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H2388Gחָזַקcha.zaq

to strengthen: strengthenPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. 6
  6. 8
  7. 6
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 3
  10. 11
  11. 5
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 29
  15. 5
  16. 38
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. 3
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 9
  24. 5
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 12
  27. 10
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. 2
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 3
  38. 2
  39. 1

Renderings

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Other meanings of H2388

  • H2388Hחָזַקcha.zaqto strengthen: holdH:VOccurrences: 71
  • H2388Iחָזַקcha.zaqto strengthen: ensureH:VOccurrences: 3
  • H2388Jחָזַקcha.zaqto strengthen: prevail overH:VOccurrences: 12
  • H2388Kחָזַקcha.zaqto strengthen: persevereH:VOccurrences: 4

201 occurrences in 179 verses

With their references and text in American Standard Version.

  1. Jeremiah 23:14

    In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

    וְחִזְּקוּ֙ (חִזְּקוּ֙) chi.ze.Ku “they have strengthened”

  2. Jeremiah 51:12

    Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both purposed and done that which he spake concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

    הַחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ ha.cha.Zi.ku “strengthen”

  3. Jeremiah 52:6

    In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

    וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק (יֶּחֱזַ֥ק) i.ye.che.Zak “it was severe”

  4. Ezekiel 3:14

    So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

    חָזָֽקָה׃ cha.Za.kah “it was strong”

  5. Ezekiel 7:13

    For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

    יִתְחַזָּֽקוּ׃ yit.cha.Za.ku “they will strengthen themselves”

  6. Ezekiel 13:22

    Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive:

    וּלְחַזֵּק֙ (חַזֵּק֙) cha.Zek “strengthen”

  7. Ezekiel 16:49

    Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

    הֶחֱזִֽיקָה׃ he.che.Zi.kah “she strengthened”

  8. Ezekiel 22:14

    Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it.

    תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה te.che.Zak.nah “will they be strong”

  9. Ezekiel 27:9

    The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to deal in thy merchandise.

    מַחֲזִיקֵ֖י ma.cha.zi.Kei “[the] repairers of”

  10. Ezekiel 27:27

    Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the dealers in thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

    מַחֲזִיקֵ֣י ma.cha.zi.Kei “[the] repairers of”

  11. Ezekiel 30:21

    Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply [supplied: healing] medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.

    לְחָזְקָ֖הּ (חָזְקָ֖) cha.ze.Ka “be strong”

  12. Ezekiel 30:24

    And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

    וְחִזַּקְתִּ֗י (חִזַּקְתִּ֗י) chi.zak.Ti “I will make strong”

  13. Ezekiel 30:25

    And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

    וְהַחֲזַקְתִּ֗י (הַחֲזַקְתִּ֗י) ha.cha.zak.Ti “I will strengthen”

  14. Ezekiel 34:4

    The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.

    חִזַּקְתֶּ֜ם chi.zak.Tem “you have strengthened”

  15. Ezekiel 34:16

    I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

    אֲחַזֵּ֑ק 'a.cha.Zek “I will make strong”

  16. Daniel 10:18

    Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.

    וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽנִי׃ (יְחַזְּקֵֽ) y.cha.ze.Ke. “he strengthened”

  17. Daniel 10:19

    And he said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he spake unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

    חֲזַ֣ק cha.Zak “be strong”וַחֲזָ֑ק (חֲזָ֑ק) cha.Zak “be strong”הִתְחַזַּ֔קְתִּי hit.cha.Zak.ti “I strengthened myself”חִזַּקְתָּֽנִי׃ (חִזַּקְתָּֽ) chi.zak.Ta. “you have strengthened”

  18. Daniel 10:21

    But I will tell thee that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me against these, but Michael your prince.

    מִתְחַזֵּ֤ק mit.cha.Zek “[who] shows himself strong”

  19. Daniel 11:1

    And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.

    לְמַחֲזִ֥יק (מַחֲזִ֥יק) ma.cha.Zik “a strengthener”

  20. Daniel 11:5

    And the king of the south shall be strong, and [supplied: one] of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.

    וְיֶחֱזַ֥ק (יֶחֱזַ֥ק) ye.che.Zak “he may become strong”וְיֶחֱזַ֤ק (יֶחֱזַ֤ק) ye.che.Zak “he may become strong”

  21. Daniel 11:6

    And at the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in those times.

    וּמַחֲזִקָ֖הּ (מַחֲזִקָ֖) ma.cha.zi.Ka “[the one who] strengthened”

  22. Hosea 7:15

    Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.

    חִזַּ֖קְתִּי chi.Zak.ti “I strengthened”

  23. Micah 7:18

    Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.

    הֶחֱזִ֤יק he.che.Zik “he keeps hold of”

  24. Nahum 2:1

    He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

    חַזֵּ֣ק cha.Zek “strengthen”

  25. Nahum 3:14

    Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.

    חַזְּקִ֖י cha.ze.Ki “strengthen”