Lexical Definition

‎זְרוֹעַ‎ zᵉrôwaʻ (zer-o'-ah) arm ^H:N-F
or (shortened) זְרֹעַ zᵉrôaʻ (zer-o'-ah); and (feminine) זְרוֹעָה zᵉrôwʻâh (zer-o-aw'); or זְרֹעָה zᵉrôʻâh (zero-aw'); from ‎זָרַע‎

arm, [phrase] help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.

• the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg
• figuratively, force

1) arm, forearm, shoulder, strength
1a) arm
1b) arm (as symbol of strength)
1c) forces (political and military)
1d) shoulder (of animal sacrificed)

See Greek: ἀντίληψις · βραχίων

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זְרוֺעַ‎, ‎זְרֹעַ‎ noun feminine^{Exod 6:6} and (rare) masculine^{Isa 51:5}, compare below arm, shoulder, strength (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian (Tel el Amarna^{102, 1. 12, etc.}) zurû, compare Jastr^{JBL xi, 1892, 123}; Arabic ; Aramaic ‎דְּרָעָא‎, ; Ethiopic ) — absolute ‎זְרוֺעַ‎ Exod 6:6 +, ‎זְרֹעַ‎ Deut 7:19 +; construct ‎זְרוֺעַ‎ Ps 10:15 +, ‎זְרֹעַ‎ Ps 89:11* +; suffix ‎זְרוֺעִי‎ Jer 27:5; Ps 89:2*, ‎זְרֹעִי‎ Isa 51:5; Isa 63:5 ‎זְרוֺעֲךָ‎ Ps 71:18 +, ‎זְרֹעֲךָ‎ 1Sam 3:31 +, etc.; plural ‎זְרֹעִים‎ Dan 11:31 construct ‎זְרֹעֵי‎ Gen 49:24 suffix ‎זְרֹעַי‎ Isa 51:5, ‎זְרֹעָיו‎ 2Kgs 9:24 elsewhere feminine form, construct ‎זְרוֺעוֺת‎ Ps 37:17, ‎זְרֹעוֺת‎ Job 22:9 + 6 t., ‎זְרֹעֹת‎ Deut 33:27 suffix ‎זְרוֺעֹתָ֑י‎ Ps 18:35*, ‎זְרֹעֹתָ֑י‎ 2Sam 22:35, etc. (In absolute and construct singular more often plene, in plural and with suffix more often defect. In three instances where ‎׳‎‎ז‎ is masculine it means a political or military force Dan 11:15; Dan 11:22; Dan 11:31). —

1. arm,
a. literally, of a man Judg 15:14; Judg 16:12; 2Sam 1:10; Isa 9:19*; Isa 17:5 (probably accusative instrumental), Deut 33:20; Zech 11:17 (twice in verse); Song 8:6; (strike out Co); ‎כֹּחוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Isa 44:12 (of a smith, forging); ‎חֲשׂוּפָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Ezek 4:7 (of prophet); in figure of ‎׳‎‎י‎ teaching Ephraim to walk Hos 11:3 ‎זְרֹעֵי יָדָיו‎ Gen 49:24 arms of his hands, i.e. arms that by their strength enable him (Joseph) to draw the bow; ‎וַיַּךְ אֶתיְֿהוֺרָם בֵּין זְרֹעָיו‎ 2Kgs 9:24, i.e. his arms seen from behind, his shoulders.
b. arm as seat of (human) strength Ps 18:35* = 2Sam 22:35 ‎לֹאעֹז‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Job 26:2, ‎׳‎‎כּוֺחַ הַזּ‎ Dan 11:6 compare vDan 11:6 ‎לֹא עֹז‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Job 26:2 ‎׳‎‎חִוַּקְתִּי ז‎ Hos 7:15 compare Ezek 30:24; Ezek 30:25 also with ‎שׁבר‎ Ps 10:15; Ps 37:17; Jer 48:25 (|| ‎קֶרֶן‎), Ezek 30:21; Ezek 30:22; Ezek 30:24 compare vEzek 30:25 ‎רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Job 38:15. — On Mal 2:3 compare VB. Especially
c. Yahweh's arm as instrument of deliverance and judgment (often Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Isa², Psalms): — ‎נְטוּיָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Deut 4:34; Deut 5:15; Deut 26:8; Ezek 20:33; Ezek 20:34; Ps 136:12, compare Deut 7:19; Deut 11:2; 1Kgs 8:42 = 2Chr 6:32 (all || ‎יָד חֲזָקָה‎), Deut 9:29; 2Kgs 17:36 (of creation) Jer 27:5; Jer 32:17 (all || ‎כֹּחַ גָּדוֺל‎); ‎נְטוּיָה‎ ‎׳‎‎בִּז‎ Exod 6:6 (P, or D's revision; no ||); ‎חֲזָקָה‎ ‎׳‎‎זְ‎ Jer 21:5 (|| ‎יָד נְטוּיָה‎); ‎גְּדֹל זרועך‎ Exod 15:16 (song), ‎׳‎‎גֹּדֶל ז‎ Ps 79:11 ‎זְרוֺעִי תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ‎ Ps 89:22* (|| ‎יָדִי‎); ‎׳‎‎בִּזְ‎ Ps 77:16* ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Ps 44:4* (|| ‎יְמִינְךָ‎), ‎קָדְשׁוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Ps 98:1 (|| ‎יְמִינוֺ‎), compare Isa 52:10 ‎עֻוָּךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Ps 89:11* compare Isa 62:8 (|| ‎יְמִינוֺ‎); ‎׳‎‎לִבְּשִׁיעֹֿז זְרוֺעַ י‎ Isa 51:9 ‎׳‎‎לְךָ ז‎ ‎עִםגְּֿבוּרָ֑ה‎ Ps 89:14* ‎תִּפְאַרְתּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Isa 63:12 as support of weak Isa 40:11 (figurative of shepherd), compare ‎זְרֹעֹת עוֺלָם‎ Deut 33:27 ‎נַחַת זְרוֺעוֺ יַרְאֶה‎ Isa 30:30 (of lightning stroke, || ‎השׁמיע הוֺד קולו‎ of thunder); also ‎אִםוְֿרוֺעַ‎ ‎כָּאֵל לָךְ‎ Job 40:9.Hence,

2. arm, as symbol of strength:
a. human 1Sam 2:31 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 read ‎זַרְעֲךָ‎ and ‎זֶרַע‎, but see Klo Dr), Ezek 22:6; Ezek 31:17 ‎וַתְּאַמֵּץ זְרוֺעתֶיהָ‎ Prov 31:17 ‎בָּשָׂר‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ 2Chr 32:8 ‎שָׁם בָּשָׂר זְרֹעוֺ‎ Jer 17:5 (|| ‎יִבְטַח‎ ‎בָּאָדָם‎); compare Ps 44:4* (|| ‎חַרְבָּם‎); ‎אישׁ זרוע‎ Job 22:8 ‎זְרֹעוֺת יְתֹמִים‎ Job 22:9 (i.e. strength, resources); ‎הָיוּ זרוע לִבְּנֵילֿוֺט‎ Ps 83:9* ‎רַבִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Job 35:9 ‎זְרֹעַ גְּדוֺלָה‎ Ezek 17:9 (for pulling up a tree, in metaphor).
b. = divine strength Ps 71:18 (|| ‎גְּבוּרָה‎), ‎זְרֹעוֺ משְׁלָה‎ ‎לוֺ‎ Isa 40:10 (|| ‎חָזָק‎); ‎זְרֹעַי עַמִּים יִשְׁפֹּ֑טוּ‎ Isa 51:5 [Str](/btb/not_created.html) thinks masculine to avoid verbal ending ‎נָה‎, compare Isa 49:11]; and help Isa 33:2 (|| ‎יְשׁוּעָה‎) compare Isa 59:16; Isa 63:5 see also Isa 53:1.

3. Plural forces, political and military, with ‎יִעֲמֹ֑דוּ‎ Dan 11:15; Dan 11:31 vDan 11:22 (see Bev).

4. Shoulder of animal sacrificed, belonging to priest Num 6:19 (P) Deut 18:3.

‎דרע‎ (√of following; Biblical Hebrew II. ‎זרע‎, ‎זְרוֺעַ‎).

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