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title: חֵזֶק — strength · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵזֶק (2391), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: strength. BDB 1906: strength. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵזֶק

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«חֵזֶק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strength** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2391 · **BDB:** חֵ֫זֶק

### Glosses

strength (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2391/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2391/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] strength, only י׳ חִזְקִי ψ 18:2 (om. by error ‖ 2 S 22:2 where 𝔊L ἰσχύς μου). (De al. der. from חֹזֶק, but \[חֶזְקָה\] favours חֵזֶק).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵזֶק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2391/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 18:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.2/)

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וַיֹּאמַ֡ר אֶרְחָמְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה חִזְקִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said I love.you O.Yahweh strength my

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