Usually translated as
strong, mighty, sore, stronger, harder, hottest, impudent, loud, stiffhearted, stiff
Occurrences
Châzâq occurs 57 times in 55 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (6), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (10), Joshua (3), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (10), Daniel (1), Amos (1)
- Exodus 3:19 — And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty (חֲזָקָֽה) hand.
- Exodus 6:1 — Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong (חֲזָקָה֙) hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
- Exodus 6:1 — Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong (חֲזָקָ֔ה) hand shall he drive them out of his land.
- Exodus 10:19 — And the LORD turned a mighty strong (חָזָ֣ק) west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:9 — And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong (חֲזָקָ֔ה) hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
- Exodus 19:16 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud (חָזָ֣ק); so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
- Exodus 32:11 — And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty (חֲזָקָֽה) hand?
- Numbers 13:18 — And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong (הֶחָזָ֥ק) or weak, few or many;
- Numbers 13:31 — But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger (חָזָ֥ק) than we.
- Numbers 20:20 — And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong (חֲזָקָֽה) hand.
- Deuteronomy 3:24 — O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty (הַחֲזָקָ֑ה) hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
- Deuteronomy 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty (חֲזָקָה֙) hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Deuteronomy 5:15 — And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty (חֲזָקָ֖ה֙) hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
- Deuteronomy 6:21 — Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty (חֲזָקָֽה) hand:
- Deuteronomy 7:8 — But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty (חֲזָקָ֑ה) hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 7:19 — The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty (הַחֲזָקָה֙) hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
- Deuteronomy 9:26 — I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty (חֲזָקָֽה) hand.
- Deuteronomy 11:2 — And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty (הַחֲזָקָ֔ה) hand, and his stretched out arm,
- Deuteronomy 26:8 — And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty (חֲזָקָה֙) hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
- Deuteronomy 34:12 — And in all that mighty (הַחֲזָקָ֔ה) hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
- Joshua 4:24 — That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty (חֲזָקָ֖ה): that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
- Joshua 14:11 — As yet I am as strong (חָזָ֗ק) this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
- Joshua 17:18 — But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong (חָזָ֖ק).
- Judges 18:26 — And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong (חֲזָקִ֥ים) for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
- 1 Samuel 14:52 — And there was sore (חֲזָקָ֣ה) war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
- 2 Samuel 11:15 — And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest (הַֽחֲזָקָ֔ה) battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
- 1 Kings 8:42 — (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong (הַֽחֲזָקָ֔ה) hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
- 1 Kings 17:17 — And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore (חָזָ֣ק), that there was no breath left in him.
- 1 Kings 18:2 — And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore (חָזָ֥ק) famine in Samaria.
- 1 Kings 19:11 — And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong (וְחָזָ֞ק) wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 — Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty (הַחֲזָקָ֔ה) hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
- Nehemiah 1:10 — Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong (הַחֲזָקָֽה) hand.
- Job 5:15 — But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty (חָזָ֣ק).
- Job 37:18 — Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong (חֲ֝זָקִ֗ים), and as a molten looking glass?
- Psalms 35:10 — All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong (מֵחָזָ֣ק) for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
- Psalms 136:12 — With a strong (חֲ֭זָקָה) hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Proverbs 23:11 — For their redeemer is mighty (חָזָ֑ק); he shall plead their cause with thee.
- Isaiah 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong (וְהַֽחֲזָקָ֗ה) sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
- Isaiah 28:2 — Behold, the Lord hath a mighty (חָזָ֤ק) and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Isaiah 40:10 — Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong (בְּחָזָ֣ק) hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
- Jeremiah 21:5 — And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong (חֲזָקָ֑ה) arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
- Jeremiah 31:11 — For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger (חָזָ֥ק) than he.
- Jeremiah 32:21 — And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong (חֲזָקָה֙) hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
- Jeremiah 50:34 — Their Redeemer is strong (חָזָ֗ק); the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Ezekiel 2:4 — For they are impudent children and stiffhearted (וְחִזְקֵי). I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 3:7 — But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent (חִזְקֵי) and hardhearted.
- Ezekiel 3:8 — Behold, I have made thy face strong (חֲזָקִ֖ים) against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
- Ezekiel 3:8 — Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong (חָזָ֖ק) against their foreheads.
- Ezekiel 3:9 — As an adamant harder (חָזָ֥ק) than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 3:14 — So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.