חֹזֶק
chôzeq · H2392 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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strength, power
State in which humans or deities are strong in a physical, political, or military sense
ExamplesExodus 13:3 And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you departed from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the LORD brought you out from this place. And nothing with yeast shall be eaten.
Exodus 13:14 “And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
Exodus 13:16 “So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and as phylacteries on your forehead, for with a powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- יָדhand, power 3
- מַמְלָכָהkingdom, kingship 1
- נוּour 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁמַדto destroy, to exterminate, to wipe out 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 8
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- עֹז ʻôz · H5797 · strong, mighty, strength
- עֹז is a synonymous Hebrew noun for strength/might that can be used interchangeably with חֹזֶק in contexts describing physical or martial strength
- כֹּחַ kôach · H3581 · strength, power, ability
- כֹּחַ denotes strength, capacity, or vigor as an inherent quality or resource, closely parallel to חֹזֶק but emphasizing capability or potency
- גְּבוּרָה gᵉbûwrâh · H1369 · greatness, ability, might
- גְּבוּרָה refers to strength or might often in a heroic or martial context, synonymous with חֹזֶק but carrying connotations of valor or prowess
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἰσχύς ischýs · G2479 · capability, strength
- ἰσχύς is the standard Greek noun for physical or active strength/might, directly corresponding to Hebrew חֹזֶק as a concrete manifestation of power or force
- κράτος krátos · G2904 · power, might, mighty deed
- κράτος denotes strength as manifest power or dominion, particularly sovereign strength, and is a natural Greek equivalent for the Hebrew abstract noun for strength
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Strong002001001063
- The noun names physical strength or might, as Samson's great strength that no one could resist (Judges 16 context) or the might of a mighty hand.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2392. chozeq חֹ֫זֶק noun masculine strength; — ׳ח construct Exo 13:3 Exo 13:3t.;…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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