BDB2681
חָזָק adjective strong, stout, mighty; — ׳ ח Exod 10:19 + 18 t.; feminine חֲזָקָה Exod 3:19 + 31 t. + Ezek 3:14 ( Co for ᵑ0 verb 3 feminine singular); plural חֲזָקִים Judg 18:25 + 2 t.; construct חִזְקֵי Ezek 2:4 (strike out Co. see below) Ezek 3:7 —
1.
strong:
a. of men, rarely predicate Num 13:18 (opposed to רָפֶה), Num 13:31 (comparative with
מִן), Josh 14:11; Josh 17:18 (all
J
E
), Judg
18:26 (comparative with מִן); also of גֹּאֲלָם
Jer 50:34;
Prov 23:11
of hand of ׳
י
Josh 4:24 (
D
), so Ezek
3:14
ᵐ5
Co (see above and חָזַק
Qal
3); compare of Tyre הָֽיְתָה חֲזָקָה בַּיָּם
Ezek 26:17
(strike out
B
Co).
b. usually attributive; of ram of Pharaoh
Ezek 30:22
(opposed to נִשְׁבָּ֑רֶת); especially of hand of ׳
י in delivering Israel from Egypt, Exod 3:19 (gloss ? see Di
), Exod 6:1
(twice in verse); Exod 13:9 (all
J
), Deut
6:21; Deut
7:8;
Deut 9:26; Dan 9:15 in wonders done by agency of Moses Deut 34:12 also בְּכֹחַ
גָּדוֺל וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה
Exod 31:11
(
J
E
), compare
Neh 1:10, but oftener ביד חזקה וּבִזְרוֺעַ נְטוּיָה
Deut 4:34;
Deut 5:15;
Deut 7:19;
Deut 11:2;
Deut 26:6;
Jer 32:21
;
Ps 136:12 of control of enemies and deliverance from exile Ezek 20:33; Ezek 20:34
more generally Deut 3:24 (|| גָּדְלְךָ), 1Kgs 8:42 = 2Chr 6:32 of ׳
י's opposition to Zedekiah Jer 21:5 once of Edom, opposed to Israel בעם כבד וביד חזקה
Num 20:20
(
J
E
).
c. of sword of ׳
י
Isa 27:1
(|| הַקָּשָׁה וְהַגְּדוֺלָה), of wind Exod 10:19 (
J
),
1Kgs 19:11 sound of trumpet (= loud) Exod 19:16
(
E
).
d
severe, sharp, hot, of war 1Sam 14:52 (predicate), battle 2Sam 11:15, sickness
1Kgs 17:17
(predicate), famine 1Kgs 18:2.
e.
firm, hard, of face, פנים
Ezek 3:8,
forehead, מֵצַח Ezek 3:8 adamant, simile of forehead Ezek 3:9 (comparative, with
מִן); of sky Job 37:18 (predicate) in plural construct לֵב
׳
ח
Ezek 2:4
hard of heart (|| קְשֵׁי פָנִים) but omitted by
B
Co, מֵֿצַח
׳
ח
Ezek 3:7
hard (= impudent) of forehead (|| קְשֵׁילֵֿב
).
2. as substantive, a strong one, of ׳
י (בְּחָזָק, as, in the character of, a strong one)
Isa 40:10
of ׳
י's agent Isa 28:2 (|| אַמִּץ); see also וְחָזָק לאֹ
יְאַמֵּץ כֹחוֺ
Amos 2:14
with מִן compare= one too strong for
Jer 31:11
; Ps
35:10. In Ezek 34:16
ᵑ0
uses ׳
הח in bad sense (|| הִשְּׁמֵנָה),
ᵐ5
Co, with different text, in good sense (see
VB
).