1x)

114

Or Let Him Take Hold (1x)

115

Or That Leaneth (1x)

116

Prevailed (6x)

117

Repaired (21x)

118

Retained (1x)

119

Shall Be Among Them; And They Shall Lay Hold (1x)

120

Shall Be Strong (2x)

121

Shall Prevail (1x)

122

Shall Take Hold (2x)

123

She Caught (1x)

124

So She Caught (1x)

125

So They Strengthened (2x)

126

Sore (1x)

127

Strengthen (5x)

128

Strengthened (6x)

129

Strong (3x)

130

Surely We Shall Be Stronger (1x)

131

Take Fast Hold (1x)

132

Take Hold (1x)

133

That Held (1x)

134

That Holdeth (1x)

135

That Taketh (1x)

136

That They Might Be Encouraged (1x)

137

That Ye May Be Strong (2x)

138

Thee? Be Strong (1x)

139

Them Repaired (1x)

140

Them Strengthened (1x)

141

Then Thou Shalt Relieve (1x)

142

Therefore They Were Stronger (1x)

143

Therein, Or Not. And Be Ye Of Good Courage (1x)

144

Thereof Were In Thee Thy Calkers (1x)

145

They Clave (1x)

146

They Encourage (1x)

147

They Fasten (1x)

148

They Hold (1x)

149

They Shall Hold (1x)

150

They Shall Lay Hold (1x)

151

They Strengthen (1x)

152

Thither: Encourage (1x)

153

Thou Art Stronger (1x)

154

Thy Calkers (1x)

155

To Confirm (1x)

156

To Harden (1x)

157

To Maintain (1x)

158

To Mend (1x)

159

To Repair (6x)

160

To Shew Himself Strong (1x)

161

To Them That Lay Hold (1x)

162

To Withstand (1x)

163

Took (1x)

164

Took Hold (2x)

165

Unto Him, Dost Thou Still Retain (1x)

166

Unto Me, I Was Strengthened (1x)

167

Unto Thee, Be Strong (1x)

168

Unto Them, To Strengthen (1x)

169

Unto Them, Why Repair (1x)

170

Was Confirmed (1x)

171

Was Established (1x)

172

Was Hardened (3x)

173

Was Sore (1x)

174

Was Strengthened (1x)

175

Was Strong (2x)

176

Was Too Sore (1x)

177

Waxed Mighty (1x)

178

Waxed Sore (1x)

179

We Shall Be Stronger (1x)

180

Were Urgent (1x)

181

Were Waxen Strong (1x)

182

Whom I Have Taken (1x)

183

Will Hold (1x)

184

With Thee Be Strong (1x)

185

With Thee: Be Of Good Courage (1x)

186

Yea, Also I Continued (1x)

187

Yea, Be Strong (1x)

188

Yet Now Be Strong (1x)

189

You? Be Courageous (1x)

All Occurrences

2 Samuel 13:14

Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.(k)

(l)

2 Samuel 15:5

And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

2 Samuel 16:21

And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

2 Samuel 18:9

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

2 Samuel 24:4

Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

1 Kings 1:50

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 2:2

I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

1 Kings 2:28

Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord , and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 9:9

And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.

1 Kings 16:22

But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

1 Kings 20:22

And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

1 Kings 20:23

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

1 Kings 20:25

And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.(j)

2 Kings 2:12

And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

2 Kings 3:26

And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

2 Kings 4:8

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.(c)

(d)

2 Kings 4:27

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.(h)

(i)

2 Kings 12:5

Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

2 Kings 12:6

But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.(d)

2 Kings 12:7

Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

2 Kings 12:8

And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

2 Kings 12:12

And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord , and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.(i)

2 Kings 12:14

But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord .

2 Kings 14:5

And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

2 Kings 15:19

And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

2 Kings 22:5

And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord : and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the Lord , to repair the breaches of the house,

2 Kings 22:6

Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

2 Kings 25:3

And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

1 Chronicles 11:10

These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.(h)

1 Chronicles 19:12

And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight.

1 Chronicles 21:4

Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H2388

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H2388