Strong's Lexicon

H3267

H3267 — יָעַז

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewya`azverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 880

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3267
Word:יָעַז
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:ya`az
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yaw-az'
Meaning:1. to be bold or obstinate
KJV Renderings:a fierce.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3616

[יָעַז] verb only

Niph`al Participle as adjective (precise meaning dubious; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2245] is give a nod or sign, then command , whence Hebrew might have meaning nodding, making signs (not intelligibly speaking), so HiChe barbarous, De 'ungeberdig' — which context favours, or arrogant; Thes proposes durus, saevus, and compare עזז ) — in phrase עַם נוֺעָז Isa 33:19 a barbarous (?) people, of foreign invader.


יעזיאל, יעזיהו see below עזה.


יַעְזִרִ see below עזר. p. 741.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יעז (yah-gaz’)

Isaiah 38:19

KJV: The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
EHCC: Thou shalt not see a fierce people,
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