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חָזַק

cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb291 occurrences28 books266 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Traditional renderings: aid, amend, × calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָזַק:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

291 total
  1. Genesis 19:16וַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ · grabbed
    But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
  2. Genesis 21:18וְהַחֲזִ֥יקִי · and take
    Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
  3. Genesis 41:56וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק · was severe
    When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
  4. Genesis 41:57חָזַ֥ק · was severe
    And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
  5. Genesis 47:20חָזַ֥ק · was so severe
    So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
  6. Genesis 48:2וַיִּתְחַזֵּק֙ · rallied his strength
    When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
  7. Exodus 4:4וַיַּ֣חֲזֶק · and caught
    “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
  8. Exodus 4:21אֲחַזֵּ֣ק · will harden
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  9. Exodus 7:13וַיֶּחֱזַק֙ · was hardened
    Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
  10. Exodus 7:22וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק · was hardened
    But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
  11. Exodus 8:19וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק · was hardened
    “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
  12. Exodus 9:2מַחֲזִ֥יק · to restrain
    But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
  13. Exodus 9:12וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק · hardened
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.
  14. Exodus 9:35וַֽיֶּחֱזַק֙ · was hardened
    So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
  15. Exodus 10:20וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק · hardened
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
  16. Exodus 10:27וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק · hardened
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
  17. Exodus 11:10וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק · hardened
    Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.
  18. Exodus 12:33וַתֶּחֱזַ֤ק · urged
    And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
  19. Exodus 14:4וְחִזַּקְתִּ֣י · And I will harden
    And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
  20. Exodus 14:8וַיְחַזֵּ֣ק · hardened
    And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.
  21. Exodus 14:17מְחַזֵּק֙ · will harden
    And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
  22. Leviticus 25:35וְהֶֽחֱזַ֣קְתָּ · then you are to help
    Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
  23. Numbers 13:20וְהִ֨תְחַזַּקְתֶּ֔ם · Be courageous
    Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
  24. Deuteronomy 1:38חַזֵּ֔ק · Encourage him
    Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
  25. Deuteronomy 3:28וְחַזְּקֵ֣הוּ · encourage him
    But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
  26. Deuteronomy 11:8תֶּחֶזְק֗וּ · you may have the strength
    You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
  27. Deuteronomy 12:23חֲזַ֗ק · be sure
    Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
  28. Deuteronomy 22:25וְהֶחֱזִֽיק־ · overpowers
    But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
  29. Deuteronomy 25:11וְהֶחֱזִ֖יקָה · and grabs
    If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
  30. Deuteronomy 31:6חִזְק֣וּ · Be strong
    Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
  31. Deuteronomy 31:7חֲזַ֣ק · Be strong
    Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
  32. Deuteronomy 31:23חֲזַ֣ק · Be strong
    Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”
  33. Joshua 1:6חֲזַ֖ק · Be strong
    Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
  34. Joshua 1:7חֲזַ֨ק · be strong
    Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
  35. Joshua 1:9חֲזַ֣ק · to be strong
    Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
  36. Joshua 1:18חֲזַ֥ק · be strong
    Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”
  37. Joshua 10:25חִזְק֣וּ · Be strong
    “Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”
  38. Joshua 11:20לְחַזֵּ֣ק · to harden
    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  39. Joshua 17:13חָֽזְקוּ֙ · grew stronger
    However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.
  40. Joshua 23:6וַחֲזַקְתֶּ֣ם · strong, then
    Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
  41. Judges 1:28חָזַ֣ק · became stronger
    When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
  42. Judges 3:12וַיְחַזֵּ֨ק · power
    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
  43. Judges 7:8הֶֽחֱזִ֑יק · but kept
    So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
  44. Judges 7:11תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה · will be strengthened
    …and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
  45. Judges 7:20וַיַּחֲזִ֤יקוּ · Holding
    The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
  46. Judges 9:24חִזְּק֥וּ · had helped
    …in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
  47. Judges 16:26הַמַּחֲזִ֣יק · who held
    Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”
  48. Judges 16:28וְחַזְּקֵ֨נִי · Strengthen me
    Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
  49. Judges 19:4וַיֶּחֱזַק־ · persuaded him to stay
    His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.
  50. Judges 19:25וַיַּחֲזֵ֤ק · took
    But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.