חֲזָקִים Ju 18:25 + 2 times; cstr. חִזְקֵי Ez 2:4 ( del. Co v. infr .) 3:7 ;— 1. strong: a. of men, rarely pred. Nu 13:18 ( opp. רָפֶה ), v 31 (compar. c. מִן ), Jos 14:11 ; 17:18 (all JE), Ju 18:26 (compar. c. מִן ); also of גֹּאֲלָם Je 50:34 Pr 23:11 ; of hand of י׳ Jos 4:24 ( D ), so Ez 3:14 Ö Co ( v. supr. and חָזַק Qal 3 ); cf. of Tyre הָֽיְתָה חֲזָקָה בַּיָּם Ez 26:17 ( del. B C o). b. usually attrib.; of arm of Pharaoh Ez 30:22 ( opp. נִשְׁבָּ˜רֶת ); especially of hand of י׳ in delivering Isr. from Egypt, Ex 3:19 (gloss? v. D i), 6:1 (×2); 13:9 (all J ), Dt 6:21 ; 7:8 ; 9:26 Dn 9:1 5; in wonders done by agency of Moses Dt 34:12 ; also בְּכֹחַ גָּדֹול וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה Ex 32:11 (JE), cf. Ne 1:1 0, but oftener ביד חזקה וּבִזְרֹועַ נְטוּיָה Dt 4:3 4; 5:15 ; 7:19 ; 11:2 ; 26:8 Je 32:21 ψ 136:12 ; of control of enemies and deliverance from exile Ez 20:33 , 34 ; more gen. Dt 3:24 ( || גָּדְלְךָ ), 1 K 8:42 = 2 Ch 6:3 2; of י׳ ’s opposition to Zedekiah Je 21:5 ; once of Edom, opp. Isr. בעם כבד וביד חזקה Nu 20:20 (JE). c. of sword of י׳ Is 27:1 ( || הַקָּשָׁה וְהַגְּדֹולָה ), of wind Ex 10:19 ( J ), 1 K 19:11 ; sound of trumpet ( = loud ) Ex 19:16 ( E ). d. severe, sharp, hot , of war 1 S 14:52 (pred.), battle 2 S 11:15 , sickness 1 K 17:17 (pred.), famine 18:2 . e. firm, hard , of face, פנים Ez 3: 8, forehead, מֵצַח v 8; adamant, sim. of forehead v 9 (compar., c. מִן ); of sky Jb 37:18 (pred.) In pl. cstr. ח׳ לֵב Ez 2:4 hard of heart ( || קְשֵׁי פָנִים ) but om.
B C
o,
ח׳־מֵצַח
3:7
hard
(
=
impudent)
of forehead
(
||
קְשֵׁי־לֵב
).
2.
as
subst.
,
a strong one
, of
י׳
(
בְּחָזָק
,
as, in the character of, a strong one
)
Is 40:10
; of
י׳
’s agent
Is 28:2
(
||
אַמִּץ
);
v.
also
וְחָזָק לֹא יְאַמֵּץ כֹּחֹו
Am 2:1
4;
c.
מִן
comp. =
one too strong for
Je 31:11
ψ 35:10
. In
Ez 34:16
MT
uses
הח׳
in bad sense (
||
הַשְּׁמֵנָה
),
Ö
C
o, with diff. text, in good sense.
(v. V
B).
חָזֵק
S
2390
TWOT
636a
GK
2618
adj
.verb.
v.
חָזַק
Qal
Pt.
•
[
חֵ˜זֶק
S
2391
TWOT
636b
GK
2619
]
n.
[
m.
]
strength
, only
י׳ חִזְקִי
ψ 18:2
(om. by error
||
2 S 22:2
where
Ö
L
ἰσχύς µου
).
(
De
al.
der. from
חֹזֶק
, but
[
חֶזְקָה
] favours
חֵזֶק
)
.
• [ חֶזְקָה S 2393 TWOT 636b GK 2621 ] n.f. strength, force ( strictly Inf. form from חזק v. Ges § 45. 1 b) — 1. of urgency of י׳ ’s hand in prophetic inspiration בְּחֶזְקַת הַיָּד˜ Is 8:11 ( cf. חָזַק Ez 3:1 4). 2. of royal power כְּחֶזְקָתֹו 2 Ch 12: 1; 26:16 ( || חָזַק v 1 5), Dn 11:2 .