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title: חָסֹן — strong · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָסֹן (2634), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: strong. BDB 1906: adj. strong. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָסֹן

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«חָסֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strong** — 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:** 2634 · **BDB:** חָסֹן

### Glosses

\[person\] (1); strong (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2634/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. strong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2634/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. strong, of the Amorite Am 2:9 (ח׳ כָּאַלּוֹנִים, strong as the oaks); הֶחָסוֹן as subst. the strong one Is 1:31. \[חָסַן\] Is. 23:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָסֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2634/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 1:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.31/)

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וְהָיָ֤ה הֶחָסֹן֙ לִנְעֹ֔רֶת וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ לְנִיצ֑וֹץ וּבָעֲר֧וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֛ם יַחְדָּ֖ו וְאֵ֥ין מְכַבֶּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.will.become the.strong \[person\] (into) tow and work his \[will become\].(into).a.spark and they.will.burn both of.them together and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] \[one.who\].extinguishes

*JPS 1917:* And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

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[Amos 2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.9/)

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וְאָ֨נֹכִ֜י הִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּי אֶת־הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר כְּגֹ֤בַהּ אֲרָזִים֙ גָּבְה֔וֹ וְחָסֹ֥ן ה֖וּא כָּֽאַלּוֹנִ֑ים וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד פִּרְיוֹ֙ מִמַּ֔עַל וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו מִתָּֽחַת׃

*Word for word:* and I I.destroyed (et) the Amorite\[s\] from before them who \[was\].like.\[the\] height of.cedars height his and.\[is\] strong he like (the) oaks and I.destroyed fruit his (from) above and roots his (from) beneath

*JPS 1917:* Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

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