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# עֱזוּז

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5807

**strength** — used 3 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/1506/5807/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֱזוּז: strength, might, fierceness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5807/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] strength, might, fierceness = עֹז;—cstr. ע׳ מִלְחָמָה Is 42:25 fierceness of battle (from י׳; = חֵמָה אַפּוֹ), ע׳ נוֹרְאֹתֶיךָ ψ 145:6; sf. עֱזוּזוֹ וְנִפְלְאֹתָיו 78:4.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 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: fierceness (1); might (1); the might (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 145:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.145.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.145.6/#tree)

וֶעֱז֣וּז נוֹרְאֹתֶ֣יךָ יֹאמֵ֑רוּ וּגְדוּלָּתְךָ֥ אֲסַפְּרֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* and the.might of your.awesome.\[deeds\] they.will.tell and greatness your I will.recount.it

*JPS 1917:* And men shall speak of the might of Thy tremendous acts; and I will tell of Thy greatness.

[Psalms 78:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.4/#tree)

לֹ֤א נְכַחֵ֨ד ׀ מִבְּנֵיהֶ֗ם לְד֥וֹר אַחֲר֗וֹן מְֽ֭סַפְּרִים תְּהִלּ֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה וֶעֱזוּז֥וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* not we.will.hide from descendants their to a.generation later \[we.will\].recount the.praises of.Yahweh and might his and wonders his which he.has.done

*JPS 1917:* We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5807.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5807/): 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).