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;

266 instances of the word חָזַק châzaq (H2388)


  • 2 Chronicles 26:9 - built Moreover Uzziah towers in Jerusalem gate at the corner gate and at the valley and at the turning of the wall and fortified

  • 2 Chronicles 26:15 - And he made in Jerusalem engines invented by cunning men to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks to shoot arrows stones and great spread withal And his name far abroad till for he was marvellously helped till he was strong

  • Proverbs 26:17 - belonging not to him is like one that taketh by the ears a dog He that passeth by He that passeth by with strife

  • 1 Chronicles 26:27 - won in battles Out of the spoils did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD

  • 2 Chronicles 27:5 - He fought also with the king So much did the children of Ammon and prevailed gave So much did the children of Ammon him the same year an hundred talents of silver and ten thousand measures of wheat of barley and ten thousand unto pay So much did the children of Ammon him the same year him both the second and the third

  • Isaiah 27:5 - Or let him take hold of my strength that he may make peace peace that he may make

  • 2 Chronicles 27:6 - became mighty So Jotham because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God

  • Job 27:6 - My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go shall not reproach my heart me so long as I live

  • Ezekiel 27:9 - The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise

  • Psalms 27:14 - Wait I say on the LORD be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart Wait I say on the LORD

  • Ezekiel 27:27 - Thy riches and thy fairs of thy merchandise thy mariners and thy pilots thy calkers and the occupiers of thy merchandise of war that are in thee and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin

  • 1 Chronicles 28:7 - Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments as at this day

  • 1 Chronicles 28:10 - Take heed now for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary be strong and do

  • 2 Chronicles 28:15 - rose up which were expressed by name and took the captives all that were naked among them and arrayed and with the spoil among them and arrayed them and shod them and gave them to eat and to drink and anointed them and carried of them upon asses all the feeble and brought them to Jericho the city of palm trees to their brethren then they returned to Samaria

  • 1 Chronicles 28:20 - said And David to Solomon his son Be strong and of good courage and do it fear not nor be dismayed for the LORD God God will be with thee he will not fail thee nor forsake thee until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house for the LORD

  • 2 Chronicles 28:20 - came And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria unto him and distressed him but strengthened

  • Isaiah 28:22 - Now therefore be ye not mockers be made strong lest your bands a consumption even determined for I have heard from the Lord of hosts upon the whole earth

  • 2 Chronicles 29:3 - year He in the first of his reign month He in the first opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired

  • 1 Chronicles 29:12 - Both riches and honour come of thee and thou reignest and in thine hand is power and might and in thine hand it is to make great and to give strength

  • 2 Chronicles 29:34 - But the priests were too few so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings did help wherefore their brethren the Levites was ended them till the work had sanctified But the priests the Levites were more upright in heart had sanctified But the priests

  • 1 Samuel 30:6 - distressed And David was greatly spake for the people of stoning was grieved him because the soul for the people every man for his sons and for his daughters encouraged And David himself in the LORD his God

  • Ezekiel 30:21 - Son of man the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt I have broken and lo it shall not be bound up to be healed to put a roller and lo it shall not be bound up it to make it strong to hold the sword

  • Ezekiel 30:24 - And I will strengthen arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand but I will break arms Pharaoh's and he shall groan him with the groanings of a deadly wounded before

  • Ezekiel 30:25 - But I will strengthen and the arms of the king of Babylon and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down and they shall know that I am the LORD when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt

  • 2 Chronicles 31:4 - Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD

  • Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong and of a good courage fear not nor be afraid of them for the LORD thy God he it is that doth go with thee he will not fail thee nor forsake

  • Deuteronomy 31:7 - called And Moses unto Joshua and said unto him in the sight of all Israel Be strong and of a good courage for thou must go with this people unto the land hath sworn which the LORD unto their fathers to give them and thou shalt cause them to inherit

  • Deuteronomy 31:23 - a charge And he gave Joshua the children of Nun and said Be strong and of a good courage for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware

  • Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart all ye that hope in the LORD

  • Jeremiah 31:32 - Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt they brake Not according to the covenant although I was an husband unto them saith the LORD

  • 2 Chronicles 32:5 - Also he strengthened himself and built up all the wall that was broken and raised it up to the towers without all the wall and another Also he strengthened Millo in the city of David and made darts in abundance and shields

  • 2 Chronicles 32:7 - Be strong and courageous be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria for nor for all the multitude that is with him for there be more

  • Isaiah 33:23 - are loosed Thy tacklings strengthen they could not well their mast they could not spread the sail divided then is the prey spoil of a great the lame take the prey

  • Ezekiel 34:4 - The diseased have ye not strengthened The diseased neither have ye healed that which was broken neither have ye bound up that which was driven away neither have ye brought again that which was lost neither have ye sought but with force have ye ruled and with cruelty

  • 2 Chronicles 34:8 - year Now in the eighteenth of his reign when he had purged the land and the house he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the governor of the city and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder to repair and the house of the LORD his God

  • 2 Chronicles 34:10 - And they put it in the hand it to the workmen that had the oversight in the house of the LORD And they put it to the workmen it to the workmen in the house of the LORD to repair and amend in the house

  • Ezekiel 34:16 - that which was lost I will seek that which was driven away and bring again that which was broken and will bind up that which was sick and will strengthen the fat and the strong but I will destroy I will feed them with judgment

  • 2 Chronicles 35:2 - And he set the priests in their charges and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD

  • Psalms 35:2 - Take hold of shield and buckler and stand up for mine help

  • Isaiah 35:3 - Strengthen hands ye the weak knees the feeble and confirm

  • Isaiah 35:4 - Say to them that are of a fearful heart Be strong fear even God with vengeance he will come with a recompence even God he will come and save

  • Isaiah 39:1 - At that time sent Merodachbaladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon letters and a present to Hezekiah for he had heard that he had been sick and was recovered

  • Isaiah 41:6 - every one his neighbour They helped to his brother and every one said Be of good courage

  • Isaiah 41:7 - and he fastened So the carpenter the goldsmith and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil saying for the sodering It is ready and he fastened it with nails that it should not be moved

  • Isaiah 41:9 - Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth thee from the chief men and called thereof and said unto thee Thou art my servant I have chosen thee and not cast thee away

  • Isaiah 41:13 - For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand saying unto thee Fear not I will help

  • Genesis 41:56 - And the famine was over all the face in the land opened And Joseph all the storehouses and sold waxed sore And the famine in the land of Egypt

  • Genesis 41:57 - And all countries came into Egypt for to buy to Joseph was so sore corn because that the famine And all countries

  • Isaiah 42:6 - I the LORD have called thee in righteousness and will hold thine hand and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant of the people for a light of the Gentiles

  • Isaiah 45:1 - Thus saith the LORD to his anointed to Cyrus I have holden whose right hand to subdue before nations the loins of kings him and I will loose him and I will loose before him the two leaved gates and the gates shall not be shut

  • Genesis 47:20 - bought And Joseph all the land for the Egyptians became Pharaoh's sold his field prevailed because the famine over them so the land became Pharaoh's

  • Genesis 48:2 - And one told Jacob and said Behold thy son Joseph cometh strengthened unto thee and Israel himself and sat upon the bed

  • Jeremiah 49:24 - is waxed feeble Damascus and turneth herself to flee and fear hath seized on her anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in travail

  • Jeremiah 50:33 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts were oppressed The children of Israel The children of Judah together and all that took them captives held them fast they refused to let them go

  • Jeremiah 50:42 - the bow and the lance They shall hold they are cruel and will not shew mercy their voice like the sea shall roar upon horses and they shall ride every one put in array like a man to the battle against thee O daughter of Babylon

  • Jeremiah 50:43 - hath heard The king of Babylon the report waxed feeble of them and his hands anguish took hold of him and pangs as of a woman in travail

  • Jeremiah 51:12 - upon the walls of Babylon Set up the standard strong make the watch set up the watchmen prepare the ambushes hath both devised for the LORD and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon

  • Isaiah 51:18 - There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth neither is there any that taketh her by the hand her among all the sons that she hath brought up

  • Jeremiah 52:6 - day of the month And in the fourth in the ninth day of the month was sore the famine in the city so that there was no bread for the people of the land

  • Isaiah 54:2 - Enlarge the place of thy tent the curtains of thine habitations and let them stretch forth spare not lengthen thy cords thy stakes and strengthen

  • Isaiah 56:2 - Blessed from doing this and the son of man that layeth hold it and keepeth the sabbath from polluting it and keepeth his hand from doing any evil

  • Isaiah 56:4 - For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths and choose the things that please me and take hold of my covenant

  • Isaiah 56:6 - Also the sons of the stranger that join of the LORD to serve him and to love the name of the LORD to be his servants every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it and taketh hold of my covenant

  • Psalms 64:5 - They encourage matter themselves in an evil they commune of laying snares they say Who shall see

  • Isaiah 64:7 - And there is none that calleth upon thy name that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee for thou hast hid thy face from us and hast consumed us because of our iniquities

  • Psalms 147:13 - For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates he hath blessed thy children within