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title: חֹזֶק — strength · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹזֶק (2392), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: strength. BDB 1906: n.m. strength. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹזֶק

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«חֹזֶק» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 2392 · **BDB:** חֹ֫זֶק

### Glosses

strength (3); our.own (1); the.strength (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2392/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2392/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. strength;—ח׳ cstr. Ex 13:3 + 3 times; חָזְקֵנוּ Am 6:13;— of י׳, ח׳ יַד Ex 13:3, 14, 16 (all JE). national strength Am 6:13 Hg 2:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «חֹזֶק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2392/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 6:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.6.13/)

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הַשְּׂמֵחִ֖ים לְלֹ֣א דָבָ֑ר לֹ֣א דָבָ֑ר הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים הֲל֣וֹא בְחָזְקֵ֔נוּ לָקַ֥חְנוּ לָ֖נוּ קַרְנָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* the.joyful \[people\] to Lo Debar \[who\] say ? not by our.own strength have.we.taken for ourselves Karnaim

*JPS 1917:* Ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say: 'Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?'

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[Exodus 13:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.16/)

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וְהָיָ֤ה לְאוֹת֙ עַל־יָ֣דְכָ֔ה וּלְטוֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֣ין עֵינֶ֑יךָ כִּ֚י בְּחֹ֣זֶק יָ֔ד הוֹצִיאָ֥נוּ יְהוָ֖ה מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.will.become (into).a sign on hand your and (into) marks between eyes your (dm) by strength of.hand he brought.us.out Yahweh from Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes; for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.'

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