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title: חָזֵק — powerful · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָזֵק (2390), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: powerful. BDB 1906: adj.verb. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָזֵק

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«חָזֵק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **powerful** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2390 · **BDB:** חָזֵק

### Glosses

strong (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

powerful [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2390/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.verb. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2390/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.verb. v. חָזַק Qal Pt.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָזֵק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2390/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 19:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.19.19/)

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וַיְהִי֙ ק֣וֹל הַשּׁוֹפָ֔ר הוֹלֵ֖ךְ וְחָזֵ֣ק מְאֹ֑ד מֹשֶׁ֣ה יְדַבֵּ֔ר וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יַעֲנֶ֥נּוּ בְקֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the.sound of the.ram's.horn going and strong very Moses he.spoke and (the) God he answered.him with a.voice

*JPS 1917:* And when the voice of the horn waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.

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[2 Samuel 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.1/)

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וַתְּהִ֤י הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ אֲרֻכָּ֔ה בֵּ֚ין בֵּ֣ית שָׁא֔וּל וּבֵ֖ין בֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֑ד וְדָוִד֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ וְחָזֵ֔ק וּבֵ֥ית שָׁא֖וּל הֹלְכִ֥ים וְדַלִּֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.was the war long between the.house of.Saul and between the.house of.David and David \[was\].going and strong and the.house of.Saul \[were\].going and weak

*JPS 1917:* Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

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