עָזַז
ʻâzaz · aw-zaz'
to be stout (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be stout (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: harden, impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be 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
- 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 cut, to sustain
To see and know that works to cut, to sustain that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָזַז 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- prevailed2 · 17%
- prevail1 · 8%
- and strengthened1 · 8%
- strengthen1 · 8%
- strong1 · 8%
- him, and with an impudent1 · 8%
- when he strengthened1 · 8%
- hardeneth1 · 8%
- strengtheneth1 · 8%
- to strengthen1 · 8%
- but he shall not be strengthened1 · 8%
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.