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
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.