H2388 Definition
- Strong's number
- H2388
- Lemma
- חָזַק
- Transliteration
- châzaq
- Pronunciation
- khaw-zak'
- Strong's definition
- to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand. a primitive root;
2 Chronicles 1:1 - was strengthened And Solomon the son of David in his kingdom and the LORD his God was with him and magnified him exceedingly
Ezra 1:6 - And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver with gold with goods and with beasts and with precious things beside all that was willingly offered
Joshua 1:6 - Be strong and of a good courage shalt thou divide for an inheritance for unto this people the land which I sware unto their fathers to give
Joshua 1:7 - Only be thou strong courageous and very that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law commanded which Moses my servant thee turn not from it to the right hand or to the left that thou mayest prosper
Joshua 1:9 - Have not I commanded thee Be strong and of a good courage be not afraid neither be thou dismayed for the LORD thy God
2 Samuel 1:11 - took hold Then David on his clothes and rent
Joshua 1:18 - Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him he shall be put to death only be strong and of a good courage
Judges 1:28 - was strong And it came to pass when Israel that they put the Canaanites to tribute and did not utterly and did not utterly
Deuteronomy 1:38 - But Joshua the son of Nun which standeth before thee he shall go in thither encourage to inherit him for he shall cause Israel
1 Kings 1:50 - And Adonijah feared because of Solomon and arose and caught hold on the horns of the altar
Nahum 2:1 - is come up He that dasheth in pieces before thy face keep the munition watch the way strong make thy loins fortify thy power mightily
1 Kings 2:2 - I go the way of all the earth be thou strong therefore and shew thyself a man
Job 2:3 - said And the LORD unto Satan Hast thou considered my servant Job that there is none like him in the earth man a perfect and an upright one that feareth God and escheweth evil and still he holdeth fast his integrity although thou movedst me against him to destroy him without cause
Haggai 2:4 - Yet now be strong O Zerubbabel for I am with you saith the LORD Yet now be strong O Joshua son of Josedech priest the high Yet now be strong all ye people of the land for I am with you saith the LORD and work for I am with you saith the LORD of hosts
2 Samuel 2:7 - be strengthened Therefore now let your hands and be ye valiant is dead for your master Saul have anointed and also the house of Judah me king
Job 2:9 - Then said his wife unto him Dost thou still retain thine integrity curse God and die
2 Kings 2:12 - And Elisha saw it and he cried My father My father the chariot of Israel and the horsemen saw him no more and he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces
2 Samuel 2:16 - And they caught every one by the head his fellow and thrust his sword side his fellow so they fell down together was called wherefore that place Helkathhazzurim which is in Gibeon
Nehemiah 2:18 - Then I told their hands of my God for this good words upon me as also the king's that he had spoken that he had spoken Let us rise up and build So they strengthened their hands for this good
1 Kings 2:28 - Then tidings came And Joab And Joab had turned after Adonijah after Absalom had turned fled And Joab unto the tabernacle of the LORD and caught hold on the horns of the altar
Nehemiah 3:4 - And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabeel And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana
Nehemiah 3:5 - And next unto them repaired the Tekoites but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord
2 Samuel 3:6 - And it came to pass while there was war and the house of Saul and the house of David that Abner made himself strong and the house of Saul
Nehemiah 3:6 - gate Moreover the old repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah they laid the beams thereof and set up the doors thereof and the locks thereof and the bars
Nehemiah 3:7 - And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite of Gibeon and of Mizpah unto the throne of the governor on this side the river
Nehemiah 3:8 - Next unto him also repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries and they fortified Jerusalem wall unto the broad
Nehemiah 3:9 - And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 3:10 - And next unto him repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph even over against his house And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah
Nehemiah 3:11 - piece the other repaired Malchijah the son of Harim and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab and the tower of the furnaces
Judges 3:12 - again And the children against Israel because they had done evil in the sight and the LORD strengthened and the LORD Eglon the king of Moab against Israel because they had done evil in the sight and the LORD
Nehemiah 3:12 - And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem he and his daughters
Malachi 3:13 - have been stout Your words Yet ye say the LORD Yet ye say What have we spoken
Nehemiah 3:13 - gate The valley repaired Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah they built it and set up the doors thereof the locks thereof and the bars thereof and a thousand cubits on the wall gate unto the dung
Ezekiel 3:14 - So the spirit lifted me up and took me away in bitterness in the heat So the spirit but the hand of the LORD was strong
Nahum 3:14 - thee waters for the siege Draw fortify thy strong holds go into clay and tread the morter fortify the brickkiln
Nehemiah 3:14 - gate But the dung repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem he built it and set up the doors thereof the locks thereof and the bars
Nehemiah 3:15 - But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh the ruler of part of Mizpah he built it and covered it and set up the doors thereof the locks thereof and the bars thereof and the wall of the pool of Siloah garden by the king's and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David
Nehemiah 3:16 - After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk the ruler of the half part of Bethzur unto the place over against the sepulchres of David and to the pool that was made and unto the house of the mighty
Nehemiah 3:17 - After him repaired the Levites Rehum the son of Bani Next unto him him repaired Hashabiah the ruler of the half in his part of Keilah in his part
Nehemiah 3:18 - After him repaired their brethren Bavai the son of Henadad the ruler of the half part of Keilah
Proverbs 3:18 - She is a tree of life to them that lay hold is every one that retaineth upon her and happy
Nehemiah 3:19 - repaired And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua the ruler of Mizpah piece another over against the going up to the armoury at the turning
Nehemiah 3:20 - After earnestly repaired him Baruch the son of Zabbai piece the other from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib priest the high
Nehemiah 3:21 - After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz piece another from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib
Nehemiah 3:22 - And after him repaired the priests of the plain
Nehemiah 3:23 - After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub his house After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house
Nehemiah 3:24 - After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad piece another from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall even unto the corner
2 Kings 3:26 - saw And when the king of Moab was too sore that the battle for him he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords to break through And when the king of Edom but they could
Nehemiah 3:27 - After repaired them the Tekoites piece another tower over against the great that lieth out even unto the wall of Ophel
Deuteronomy 3:28 - But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him for he shall go over before this people and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see
Nehemiah 3:28 - gate From above the horse repaired the priests every one over against his house
2 Samuel 3:29 - Let it rest on the head of Joab from the house and on all his father's and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue or that is a leper or that leaneth on a staff or that falleth on the sword or that lacketh bread
Nehemiah 3:29 - After him repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah the keeper gate of the east
Nehemiah 3:30 - After him repaired Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun son of Zalaph the sixth piece another After him repaired Meshullam son of Berechiah over against his chamber
Nehemiah 3:31 - After him repaired Malchiah son the goldsmith's unto the place of the Nethinims and of the merchants over against the gate Miphkad and to the going up of the corner
Nehemiah 3:32 - And between the going up of the corner gate unto the sheep repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants
Isaiah 4:1 - shall take hold seven women man of one And in that day saying our own bread We will eat our own apparel and wear only let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach
Job 4:3 - Behold thou hast instructed many hands the weak and thou hast strengthened
Exodus 4:4 - said And the LORD unto Moses And he put forth his hand and take it by the tail And he put forth his hand and caught it and it became a rod in his hand
2 Chronicles 4:5 - And the thickness of it was an handbreadth and the brim of it like the work and the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies and it received baths three thousand and held
2 Kings 4:8 - And it fell on a day as he passed by that Elisha to Shunem woman where was a great and she constrained him to eat bread And so it was that as oft as he passed by he turned him to eat bread
1 Samuel 4:9 - Be strong and quit O ye Philistines as they have been unto the Hebrews as they have been and quit and fight
Micah 4:9 - Now why dost thou cry out aloud is there no king in thee is thy counsellor perished have taken for pangs thee as a woman in travail
Proverbs 4:13 - Take fast hold of instruction let her not go keep her for she is thy life
Nehemiah 4:16 - And it came to pass from that time and the other half of my servants wrought in the work and the other half of them held both the spears the shields and the bows and the habergeons and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah
Nehemiah 4:17 - They which builded on the wall and they that bare burdens with those that laded and with the other of his hands wrought in the work and with the other hand held a weapon
Exodus 4:21 - said And the LORD unto Moses to return into Egypt see all those wonders which I have put in thine hand that thou do before Pharaoh but I will harden his heart go that he shall not let the people
Nehemiah 4:21 - So we laboured in the work and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning appeared till the stars
2 Kings 4:27 - And when she came And the man of God to the hill she caught him by the feet came near but Gehazi to thrust her away said And the man of God Let her alone for her soul is vexed within her and the LORD hath hid it from me and hath not told
Jeremiah 5:3 - O LORD are not thine eyes upon the truth thou hast stricken them but they have not grieved thou hast consumed them but they have refused to receive correction harder they have made their faces than a rock them but they have refused to return
Nehemiah 5:16 - in the work of this wall Yea also I continued we any land neither bought and all my servants were gathered in the work
Nehemiah 6:9 - For they all made us afraid saying shall be weakened Their hands from the work that it be not done Now therefore O God strengthen Their hands
Ezra 6:22 - And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy had made them joyful for the LORD and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God of God of Israel
Jeremiah 6:23 - on bow and spear They shall lay hold they are cruel and have no mercy their voice like the sea roareth upon horses and they ride set in array as men for war against thee O daughter of Zion
Jeremiah 6:24 - We have heard the fame wax feeble thereof our hands anguish hath taken hold of us and pain as of a woman in travail
Judges 7:8 - took victuals So the people in their hand and their trumpets all the rest of Israel and he sent all unto his tent those three hundred all and retained and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley
Judges 7:11 - And thou shalt hear what they say and afterward be strengthened shall thine hands Then went he down that were in the host Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host
Exodus 7:13 - And he hardened heart Pharaoh's that he hearkened had said not unto them as the LORD
Ezekiel 7:13 - For the seller to that which is sold shall not return although they were yet alive although they were yet alive for the vision is touching the whole multitude shall not return neither shall any himself in the iniquity although they were yet alive strengthen
Proverbs 7:13 - So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said
Hosea 7:15 - Though I have bound and strengthened their arms yet do they imagine mischief
Micah 7:18 - Who is a God like unto thee that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage he retaineth for ever not his anger because he delighteth in mercy
Judges 7:20 - blew And the three companies and the trumpets and brake the pitchers and held hands in their left the lamps hands in their right and the trumpets blew withal and they cried The sword of the LORD and of Gideon
Exodus 7:22 - did And the magicians of Egypt so with their enchantments was hardened heart and Pharaoh's neither did he hearken had said unto them as the LORD
2 Chronicles 7:22 - And it shall be answered Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt and laid hold God on other and worshipped them and served them therefore hath he brought all this evil
Ezra 7:28 - And hath extended mercy unto me before and before all the king's and his counsellors princes and before all the king's mighty And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up
2 Chronicles 8:3 - And Solomon to Hamathzobah and prevailed
Jeremiah 8:5 - slidden back Why then is this people of Jerusalem backsliding by a perpetual they hold fast deceit they refuse slidden back
Zechariah 8:9 - Thus saith of the LORD of hosts be strong Let your hands ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets in these days that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts that the temple might be built
Zechariah 8:13 - And it shall come to pass that as ye were a curse among the heathen O house of Judah O house of Israel so will I save you and ye shall be a blessing fear be strong not but let your hands
Job 8:15 - He shall lean upon his house but it shall not stand he shall hold it fast but it shall not endure
Exodus 8:19 - said Then the magicians and Pharaoh's This is the finger of God was hardened heart and Pharaoh's and he hearkened had said not unto them as the LORD
Job 8:20 - Behold God will not cast away a perfect man neither will he help the evil doers
Jeremiah 8:21 - For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt I am black astonishment hath taken hold
Zechariah 8:23 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts In those days even shall take hold it shall come to pass that ten of him that is a Jew out of all languages of the nations even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew Thus saith with you for we have heard that God
Exodus 9:2 - For if thou refuse to let them go and wilt hold
1 Kings 9:9 - And they shall answer Because they forsook the LORD gods who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt and have taken hold gods upon other and have worshipped them and served brought the LORD upon them all this evil
Exodus 9:12 - hardened And the LORD the heart of Pharaoh and he hearkened had spoken And the LORD unto Moses
Ezra 9:12 - not your daughters Now therefore give to your children not your daughters neither take to your children nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever that ye may be strong and eat the good of the land and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever
Judges 9:24 - might come That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal and their blood be laid upon Abimelech of his brethren him in the killing them and upon the men of Shechem which aided him in the killing of his brethren