H2394 - חׇזְקָה (chozqâh)

H2394 חׇזְקָה (chozqâh) khoz-kaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

force

Strong's Definition

vehemence (usually in a bad sense)

Derivation: feminine of H2392 (חֹזֶק);

KJV Usage: force, mightily, repair, sharply.

TWOT Reference: 636d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) force, might, strength, violence

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1619

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

force, might, strength, violence

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָזְקָה chozqâh BDB Definition: 1) force, might, strength, violence Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2392 Same Word by TWOT Number: 636d Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (5)

4:3 8:1

2:16

34:4

3:8

Judges 4:3

Then the Israelites... cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites... for twenty years.

Judges 8:1

Then the men of Ephraim said to [Gideon], Why... have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian? And they contended with him violently....

1 Samuel 2:16

And [if] any man said to him, The fat must be burned... first; then you may take... whatever you want, the servant would reply, No, you must give [it to me] right now. If you refuse, I will take [it] by force!”

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick,... bound up the injured,... brought back the strays,... or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

Jonah 3:8

Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.