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. 1 Chronicles 22:13 חֲזַ֣ק

    Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

  2. 1 Chronicles 26:27 לְחַזֵּ֖ק

    They had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.

  3. 1 Chronicles 28:7 יֶחֱזַ֗ק

    I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’

  4. 1 Chronicles 28:10 חֲזַ֥ק

    Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”

  5. 1 Chronicles 28:20 חֲזַ֤ק

    David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

  6. 1 Chronicles 29:12 וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק

    Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

  7. 2 Chronicles 1:1 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֛ק

    Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.

  8. 2 Chronicles 4:5 מַחֲזִ֣יק

    It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.

  9. 2 Chronicles 7:22 וַֽיַּחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙

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

  10. 2 Chronicles 8:3 וַיֶּחֱזַ֖ק

    Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

  11. 2 Chronicles 11:11 וַיְחַזֵּ֖ק

    He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.

  12. 2 Chronicles 11:12 וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֖ם

    He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

  13. 2 Chronicles 11:17 וַֽיְחַזְּקוּ֙

    So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.

  14. 2 Chronicles 12:13 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק

    Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

  15. 2 Chronicles 13:7 הִתְחַזַּ֖ק

    Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

  16. 2 Chronicles 13:8 לְהִתְחַזֵּק֙

    And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  17. 2 Chronicles 13:21 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק

    But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  18. 2 Chronicles 15:7 חִזְק֔וּ

    But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”

  19. 2 Chronicles 15:8 הִתְחַזַּ֗ק

    When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

  20. 2 Chronicles 16:9 לְ֠הִתְחַזֵּק

    For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”

  21. 2 Chronicles 17:1 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖ק

    Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.

  22. 2 Chronicles 19:11 חִזְק֣וּ

    Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”

  23. 2 Chronicles 21:4 וַיִּתְחַזַּ֔ק

    When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.

  24. 2 Chronicles 23:1 הִתְחַזַּ֣ק

    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

  25. 2 Chronicles 24:5 לְחַזֵּ֣ק׀

    So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.

  26. 2 Chronicles 24:12 לְחַזֵּ֖ק

    Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

  27. 2 Chronicles 25:3 חָזְקָ֥ה

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

  28. 2 Chronicles 25:8 חֲזַ֣ק

    Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”

  29. 2 Chronicles 25:11 הִתְחַזַּ֔ק

    Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,

  30. 2 Chronicles 26:8 הֶחֱזִ֖יק

    The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he had become exceedingly powerful.

  31. 2 Chronicles 26:9 וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃

    Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.

  32. 2 Chronicles 26:15 חָזָֽק׃

    And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.

  33. 2 Chronicles 27:5 וַיֶּחֱזַ֣ק

    Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

  34. 2 Chronicles 27:6 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖ק

    So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

  35. 2 Chronicles 28:15 וַיַּחֲזִ֣יקוּ

    Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

  36. 2 Chronicles 28:20 חֲזָקֽוֹ׃

    Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.

  37. 2 Chronicles 29:3 וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃

    In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.

  38. 2 Chronicles 29:34 וַֽיְּחַזְּק֞וּם

    However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had been consecrated. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.

  39. 2 Chronicles 31:4 יֶחֶזְק֖וּ

    Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.

  40. 2 Chronicles 32:5 וַיִּתְחַזַּ֡קוַיְחַזֵּ֥ק

    Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.

  41. 2 Chronicles 32:7 חִזְק֣וּ

    “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.

  42. 2 Chronicles 34:8 לְחַזֵּ֕ק

    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

  43. 2 Chronicles 34:10 וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק

    They put it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work of the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.

  44. 2 Chronicles 35:2 וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֔ם

    He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.

  45. Ezra 1:6 חִזְּק֣וּ

    And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.

  46. Ezra 6:22 לְחַזֵּ֣ק

    For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

  47. Ezra 7:28 הִתְחַזַּ֗קְתִּי

    and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.

  48. Ezra 9:12 תֶּחֶזְק֗וּ

    Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’

  49. Ezra 10:4 חֲזַ֖ק

    Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

  50. Nehemiah 2:18 וַיְחַזְּק֥וּ

    I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.

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