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# חֵזֶק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2391

**strength** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

strength [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2391/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֵ֫זֶק: strength [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2391/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] strength, only י׳ חִזְקִי ψ 18:2 (om. by error ‖ 2 S 22:2 where 𝔊L ἰσχύς μου). (De al. der. from חֹזֶק, but \[חֶזְקָה\] favours חֵזֶק).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: strength (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 18:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.2/#tree)

וַיֹּאמַ֡ר אֶרְחָמְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה חִזְקִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said I love.you O.Yahweh strength my

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2391/): 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).