H2388 חָזַק
châzaq — to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain,…
KJV: aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue…
Occurs 290 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חָזַק 291 vb. be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
- Qal
- I intrans. be or grow strong
- II transit. only strengthened him not
- Pi.
- 1 make strong (physically)
- 2 strengthen the hands (acc.) of anyone, sustain, encourage
- 3 make strong = bold, encourage
- 4 make firm
- 5 make rigid, hard, i.e. perverse, obstinate, harden
- Hiph.
- a make strong, strengthen
- b make firm, the kingdom
- c display strength
- 2 make severe, of battle
- 3 support
- 4 = repair
- 5 prevail
- 6 esp. take or keep hold of, seize, grasp
- Hithp.
- 1 strengthen oneself
- 2 put forth strength, use one's strength
- 3 withstand
- 4 hold strongly with
Where it occurs
- Genesis 19:16 — But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and his two daughters’ hands, the LORD being merciful…
- Genesis 21:18 — Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
- Genesis 41:56 — The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The…
- Genesis 41:57 — All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
- Genesis 47:20 — So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine…
- Genesis 48:2 — Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the…
- Exodus 4:4 — The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of…
- Exodus 4:21 — The LORD said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put…
- Exodus 7:13 — Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.
- Exodus 7:22 — The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t…