עַז
ʻaz · az
strong, vehement, harsh
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5810 (עָזַז);
strong, vehement, harsh
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to cut, to sustain
To see and know that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַז 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of fierce2 · 9%
- me from my strong2 · 9%
- of power1 · 4%
- for it was fierce1 · 4%
- back by a strong1 · 4%
- be strong1 · 4%
- was strong1 · 4%
- and out of the strong1 · 4%
- and what is stronger1 · 4%
- into the mighty1 · 4%
- the mighty1 · 4%
- roughly1 · 4%
- strong1 · 4%
- not strong1 · 4%
- is strong1 · 4%
- and a fierce1 · 4%
- therefore shall the strong1 · 4%
- in the mighty1 · 4%
- yea, they are greedy1 · 4%
- of the strong1 · 4%
- against the strong1 · 4%
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.