--- title: עָזַז — be strong · The Tanakh dictionary description: עָזַז (5810), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: be strong. BDB 1906: vb.be strong. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5810.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-2.md)‎ / עָזַז‎ # עָזַז «עָזַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be 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. **Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 5810 · **BDB:** עָזַז ### Glosses it.prevailed (2); be (1); became.strong (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) be strong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5810/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb.be strong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5810/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb.be strong (NH id., Hiph., especially in bad sense, and especially deriv. עַז; Ph. עז strength, also in n.pr. Lzb338; Aramaic ܥܰܙ be mighty, strong, cf. Old Aramaic Nab. Palm. n.pr. עזיזו Lzb338 Cook90; Arabic عَزَّ be mighty, strong, Ethiopic ዐዘዘ id.; Assyrian ezêzu, be furious, ezzu, fierce);— Impf. 3 ms. יָעֹז ψ 9:20; 52:9, יָעוֹז Dn 11:12; 3 fs. תָּעֹז ψ 89:14 Ec 7:19, וַתָּ֫עָז Ju 3:10; 6:2; Imv. ms. עוּזָּה ψ 68:29 (but v. infr.); Inf. cstr. עֲזוֹז Pr 8:28;—be strong, prevail, וַתָּ֫עָז יָדוֹ עַל־ Ju 3:10 and his hand prevailed against, so 6:2; אַל־יָעֹז אֱנוֹשׁ ψ 9:20, Dn 11:12; abs. תָּעֹז יָֽדְךָ ψ 89:14 (of י׳); of appar. strength of wicked 52:9; בַּעֲזוֹז עִינוֹת תְּהוֹם Pr 8:28 when the fountains of the deep grew strong, i. e. firm, fixed; but Oort Bi Toy read בְּעַזְּזוֹ when he made firm, fixed fast (‖ בְּאַמְּצוֹ); עוּזָּה אֱלֹהִים ψ 68:29 Che Bae al. shew thyself strong, O God, who, etc., cf. Köi. 363; עוֹז הָא׳ the might, O God, wh., etc., Hup Du; הַחָכְמָה תָּעֹז לֶחָכָם Ec 7:19 wisdom is strong for the wise.—לָעוֹז Is 30:2 v. עוּז. Pf. 3 ms. חֵעֵז אִישׁ רָשָׁע בְּפָנָיו Pr 21:29 a wicked man maketh firm (sheweth boldness) with his face; so 3 fs. הֵעֵ֫וָה פָנֶיהָ 7:13 (Ges§ 67 dd Köi. 372) she maketh bold her face. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «עָזַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5810/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 8:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.28/) בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹ שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז עִינ֥וֹת תְּהוֹם׃ *Word for word:* when he made.firm \[the\].clouds (from) above when became.strong the.springs of.the.deep *JPS 1917:* When He made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep showed their might, [Psalms 9:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.9.20/) קוּמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אַל־יָעֹ֣ז אֱנ֑וֹשׁ יִשָּׁפְט֥וּ ג֝וֹיִ֗ם עַל־פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ *Word for word:* arise O.Yahweh not let.it.prevail humankind let.them.be.judged \[the\].nations on face your *JPS 1917:* Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in Thy sight. - ← previous: [עַזּוּר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5809.md) - next →: [עָזָז](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5811.md) - ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-2.md)