Strong's H2388: חָזַק (châzaq) 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;
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jeremiah 8:5 - slidden back Why then is this people of Jerusalem backsliding by a perpetual they hold fast deceit they refuse slidden back
Jeremiah 8:21 - For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt I am black astonishment hath taken hold
Jeremiah 10:4 - it with silver and with gold They deck it with nails and with hammers they fasten that it move
Jeremiah 20:7 - me and I was deceived O LORD me and I was deceived thou art stronger than I and hast prevailed I am in derision daily every one mocketh
Jeremiah 23:14 - also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen an horrible thing they commit adultery and walk in lies they strengthen also the hands of evildoers doth return that none from his wickedness they are all of them unto me as Sodom and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah
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
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