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זְרוֹעַ

zeroa · arm

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2220 · appears 91 times in the Bible

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What it means

zeroa (זְרוֹעַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “arm”.

An image of strength.

How to say it

ze·ro·a

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
  2. YHWH's power: "with outstretched arm".

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Arm; figuratively, someone's strength and power, above all YHWH's. It also names the shoulder, the front part of an animal.

How we translate it

“Arm” 66 times and “arms” 22. The image is kept (“with an outstretched arm”, Deuteronomy 26:8) instead of replacing it with “power”, because that is how the Hebrew speaks. “Shoulder” 2 in the laws of what belongs to the priest (Deuteronomy 18:3).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • arm ×66
  • arms ×22
  • shoulder ×2
  • forces ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 49:24

    but his bow remained steady, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, from there, the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,

  • Exodus 6:6

    Therefore say to the sons of Israel, ‘I am YHWH, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of Egypt, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

  • Exodus 15:16

    Terror and dread fell upon them; by the greatness of your arm they were as still as a stone, until your people, YHWH, passed by, until the people whom you acquired passed by.

  • Numbers 6:19

    And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them on the palms of the Nazirite after he has shaved off his consecration.

  • Deuteronomy 4:34

    Or has a god tried to come and take for himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that YHWH your Elohim did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  • Deuteronomy 5:15

    Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that YHWH your Elohim brought you out from there with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore YHWH your Elohim has commanded you to celebrate the day of the Sabbath.

  • Deuteronomy 7:19

    the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs and the wonders, the strong hand and the outstretched arm by which YHWH your Elohim brought you out. So YHWH your Elohim will do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.

  • Deuteronomy 9:29

    Yet they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.”

  • Deuteronomy 11:2

    Know today —for I am not speaking with your children, who have not known and who have not seen— the discipline of YHWH your Elohim, his greatness, his strong hand, and his outstretched arm,

  • Deuteronomy 18:3

    And this shall be the due of the priests from the people, from those who sacrifice the sacrifice, whether an ox or a lamb: he shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the stomach.

  • Deuteronomy 26:8

    And YHWH brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and with wonders.

  • Deuteronomy 33:20

    And of Gad he said, “Blessed be he who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he dwells, and he tears the arm and also the crown of the head.

  • Deuteronomy 33:27

    A dwelling place is the Elohim of old, and underneath are the eternal arms. And he drove out the enemy from before you and said, ‘Destroy!’

  • Judges 15:14

    He came as far as Lehi, and the Philistines shouted in triumph to meet him. And the spirit of YHWH came powerfully upon him, and the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that has burned in fire, and his bonds melted from off his hands.

  • Judges 16:12

    So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And the ambush was waiting in the room. But he snapped them from off his arms like a thread.

  • 1 Samuel 2:31

    Look, days are coming when I will cut off your arm and the arm of the house of your father, so that there will be no old man in your house.

  • 2 Samuel 1:10

    So I stood over him and put him to death, for I knew that he would not live after his fall; and I took the diadem that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

  • 2 Samuel 22:35

    He trains my hands for war, and my arms bend a bow of bronze.

  • 1 Kings 8:42

    — for they will hear of your great name and of your strong hand and of your outstretched arm — when he comes and prays toward this house,

  • 2 Kings 9:24

    Jehu filled his hand with the bow and struck Joram between his arms, and the arrow came out from his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.

  • 2 Kings 17:36

    but YHWH, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him you shall fear, and to him you shall bow down, and to him you shall sacrifice.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:32

    And also to the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, but he comes from a distant land for the sake of your great name, your strong hand, and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house,

  • 2 Chronicles 32:8

    With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is YHWH our Elohim to help us and to fight our wars.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

  • Job 22:8

    And the land belonged to the man of arm, and the respected man dwelt in it.

  • Job 22:9

    Widows you sent away empty, and the arms of the orphans were crushed.

  • Job 26:2

    “How you have helped one who has no strength; how you have saved the arm without might.

  • Job 35:9

    Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help because of the arm of the great.

  • Job 38:15

    And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the raised arm is broken.

  • Job 40:9

    Or do you have an arm like El’s, and with a voice like his can you thunder?

  • Psalms 10:15

    Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; demand an accounting for his wickedness until you find none of it.

  • Psalms 18:34

    He trains my hands for war, and my arms bend a bow of bronze.

  • Psalms 37:17

    For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the one who sustains the righteous is YHWH.

  • Psalms 44:3

    For not by their sword did they possess the land, and their arm did not save them, but your right hand and your arm and the light of your face, for you took pleasure in them.

  • Psalms 71:18

    And even to old age and gray hair, Elohim, do not abandon me, until I declare your arm to the generation, to all who are to come, your might.

  • Psalms 77:15

    You redeemed with your arm your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

  • Psalms 79:11

    Let the groaning of the prisoner come before you; according to the greatness of your arm preserve alive the sons of death.

  • Psalms 83:8

    Also Assyria has joined them; they have been an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

  • Psalms 89:10

    You crushed Rahab like one pierced; with the arm of your strength you scattered your enemies.

  • Psalms 89:13

    Yours is the arm with might; strong is your hand, exalted your right hand.

  • Psalms 89:21

    with whom my hand will be steadfast; my arm also will strengthen him.

And 51 more times.