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title: עַז — strong · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַז (5794), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: strong. BDB 1906: adj. strong, mighty, fierce. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַז

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«עַז» 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 5794 · **BDB:** עַז²

### Glosses

strong (6); mighty (4); \[is\].strong (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5794/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. strong, mighty, fierce [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5794/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. strong, mighty, fierce;—ע׳ abs. Nu 13:28 + 2 times, עָז Ju 14:18, עָ֑ז Am 5:9 + 4 times; עַז cstr. Dt 28:50; Dn 8:23; f. עַזָּה Ex 14:21 + 2 times; pl. עַזִּים Ez 7:24 + 3 times; f. עַזּוֹת Pr 18:23; cstr. עַזֵּי Is 56:11;—strong, mighty, wind Ex 14:21 (J); border Nu 21:24 (JE), but read prob. יַעְזֵר (𝔊 Di al.) Yaʾzer was times border; of people Pr 30:25 (fig. of ants), מַיִם עַזִּים Is 43:16 (‖ הַיָּם), Ne 9:11; of love Ct 8:6; = subst. the mighty Am 5:9; Ez 7:24 + Pr 24:5 (of physical force; reading טוֹב מֵעַז or the like 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 KmpKau Wild Toy); formidable, fierce, of lion Ju 14:18, so (= subst.) v 14, of king Is 19:4 (‖ אֲדֹנִים קָשֶׁה), of people Nu 13:28 (JE), Is 25:3 (‖ עָרִיצִים); of enemy 2 S 22:18 = ψ 18:18, so as subst. ψ 59:4; עַז פָּנִים Dt 28:50 fierce of countenance, Dn 8:23, so perhaps = impudent Ec 8:1 (reading עַז for עֹז q.v.); of anger (אַף) Gn 49:7 (poem in J), wrath (חֵמָה) Pr 21:14; הַכְּלָבִים עַזֵּי־נֶפֶשׁ Is 56:11 dogs fierce of appetite (‖ לֹא יָֽדְעוּ שָׂבְעָה); fpl. as adv. accus. יַעֲנֶה עַזּוֹת Pr 18:23 the rich answereth fiercely.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 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 «עַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5794/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 18:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.23/)

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תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים יְדַבֶּר־רָ֑שׁ וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר יַעֲנֶ֥ה עַזּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* supplications he.speaks \[one.who.is\].poor and a.rich.\[person\] he.answers strong.\[words\]

*JPS 1917:* The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.

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[Amos 5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.9/)

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הַמַּבְלִ֥יג שֹׁ֖ד עַל־עָ֑ז וְשֹׁ֖ד עַל־מִבְצָ֥ר יָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one who\].causes.to.flash devastation on \[the\].strong and devastation on a.fortress it.will.come

*JPS 1917:* That causeth destruction to flash upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

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