עֹז
ʻôz · oze
strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (fully) עוֹז; from H5810 (עָזַז);
strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: boldness, loud, might, power, strength, 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 עֹז 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
92 occurrences · 92 OT · 0 NT · 53 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- strength11 · 19%
- and strength5 · 8%
- thy strength5 · 8%
- is my strength4 · 7%
- of thy strength3 · 5%
- of her strength3 · 5%
- and his strength3 · 5%
- of his power2 · 3%
- of his strength2 · 3%
- with strength2 · 3%
- is his strong2 · 3%
- of thy power2 · 3%
- the strength2 · 3%
- is strong2 · 3%
- is their strength1 · 2%
- in thine own strength1 · 2%
- with him is strength1 · 2%
- him; but his power1 · 2%
- singing with loud1 · 2%
- with all their might1 · 2%
- with all his might1 · 2%
- in thy strength1 · 2%
- but there was a strong1 · 2%
- of your power1 · 2%
- them in thy strength1 · 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.