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title: עֱזוּז — strength · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֱזוּז (5807), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: strength. BDB 1906: strength, might, fierceness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֱזוּז

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«עֱזוּז» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5807 · **BDB:** עֱזוּז

### Glosses

fierceness (1); might (1); the.might (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5807/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

strength, might, fierceness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5807/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] strength, might, fierceness = עֹז;—cstr. ע׳ מִלְחָמָה Is 42:25 fierceness of battle (from י׳; = חֵמָה אַפּוֹ), ע׳ נוֹרְאֹתֶיךָ ψ 145:6; sf. עֱזוּזוֹ וְנִפְלְאֹתָיו 78:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 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 «עֱזוּז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5807/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 145:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.145.6/)

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וֶעֱז֣וּז נוֹרְאֹתֶ֣יךָ יֹאמֵ֑רוּ וּגְדוּלָּתְךָ֥ אֲסַפְּרֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* and the.might of your.awesome.\[deeds\] they.will.tell and greatness your I will.recount.it

*JPS 1917:* And men shall speak of the might of Thy tremendous acts; and I will tell of Thy greatness.

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[Psalms 78:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.4/)

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לֹ֤א נְכַחֵ֨ד ׀ מִבְּנֵיהֶ֗ם לְד֥וֹר אַחֲר֗וֹן מְֽ֭סַפְּרִים תְּהִלּ֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה וֶעֱזוּז֥וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* not we.will.hide from descendants their to a.generation later \[we.will\].recount the.praises of.Yahweh and might his and wonders his which he.has.done

*JPS 1917:* We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done.

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