יָעַז
yâʻaz · H3267 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to be arrogant, to be proud, to be insolent
Meaning unsure; possibly: state in which humans are overly confident
ExamplesIsaiah 33:19 You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.
How it’s used
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Contrasting words 1 word
- רַךְ rak · H7390 · timid, soft, delicate
- Hebrew adjective describing tender or timid character, the opposite of fierce or bold disposition
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἄγριος ágrios · G66 · violent, stormy, wild
- Greek adjective meaning wild or fierce, commonly used to translate Hebrew terms denoting fierceness or savagery
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Confident002001002003
- יָעַז carries a sense of boldness or assertive confidence, part of the fierce, unyielding quality the word describes.
- Great002001002012
- יָעַז describes a people characterized as fierce or overwhelming, one Judah will 'no longer see' once their oppressors are removed (Isaiah 33:19).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3267. yaaz [יָעַז] verb only Niph`al Participle as adjective (precise meaning dubious;…
[יָעַז] verb only
Niph`al Participle as adjective (precise meaning dubious; Arabic is give a nod or sign, then command, whence Hebrew might have meaning nodding, making signs (not intelligibly speaking), so Hi — Che barbarous, De 'ungeberdig' — which context favours, or arrogant; Thes proposes durus, saevus, and compare עזז) — in phrase נוֺעָז עַם Isa 33:19 a barbarous (?) people, of foreign invader.
יעזיהו יעזיאל, see below עזה.
יַעְזִרִ see below עזר. p. 741.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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
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