ʻôz — H5797

H5797 · Hebrew — עז

Pronunciation: oze

Other spellings: ʻôwz עוֹז

Definition

masculine noun

strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)

  1. might, strength
    1. material or physical
    2. personal or social or political

Usually translated as

strength, strong, power, might, boldness, loud

Origin

or (fully) ʻôwz; from H5810

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻôz occurs 93 times in 92 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Leviticus (1), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (1), Job (4), Psalms (43), Proverbs (9), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (8), Amos (1), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1)