(all
P
),
9:35
(
R
);
cf.
חזקו עָלַי דבריכם
Mal 3:1
3.
b.
be severe, grievous
, of battle
2 K 3:26
; of famine
Gn 41:56
,
57
(
E
),
47:20
(
J
;
sq.
על
),
2 K 25:3
=
Je 52:
6.
II.
transit.
only
לֹא חֲזָקֹו
2 Ch 28:20
strengthened him not
, but text very
dub.
(
||
וַיָּצַר לֹו
).
•
Pi.
Pf.
חִוַּק
ψ 147:13
+, etc.;
Impf.
וַיְחַזֵּק
Ex 9:12
+
10 times, etc.;
Imv.
חַזֵּק
Ne 6:9
+
2 times;
fs.
חַזְּקִי
Na 3:1
4;
חַזֵּ˜קִי
Is 54:2
etc.;
Inf. cstr.
חַזֵּק
2 K 12:9
+
12 times;
Pt.
מְחַזֵּק
Ex 14:1
7;
מְחַזְּקִים
2 K 12:
9;—
1.
make strong
(physically):
a.
sq. acc. pers.
Ju 16:2
8;
sq.
על
3:1
2;
sq.
מָתְנַיִם
Na 2:2
(
||
אַמֵּץ כֹּחַ
; of personif. people).
b.
=
restore to strength
Dn 10:1
8,
19
;
to health
Ez 34:
4,
16
;
c.
לְ
give strength to
1 Ch 29:1
2; so,
sq.
זְרֹועֹתָם
,
Ho 7:15 Ez 30:24
(and
v
25
C
o,
v.
Hiph.
)
c.
sq. acc. rei
Is 41:7 Je 10:4
(both
c.
בְּ
instr.; of manufacture of idols); of strengthening tent-pegs, in
metaph.
Is 54:
4,
cf.
33:2
3;
sq.
bars of gates
ψ 147:13
; often of
making strong, fortifying
a town, etc.
Na 3:14 2 Ch
11:11 , 12 ; 26:9 ; 32:5 ; = repair (wall, obj. not expr.) Ne 3:19 v. Hiph.; c. acc. of temple 2 K 12:6 , 7 , 15 ; 22:6 2 Ch 24: 5, 12 ; 29:3 ; 34:8 , cf. v 10 ( || לִבְדֹּוק ); sq.
לְבית י׳
1 Ch 26:2
7;
obj.
breaches (
acc.
)
2 K 12:8
,
9
,
13
;
22:5
.
d.
of establishing kingdom
2 Ch 11:17
.
2.
strengthen
the hands (
acc.
) of any one, i.e.
sustain, encourage
(
opp.
רִפָּה
)
Ju 9:24 Je 23:14 Ez 13:22 Is 35:3 Jb 4:3 Ezr 6:22 Ne 2:1
8;
6:9 2 Ch 29:3
4;
וַיְח׳ ידו בֵּאלהים
1 S 23:1
6;
sq.
בְּ
Ezr 1:6
(
+
בְּ
instr.)
3.
make strong
=
bold, encourage
,
c.
acc.
Dt 1:3
8;
3:28 2 S 15:5 Is 41:
7;
c.
acc. pers. +
לַעֲבֹדַת בֵּית י׳
2 Ch 35:
2.
4.
make firm:
—
a.
c.
2
acc.
וְאַבְנֵֽטְךָ אֲחַזְּקֶנּוּ
Is 22:21
and with thy sash
(of office)
will I make him firm
, i.e. bind it firmly about him (
||
הלבישׁ
).
b.
make firm
or
fixed
,
=
definitely adopt
לָמֹו דָּבָר רָע יח׳־
ψ 64:6
.
5.
make rigid, hard
, i.e. perverse, obstinate,
harden
(the heart of any one)
Ex 4:21
;
10:20
,
27
(all
E
),
9:12
;
11:10
;
14:4
,
8
,
17
(all
P
),
Jos 11:20
(
D
);
v.
also
ח׳ פניהם מִסֶּלַע
Je 5:
3
•.
Hiph.
118 Pf.
הֶחֱזִיק
Ju 7:8
+;
3
fs.
הֶחֱזִ˜יקָה
Je 49:24
+;
sf.
הֶחֱזִקָ˜תְנִי
Je 8:2
1;
הֶחֱזַ˜קְתִּי
Ne 5:16
+
3 times;
וְהַחֲזַקְתִּ˜י
Ez 30:2
5, etc.;
Impf.
יַחֲזִיק
Jb 8:15
+
2 times; 1 s.
וְאַחְזֵק
Is 42:6
;
יַחֲזִיקוּ
Je 6:23
+
2 times;
יַחֲזִקוּ
Dn 11:3
2, etc.;
Imv.
הַחֲזֵק
2 S 11:25
+
2 times, etc.;
Inf. cstr.
הַחֲזִיק
2 K 15:19 Is 64:
6;
sf.
הֶחֱזִיקִי
Je 31:32
(
הַח׳
Cod. Petrop.
v. RS
JPh.
xvi, 1888, 73
);
Pt.
מַחֲזִיק
Ex 9:2
+
9 times;
sf.
מַחֲזִקָהּ
Dn 11:
6;
fs.
מַחֲזֶקֶת
Ne 4:1
1;
pl.
מַחֲזִיקִים
Ne 4:10
+
5 times;
cstr.
מַחֲזִיקֵי
Ez 27:
9,
27
;—
•
1.
a.
make strong, strengthen
Je 51:1
2.
b.
make firm
, the kingdom
2 K 15:19
(
+
בְּיָדֹו
).
c.
display strength
(late)
2 Ch 26:8
(
||
וַיֵּלֶךְ שְׁמֹו עַד וגו׳
),
Dn 11:32
(
||
וְעָשׂוּ
).
•
2.
make severe
, of battle
2 S
acc. pers. acc. of person. RS W. Robertson Smith.
JPh. Journal of Philology (Engl.).