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חֶזְקָה

chezka · strength, power

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2393 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

chezka (חֶזְקָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “strength, power”.

Strength, might: the fact of becoming strong. Said of a king when his power is secure.

How to say it

chez·ka

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. Might; becoming mighty.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • he became strong ×1
  • strength ×1
  • when he is strong ×1
  • when he was strong ×1

Related words

Comes from

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

Where it appears

  • 2 Chronicles 12:1

    And it happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he became strong, that he abandoned the instruction of YHWH, and all Israel with him.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:16

    But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his own destruction; he was unfaithful to YHWH his Elohim, and went into the temple of YHWH to burn incense on the altar of incense.

  • Isaiah 8:11

    For thus YHWH spoke to me with strength of the hand, and he corrected me so that I would not walk in the way of this people, saying,

  • Daniel 11:2

    And now I will declare to you truth. Look, three more kings will stand up in Persia, and the fourth will gain great riches more than all; and when he is strong through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Javan.