חָזָק
châzâq · khaw-zawk'
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2388 (חָזַק);
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: harder, hottest, [phrase] impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
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 חָזָק 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
56 occurrences · 56 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with a mighty6 · 16%
- and with a strong4 · 11%
- strong3 · 8%
- for with a strong2 · 5%
- and strong2 · 5%
- and the strong2 · 5%
- no, not by a mighty1 · 3%
- loud1 · 3%
- and with a mighty1 · 3%
- therein, whether they be strong1 · 3%
- for they are stronger1 · 3%
- and thy mighty1 · 3%
- and by a mighty1 · 3%
- thee out thence through a mighty1 · 3%
- and the mighty1 · 3%
- his mighty1 · 3%
- and in all that mighty1 · 3%
- that it is mighty1 · 3%
- as yet i am as strong1 · 3%
- and though they be strong1 · 3%
- that they were too strong1 · 3%
- and there was sore1 · 3%
- of the hottest1 · 3%
- and of thy strong1 · 3%
- sore1 · 3%
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.