חׇזְקָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2394

strength — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

strength tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָזְקָה: n.f. strength, force, violence Qal tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. strength, force, violence, always בְּחָזְקָה, with strength, force, etc.;— of oppression Ju 4:3 forcibly, violently; capture by force 1 S 2:16; Ez 34:4 of ruling בְּח׳ וּבְפָ֑רֶךְ with force and with rigour. rebuke severely, sharply Ju 8:1; cry mightily, insistently Jon 3:8.—לְחָזְקָה 2 K 12:13 v. חָזַק Qal Inf.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: force (5).

In the verses

Judges 4:3 · tree →

וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֠י תְּשַׁ֨ע מֵא֤וֹת רֶֽכֶב־בַּרְזֶל֙ ל֔וֹ וְ֠הוּא לָחַ֞ץ אֶת־בְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּחָזְקָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃ס

Word for word: and they.cried.out the.people of.Israel to Yahweh (dm) nine hundred(s) chariot[s] of.iron [belonged].to him and he he.oppressed (et) the.people of.Israel by force twenty year[s]

JPS 1917: And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

Jonah 3:8 · tree →

וְיִתְכַּסּ֣וּ שַׂקִּ֗ים הָֽאָדָם֙ וְהַבְּהֵמָ֔ה וְיִקְרְא֥וּ אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּחָזְקָ֑ה וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּ אִ֚ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָֽרָעָ֔ה וּמִן־הֶחָמָ֖ס אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃

Word for word: and let.them.cover.themselves sackcloth(s) the people and the livestock and let.them.call.out to God with force and let.them.turn.back everyone from way his (the) evil and from the violence which [is].in palms their

JPS 1917: but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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