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# חֶזְקָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2393

**strength** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

strength [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2393/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶזְקָה: n.f. strength, force [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2393/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. strength, force (strictly Inf. form from חזק v. Ges§ 45. 1 b)— of urgency of י׳’s hand in prophetic inspiration בְּחֶזְקַת הַיָּד֑ Is 8:11 (cf. חָזַק Ez 3:14). of royal power כְּחֶזְקָתוֹ 2 Ch 12:1; 26:16 (‖ חָזַק v 15), Dn 11:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: to (3); grew strong (1).

## In the verses

[2 Chronicles 12:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.12.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.12.1/#tree)

וַיְהִ֗י כְּהָכִ֞ין מַלְכ֤וּת רְחַבְעָם֙ וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ עָזַ֖ב אֶת־תּוֹרַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עִמּֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was just as.established the.kingdom of.Rehoboam and according to his.strengthening he.forsook (et) the.law of.Yahweh and all Israel \[was\].with him

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

[Isaiah 8:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.11/#tree)

כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י כְּחֶזְקַ֣ת הַיָּ֑ד וְיִסְּרֵ֕נִי מִלֶּ֛כֶת בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ הָֽעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.said Yahweh to me as grew.strong the hand and he will.instruct.me from walking in the.way of the.people (the) this (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, admonishing me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2393/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).