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title: חׇזְקָה — strength · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חׇזְקָה (2394), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: strength. BDB 1906: n.f. strength, force, violence Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חׇזְקָה

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«חׇזְקָה» 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:** 2394 · **BDB:** חָזְקָה

### Glosses

force (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2394/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. strength, force, violence Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2394/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. strength, force, violence, always בְּחָזְקָה, with strength, force, etc.;— of oppression Ju 4:3 forcibly, violently; capture by force 1 S 2:16; Ez 34:4 of ruling בְּח׳ וּבְפָ֑רֶךְ with force and with rigour. rebuke severely, sharply Ju 8:1; cry mightily, insistently Jon 3:8.—לְחָזְקָה 2 K 12:13 v. חָזַק Qal Inf.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חׇזְקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2394/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.3/)

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וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֠י תְּשַׁ֨ע מֵא֤וֹת רֶֽכֶב־בַּרְזֶל֙ ל֔וֹ וְ֠הוּא לָחַ֞ץ אֶת־בְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּחָזְקָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.cried.out the.people of.Israel to Yahweh (dm) nine hundred(s) chariot\[s\] of.iron \[belonged\].to him and he he.oppressed (et) the.people of.Israel by force twenty year\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

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[Jonah 3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.8/)

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וְיִתְכַּסּ֣וּ שַׂקִּ֗ים הָֽאָדָם֙ וְהַבְּהֵמָ֔ה וְיִקְרְא֥וּ אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּחָזְקָ֑ה וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּ אִ֚ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָֽרָעָ֔ה וּמִן־הֶחָמָ֖ס אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and let.them.cover.themselves sackcloth(s) the people and the livestock and let.them.call.out to God with force and let.them.turn.back everyone from way his (the) evil and from the violence which \[is\].in palms their

*JPS 1917:* but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

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