Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5794: עַז

ʻaz · pronounced az · “strong”

Definition

strong, vehement, harsh

KJV translates it as: fierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.

Word origin: from H5810 (עָזַז);

Extended definition

strong, mighty, fierce

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5794 is translated

  • strong ×7
  • is strong ×3
  • mighty ×3
  • power ×1
  • fierce ×1
  • was strong ×1
  • fierce of ×1
  • a strong one ×1
  • fierce people ×1
  • strong words ×1
  • strength ×1
  • are mighty of ×1

Bible verses with H5794 (ʻaz)

ʻaz appears in 24 verses.

  • Genesis 49:3

    Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

  • Genesis 49:7

    Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

  • Exodus 14:21

    And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

  • Numbers 13:28

    Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

  • Numbers 21:24

    And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

  • Deuteronomy 28:50

    A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

  • Judges 14:14

    And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

  • Judges 14:18

    And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

  • 2 Samuel 22:18

    He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

  • Nehemiah 9:11

    And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • Psalms 18:17

    He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

  • Psalms 59:3

    For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.

  • Proverbs 18:23

    The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

  • Proverbs 21:14

    A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

  • Proverbs 30:25

    The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

  • Song of Solomon 8:6

    Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

  • Isaiah 19:4

    And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

  • Isaiah 25:3

    Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

  • Isaiah 26:1

    In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

  • Isaiah 43:16

    Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

  • Isaiah 56:11

    Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

  • Ezekiel 7:24

    Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

  • Daniel 8:23

    And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

  • Amos 5:9

    That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

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