חָזַק
châzaq · khaw-zak'
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
- to fasten upon
- hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate
- to bind, restrain, conquer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: aid, amend, [idiom] 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.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָזַק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
291 occurrences · 291 OT · 0 NT · 211 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- repaired21 · 18%
- be strong14 · 12%
- him repaired12 · 10%
- prevailed6 · 5%
- to repair6 · 5%
- hardened5 · 4%
- be of good courage5 · 4%
- strengthened5 · 4%
- strengthen4 · 3%
- be too strong4 · 3%
- and repaired3 · 3%
- encouraged3 · 3%
- was hardened3 · 3%
- strong3 · 3%
- and strengthened3 · 3%
- of them held2 · 2%
- so they strengthened2 · 2%
- and caught hold2 · 2%
- and took2 · 2%
- took hold2 · 2%
- and laid hold2 · 2%
- and prevailed2 · 2%
- be strengthened2 · 2%
- was strong2 · 2%
- that ye may be strong2 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.