חָזַק

cha.zaq

Hebrew H2388 Verb 291 occurrences in 266 verses
חָזַק to strengthen: strengthen

1. to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore

a. (Qal)

1. to be strong, grow strong

a. to prevail, prevail upon

b. to be firm, be caught fast, be secure

c. to press, be urgent

d. to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense)

e. to be severe, be grievous

2. to strengthen

b. (Piel)

1. to make strong

2. to restore to strength, give strength

3. to strengthen, sustain, encourage

4. to make strong, make bold, encourage

5. to make firm

6. to make rigid, make hard

c. (Hiphil)

1. to make strong, strengthen

2. to make firm

3. to display strength

4. to make severe

5. to support

6. to repair

7. to prevail, prevail upon

8. to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support

9. to hold, contain

d. (Hithpael)

1. to strengthen oneself

2. to put forth strength, use one's strength

3. to withstand

4. to hold strongly with

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 266 verses

  1. Judges 19:29 וַיַּחֲזֵ֣ק

    When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

  2. Judges 20:22 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֥ק

    But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.

  3. 1 Samuel 4:9 הִֽתְחַזְּק֞וּ

    Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”

  4. 1 Samuel 15:27 וַיַּחֲזֵ֥ק

    As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

  5. 1 Samuel 17:35 וְהֶחֱזַ֙קְתִּי֙

    I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.

  6. 1 Samuel 17:50 וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק

    Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

  7. 1 Samuel 23:16 וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק

    And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

  8. 1 Samuel 30:6 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק

    And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

  9. 2 Samuel 1:11 וַיַּחֲזֵ֥ק

    Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

  10. 2 Samuel 2:7 תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה

    Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”

  11. 2 Samuel 2:16 וַֽיַּחֲזִ֜קוּ

    Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.

  12. 2 Samuel 3:6 מִתְחַזֵּ֖ק

    During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.

  13. 2 Samuel 3:29 וּמַחֲזִ֥יק

    May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”

  14. 2 Samuel 10:11 תֶּחֱזַ֤קיֶחֱזְק֣וּ

    “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.

  15. 2 Samuel 10:12 חֲזַ֤קוְנִתְחַזַּק֙

    Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

  16. 2 Samuel 11:25 הַחֲזֵ֨קוְחַזְּקֵֽהוּ׃

    Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”

  17. 2 Samuel 13:11 וַיַּֽחֲזֶק־

    And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”

  18. 2 Samuel 13:14 וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק

    But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.

  19. 2 Samuel 13:28 חִזְק֖וּ

    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

  20. 2 Samuel 15:5 וְהֶחֱזִ֥יק

    Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.

  21. 2 Samuel 16:21 וְחָ֣זְק֔וּ

    Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

  22. 2 Samuel 18:9 וַיֶּחֱזַ֧ק

    Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.

  23. 2 Samuel 24:4 וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק

    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.

  24. 1 Kings 1:50 וַֽיַּחֲזֵ֖ק

    But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

  25. 1 Kings 2:2 וְחָזַקְתָּ֖

    “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.

  26. 1 Kings 2:28 וַֽיַּחֲזֵ֖ק

    When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

  27. 1 Kings 9:9 וַֽיַּחֲזִ֙קוּ֙

    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”

  28. 1 Kings 16:22 וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק

    But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

  29. 1 Kings 20:22 הִתְחַזַּ֔ק

    Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”

  30. 1 Kings 20:23 חָזְק֣וּנֶחֱזַ֖ק

    Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.

  31. 1 Kings 20:25 נֶחֱזַ֖ק

    And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.

  32. 2 Kings 2:12 וַֽיַּחֲזֵק֙

    As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.

  33. 2 Kings 3:26 חָזַ֥ק

    When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.

  34. 2 Kings 4:8 וַתַּחֲזֶק־

    One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

  35. 2 Kings 4:27 וַֽתַּחֲזֵ֖ק

    When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

  36. 2 Kings 12:5 יְחַזְּקוּ֙

    Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”

  37. 2 Kings 12:6 חִזְּק֥וּ

    By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.

  38. 2 Kings 12:7 מְחַזְּקִ֖ים

    So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”

  39. 2 Kings 12:8 חַזֵּ֖ק

    So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

  40. 2 Kings 12:12 לְחַזֵּ֖קלְחָזְקָֽה׃

    masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.

  41. 2 Kings 12:14 וְחִזְּקוּ־

    Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

  42. 2 Kings 14:5 חָזְקָ֥ה

    As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

  43. 2 Kings 15:19 לְהַחֲזִ֥יק

    Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.

  44. 2 Kings 22:5 לְחַזֵּ֖ק

    And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD—

  45. 2 Kings 22:6 לְחַזֵּ֖ק

    to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.

  46. 2 Kings 25:3 וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק

    By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

  47. 1 Chronicles 11:10 הַמִּתְחַזְּקִ֨ים

    Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

  48. 1 Chronicles 19:12 תֶּחֱזַ֤קיֶֽחֶזְק֥וּ

    “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.

  49. 1 Chronicles 19:13 חֲזַ֤קוְנִֽתְחַזְּקָה֙

    Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

  50. 1 Chronicles 21:4 חָזַ֣ק

    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.

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