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title: עִזּוּז — mighty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִזּוּז (5808), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: mighty. BDB 1906: adj. mighty, powerful. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִזּוּז

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«עִזּוּז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mighty** — 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:** 5808 · **BDB:** עִזּוּז

### Glosses

a.strong.\[one\] (1); strong (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mighty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5808/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. mighty, powerful [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5808/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. mighty, powerful;—of an army Is 43:17; of י׳ ψ 24:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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 «עִזּוּז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5808/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 24:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.24.8/)

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מִ֥י זֶה֮ מֶ֤לֶךְ הַכָּ֫ב֥וֹד יְ֭הוָה עִזּ֣וּז וְגִבּ֑וֹר יְ֝הוָ֗ה גִּבּ֥וֹר מִלְחָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* who? this \[is\].the.king of.(the) glory Yahweh strong and mighty Yahweh mighty of.battle

*JPS 1917:* 'Who is the King of glory?' 'The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.'

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[Isaiah 43:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.43.17/)

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הַמּוֹצִ֥יא רֶֽכֶב־וָס֖וּס חַ֣יִל וְעִזּ֑וּז יַחְדָּ֤ו יִשְׁכְּבוּ֙ בַּל־יָק֔וּמוּ דָּעֲכ֖וּ כַּפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה כָבֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[who\].sent out chariotry and horse\[s\] an.army and a.strong.\[one\] together they.lay.down not they.rose they.were.extinguished like (the) wick they.were.quenched

*JPS 1917:* Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power — they lie down together, they shall not rise, they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick:

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