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חָזַק

chazak · be strong, seize

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2388 · appears 290 times in the Bible

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What it means

chazak (חָזַק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be strong, seize”.

Be strong; take hold of firmly, seize. In other forms, strengthen, encourage, repair; said of the heart, become stubborn.

How to say it

cha·zak

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. To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
  2. To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
  3. To harden the heart, become stubborn.
  4. To take hold of something or someone and not let go.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Be strong; take firm hold. BDB: to be or grow firm, strong; to strengthen, encourage, repair, and also to harden, become obstinate. Its adjective is חָזָק, strong (H2389).

How we translate it

“Repaired” 39 times, “Be strong” 38, “hold” 31, “strengthen” 21, “strengthened” 21, “repair” 11. This edition translates חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ “Be strong and firm” (Deuteronomy 31; Joshua 1). With Pharaoh's heart, “make obstinate”, distinct from כָּבֵד, “insensitive”, and from קָשָׁה, “harden”.

How it is translated

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

  • repaired ×39
  • Be strong ×38
  • hold ×31
  • strengthen ×21
  • strengthened ×21
  • repair ×11
  • stronger ×10
  • seized ×9
  • strong ×9
  • strengthened himself ×7
  • others ×94

Related words

Words that come from it

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

Where it appears

  • Genesis 19:16

    But he lingered; so the men seized his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hand of his two daughters, because of YHWH’s compassion for him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

  • Genesis 21:18

    Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.”

  • Genesis 41:56

    The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened all the storehouses that were in them and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine grew strong in the land of Egypt.

  • Genesis 41:57

    All the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was strong in all the earth.

  • Genesis 47:20

    So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold each man his field, because the famine was strong upon them; and the land became Pharaoh’s.

  • Genesis 48:2

    Someone told Jacob and said, “Look, your son Joseph has come to you.” Israel gathered his strength and sat up on the bed.

  • Exodus 4:4

    Then YHWH said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand and seize it by its tail.” So he stretched out his hand and grasped it, and it became a staff in his hand,

  • Exodus 4:21

    YHWH said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your hand. But I will make his heart obstinate, and he will not let the people go.

  • Exodus 7:13

    Yet the heart of Pharaoh became obstinate, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had said.

  • Exodus 7:22

    But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts; and the heart of Pharaoh became obstinate, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had said.

  • Exodus 8:19

    Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of Elohim.” But the heart of Pharaoh became obstinate, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had said.

  • Exodus 9:2

    For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,

  • Exodus 9:12

    But YHWH made the heart of Pharaoh obstinate, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had spoken to Moses.

  • Exodus 9:35

    So the heart of Pharaoh became obstinate, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, as YHWH had spoken through Moses.

  • Exodus 10:20

    But YHWH made the heart of Pharaoh obstinate, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

  • Exodus 10:27

    But YHWH made the heart of Pharaoh obstinate, and he was not willing to let them go.

  • Exodus 11:10

    Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but YHWH made Pharaoh’s heart obstinate, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

  • Exodus 12:33

    The Egyptians pressed the people to hurry and send them out of the land, for they said, “We are all going to die!”

  • Exodus 14:4

    I will make Pharaoh’s heart obstinate, and he will pursue them, and I will gain glory over Pharaoh and over all his army; and the Egyptians will know that I am YHWH.” And they did so.

  • Exodus 14:8

    YHWH made the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt obstinate, and he pursued the sons of Israel, while the sons of Israel were going out with hand raised.

  • Exodus 14:17

    And I, look, I am making the heart of the Egyptians obstinate, so that they will go in after them; and I will gain glory over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.

  • Leviticus 25:35

    And if your brother becomes poor and his hand fails with you, you shall support him; as a resident alien and a temporary resident he shall live with you.

  • Numbers 13:20

    and what the land is like, whether it is rich or poor, whether there are trees in it or not. Be strong and take some of the fruit of the land.” Now the days were the days of the first ripe grapes.

  • Deuteronomy 1:38

    Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there. Strengthen him, for he will make Israel inherit it.

  • Deuteronomy 3:28

    And command Joshua, and strengthen him and make him firm, for he shall cross over before this people, and he shall make them inherit the land that you will see.”

  • Deuteronomy 11:8

    So keep all the commandment that I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and take possession of the land into which you are crossing to take possession of it,

  • Deuteronomy 12:23

    Only be firm not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.

  • Deuteronomy 22:25

    But if in the field the man finds the young woman who is engaged, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

  • Deuteronomy 25:11

    When men fight together, a man and his brother, and the wife of the one comes near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one striking him, and she puts out her hand and seizes him by his private parts,

  • Deuteronomy 31:6

    Be strong and firm; do not fear and do not be terrified before them, for YHWH your Elohim, he is the one who goes with you; he will not let go of you or forsake you.”

  • Deuteronomy 31:7

    And Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and firm, for you will go with this people into the land that YHWH swore to their fathers to give them, and you will cause them to inherit it.

  • Deuteronomy 31:23

    And he commanded Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and firm, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you.”

  • Joshua 1:6

    Be strong and firm, for you will make this people inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.

  • Joshua 1:7

    Only be strong and very firm, being careful to do according to all the instruction that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, so that you may act wisely wherever you go.

  • Joshua 1:9

    Have I not commanded you? Be strong and firm. Do not be terrified or dismayed, for YHWH your Elohim is with you wherever you go.”

  • Joshua 1:18

    Any man who rebels against your command and does not listen to your words in all that you command him shall be put to death. Only be strong and firm.”

  • Joshua 10:25

    And Joshua said to them, “Do not fear or be dismayed; be strong and firm, for thus YHWH will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.”

  • Joshua 11:20

    For it was from YHWH to make their heart obstinate to meet Israel in battle, in order that he might devote them to destruction, so that there would be no favor for them, but in order that he might destroy them, just as YHWH had commanded Moses.

  • Joshua 17:13

    And when the sons of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanite to forced labor, but they did not dispossess him completely.

  • Joshua 23:6

    And be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the instruction of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left,

And 250 more times.