Lexical Definition

‎חׇזְקָה‎ chozqâh (khoz-kaw') force ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎חֹזֶק‎

force, mightily, repair, sharply.

• vehemence (usually in a bad sense)

1) force, might, strength, violence

See Greek: ἐκτενῶς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָזְקָה‎ noun feminine strength, force, violence, always ‎בְּחָזְקָה‎ with strength, force, etc.; —

1. of oppression Judg 4:3 forcibly, violently; capture by force 1Sam 2:16; Ezek 34:4 of ruling ‎וּבְפָּ֑רֶךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּח‎ with force and with rigour.

2. rebuke severely, sharply Judg 8:1 cry mightily, insistently Jonah 3:8. — ‎לֲחָזְקָה‎ 2Kgs 12:13* see ‎חָזַק‎ Qal Infinitive

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