Lexical Definition

‎עַז‎ ʻaz (az) strong ^H:A
from ‎עָזַז‎

fierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.

• strong, vehement, harsh

1) strong, mighty, fierce

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַז‎ adjective strong, mighty, fierce; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute Num 13:28 + 2 t., ‎עָז‎ Judg 14:18, ‎עָ֑ז‎ Amos 5:9 + 4 t.; ‎עַז‎ construct Deut 28:50; Dan 8:23 feminine ‎עַזָּה‎ Exod 14:21 + 2 t.; plural ‎עַזִּים‎ Ezek 7:24 + 3 t.; feminine ‎עַזּוֺת‎ Prov 18:23 construct ‎עַזֵּי‎ Isa 56:11 — strong, mighty, wind Exod 14:21 (J); border Num 21:24 (JE), but read probably ‎יַעְזֵר‎ (ᵐ5 Di and others) Ya`zer was t. border; of people Prov 30:25 (figurative of ants), ‎מַיִם‎ ‎עַזִּים‎ Isa 43:16 (|| ‎הַיָּם‎), Neh 9:11 of love Song 8:6 = substantive the mighty Amos 5:9; Ezek 7:24 + Prov 24:5 (of physical force; reading ‎טוֺב מֵעַז‎ or the like ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 Kmp^Kau Wild Toy); formidable, fierce, of lion Judg 14:18, so (= substantive) vJudg 14:14, of king Isa 19:4 (|| ‎אֲדֹנִים קָשֶׁה‎, of people Num 13:28 (JE), Isa 25:3 (|| ‎עָרִיצִים‎); of enemy 2Sam 22:18 = Ps 18:18*, so as substantive Ps 59:4* ‎עַז פָּנִים‎ Deut 28:50 fierce of countenance, Dan 8:23, so perhaps = impudent Eccl 8:1 (reading ‎עַז‎ for ‎עֹז‎ q. v. ); of anger (‎אַף‎) Gen 49:7 (poem in J), wrath (‎חֵמָה‎) Prov 21:14 ‎הַכְּלָבִים עַזֵּינֶֿפֶשׁ‎ Isa 56:11 dogs fierce of appetite (|| ‎לֹא יָָֽדְעוּ שָׂבְעָה‎); feminine plural as adverb accusative ‎יַעֲנֶה עַזּוֺת‎ Prov 18:23 the rich answereth fiercely.

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