Lexical Definition

‎חָזָק‎ châzâq (khaw-zawk') strong ^H:A
from ‎חָזַק‎

harder, hottest, [phrase] impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).

• strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

1) strong, stout, mighty
1a) strong
1a1) severe, sharp, hot
1a2) firm, hard
1b) a strong one (subst)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָזָק‎ adjective strong, stout, mighty; — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Exod 10:19 + 18 t.; feminine ‎חֲזָקָה‎ Exod 3:19 + 31 t. + Ezek 3:14 (Co for ᵑ0 verb 3 feminine singular); plural ‎חֲזָקִים‎ Judg 18:25 + 2 t.; construct ‎חִזְקֵי‎ Ezek 2:4 (strike out Co. see below) Ezek 3:7 —

1. strong:
a. of men, rarely predicate Num 13:18 (opposed to ‎רָפֶה‎), vNum 13:31 (comparative with ‎מִן‎), Josh 14:11; Josh 17:18 (all J E), Judg 18:26 (comparative with ‎מִן‎); also of ‎גֹּאֲלָם‎ Jer 50:34; Prov 23:11 of hand of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Josh 4:24 (D), so Ezek 3:14 ᵐ5 Co (see above and ‎חָזַק‎ Qal 3); compare of Tyre ‎הָֽיְתָה חֲזָקָה בַּיָּם‎ Ezek 26:17 (strike out B Co).
b. usually attributive; of ram of Pharaoh Ezek 30:22 (opposed to ‎נִשְׁבָּ֑רֶת‎); especially of hand of ‎׳‎‎י‎ in delivering Israel from Egypt, Exod 3:19 (gloss ? see Di), Exod 6:1 (twice in verse); Exod 13:9 (all J), Deut 6:21; Deut 7:8; Deut 9:26; Dan 9:15 in wonders done by agency of Moses Deut 34:12 also ‎בְּכֹחַ גָּדוֺל וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה‎ Exod 31:11(JE), compare Neh 1:10, but oftener ‎ביד חזקה וּבִזְרוֺעַ נְטוּיָה‎ Deut 4:34; Deut 5:15; Deut 7:19; Deut 11:2; Deut 26:6; Jer 32:21; Ps 136:12 of control of enemies and deliverance from exile Ezek 20:33; Ezek 20:34 more generally Deut 3:24 (|| ‎גָּדְלְךָ‎), 1Kgs 8:42 = 2Chr 6:32 of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s opposition to Zedekiah Jer 21:5 once of Edom, opposed to Israel ‎בעם כבד וביד חזקה‎ Num 20:20 (JE).
c. of sword of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 27:1 (|| ‎הַקָּשָׁה וְהַגְּדוֺלָה‎), of wind Exod 10:19 (J), 1Kgs 19:11 sound of trumpet (= loud) Exod 19:16 (E). d severe, sharp, hot, of war 1Sam 14:52 (predicate), battle 2Sam 11:15, sickness 1Kgs 17:17 (predicate), famine 1Kgs 18:2.
e. firm, hard, of face, ‎פנים‎ Ezek 3:8, forehead, ‎מֵצַח‎ vEzek 3:8 adamant, simile of forehead vEzek 3:9 (comparative, with ‎מִן‎); of sky Job 37:18 (predicate) in plural construct ‎לֵב‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ezek 2:4 hard of heart (|| ‎קְשֵׁי פָנִים‎) but omitted by B Co, ‎מֵֿצַח‎‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ezek 3:7 hard (= impudent) of forehead (|| ‎קְשֵׁילֵֿב‎).

2. as substantive, a strong one, of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (‎בְּחָזָק‎, as, in the character of, a strong one) Isa 40:10 of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s agent Isa 28:2 (|| ‎אַמִּץ‎); see also ‎וְחָזָק לאֹ יְאַמֵּץ כֹחוֺ‎ Amos 2:14 with ‎מִן‎ compare= one too strong for Jer 31:11; Ps 35:10. In Ezek 34:16 ᵑ0 uses ‎׳‎‎הח‎ in bad sense (|| ‎הִשְּׁמֵנָה‎), ᵐ5 Co, with different text, in good sense (see VB).

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