# H5794 עַז

עַז (ʻaz), Strong’s H5794: strong, vehement, harsh KJV: fierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.. Occurs 24 times.

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*ʻaz* — strong, vehement, harsh

KJV: fierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.

Derived from [עָזַז ʻâzaz](https://besorah.bible/word/H5810) (to be stout)

Occurs 24 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עַז adj. strong, mighty, fierce

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 49:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=3) — “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
- [Genesis 49:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=7) — Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter…
- [Exodus 14:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=21) — Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and…
- [Numbers 13:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/13?v=28) — However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the…
- [Numbers 21:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/21?v=24) — Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children…
- [Deuteronomy 28:50](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=50) — a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young.
- [Judges 14:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=14) — He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days…
- [Judges 14:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=18) — The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is…
- [2 Samuel 22:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=18) — He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
- [Isaiah 19:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/19?v=4) — I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them,” says the Lord, GOD of…