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H2388Hחָזַקcha.zaq

to strengthen: holdPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

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

Renderings

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Other meanings of H2388

  • H2388Gחָזַקcha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenH:VOccurrences: 201
  • H2388Iחָזַקcha.zaqto strengthen: ensureH:VOccurrences: 3
  • H2388Jחָזַקcha.zaqto strengthen: prevail overH:VOccurrences: 12
  • H2388Kחָזַקcha.zaqto strengthen: persevereH:VOccurrences: 4

71 occurrences in 70 verses

With their references and text in Young's Literal Translation.

  1. Genesis 19:16

    And he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of Jehovah unto him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest without the city.

    וַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ (יַּחֲזִ֨קוּ) i.ya.cha.Zi.ku “they took hold”

  2. Genesis 21:18

    rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'

    וְהַחֲזִ֥יקִי (הַחֲזִ֥יקִי) ha.cha.Zi.ki “take hold”

  3. Exodus 4:4

    And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Put forth thy hand, and lay hold on the tail of it;' and he putteth forth his hand, and layeth hold on it, and it becometh a rod in his hand --

    וַיַּ֣חֲזֶק (יַּ֣חֲזֶק) i.Ya.cha.zek “he took hold”

  4. Exodus 9:2

    for, if thou art refusing to send away, and art still keeping hold upon them,

    מַחֲזִ֥יק ma.cha.Zik “[are] keeping hold”

  5. Deuteronomy 22:25

    `And if in a field the man find the damsel who is betrothed, and the man hath laid hold on her, and lain with her, then hath the man who hath lain with her died alone;

    וְהֶחֱזִֽיק־ (הֶחֱזִֽיק) he.che.zik- “he will take hold”

  6. Deuteronomy 25:11

    `When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets,

    וְהֶחֱזִ֖יקָה (הֶחֱזִ֖יקָה) he.che.Zi.kah “she will take hold”

  7. Judges 7:8

    And the people take the provision in their hand, and their trumpets, and every man of Israel he hath sent away, each to his tents; and on the three hundred men he hath kept hold, and the camp of Midian hath been by him at the lower part of the valley.

    הֶֽחֱזִ֑יק he.che.Zik “he kept hold”

  8. Judges 7:20

    and the three detachments blow with trumpets, and break the pitchers, and keep hold with their left hand on the lamps, and with their right hand on the trumpets to blow, and they cry, `The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.'

    וַיַּחֲזִ֤יקוּ (יַּחֲזִ֤יקוּ) i.ya.cha.Zi.ku “they took hold”

  9. Judges 16:26

    And Samson saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, `Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I lean upon them.'

    הַמַּחֲזִ֣יק (מַּחֲזִ֣יק) ma.cha.Zik “kept hold”

  10. Judges 19:4

    And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.

    וַיֶּחֱזַק־ (יֶּחֱזַק) i.ye.che.zak- “he took hold”

  11. Judges 19:25

    And the men have not been willing to hearken to him, and the man taketh hold on his concubine, and bringeth `her' out unto them without, and they know her, and roll themselves upon her all the night, till the morning, and send her away in the ascending of the dawn;

    וַיַּחֲזֵ֤ק (יַּחֲזֵ֤ק) i.ya.cha.Zek “he took hold”

  12. Judges 19:29

    and cometh in unto his house, and taketh the knife, and layeth hold on his concubine, and cutteth her in pieces to her bones -- into twelve pieces, and sendeth her into all the border of Israel.

    וַיַּחֲזֵ֣ק (יַּחֲזֵ֣ק) i.ya.cha.Zek “he took hold”

  13. 1 Samuel 15:27

    And Samuel turneth round to go, and he layeth hold on the skirt of his upper robe -- and it is rent!

    וַיַּחֲזֵ֥ק (יַּחֲזֵ֥ק) i.ya.cha.Zek “he took hold”

  14. 1 Samuel 17:35

    and I have gone out after him, and smitten him, and delivered out of his mouth, and he riseth against me, and I have taken hold on his beard, and smitten him, and put him to death.

    וְהֶחֱזַ֙קְתִּי֙ (הֶחֱזַ֙קְתִּי֙) he.che.Zak.ti “I took hold”

  15. 2 Samuel 1:11

    And David taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them, and also all the men who `are' with him,

    וַיַּחֲזֵ֥ק (יַּחֲזֵ֥ק) i.ya.cha.Zek “he took hold”

  16. 2 Samuel 2:16

    And they lay hold, each on the head of his companion, and his sword `is' in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and `one' calleth that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which `is' in Gibeon,

    וַֽיַּחֲזִ֜קוּ (יַּחֲזִ֜קוּ) i.ya.cha.Zi.ku “they took hold”

  17. 2 Samuel 3:29

    it doth stay on the head of Joab, and on all the house of his father, and there is not cut off from the house of Joab one having an issue, and leprous, and laying hold on a staff, and falling by a sword, and lacking bread.'

    וּמַחֲזִ֥יק (מַחֲזִ֥יק) ma.cha.Zik “[one who] takes hold”

  18. 2 Samuel 13:11

    and she bringeth nigh unto him to eat, and he layeth hold on her, and saith to her, `Come, lie with me, my sister.'

    וַיַּֽחֲזֶק־ (יַּֽחֲזֶק) i.ya.cha.zek- “he took hold”

  19. 2 Samuel 15:5

    And it hath come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he hath put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;

    וְהֶחֱזִ֥יק (הֶחֱזִ֥יק) he.che.Zik “he took hold of”

  20. 2 Samuel 18:9

    And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that `is' under him hath passed on.

    וַיֶּחֱזַ֧ק (יֶּחֱזַ֧ק) i.ye.che.Zak “it was firm”

  21. 1 Kings 1:50

    and Adonijah feareth because of Solomon, and riseth, and goeth, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.

    וַֽיַּחֲזֵ֖ק (יַּחֲזֵ֖ק) i.ya.cha.Zek “he took hold”

  22. 1 Kings 2:28

    And the report hath come unto Joab -- for Joab hath turned aside after Adonijah, though after Absalom he did not turn aside -- and Joab fleeth unto the tent of Jehovah, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.

    וַֽיַּחֲזֵ֖ק (יַּחֲזֵ֖ק) i.ya.cha.Zek “he took hold”

  23. 1 Kings 9:9

    and they have said, Because that they have forsaken Jehovah their God, who brought out their fathers from the land of Egypt, and they lay hold on other gods, and bow themselves to them, and serve them; therefore hath Jehovah brought in upon them all this evil.'

    וַֽיַּחֲזִ֙קוּ֙ (יַּחֲזִ֙קוּ֙) i.ya.cha.Zi.ku “they took hold”

  24. 2 Kings 2:12

    And Elisha is seeing, and he is crying, `My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen;' and he hath not seen him again; and he taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them into two pieces.

    וַֽיַּחֲזֵק֙ (יַּחֲזֵק֙) i.ya.cha.Zek “he took hold”

  25. 2 Kings 4:27

    And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, `Let her alone, for her soul `is' bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden `it' from me, and hath not declared `it' to me.'

    וַֽתַּחֲזֵ֖ק (תַּחֲזֵ֖ק) ta.cha.Zek “she took hold”