Lexical Definition

‎עֹז‎ ʻôz (oze) strength ^H:N-M
or (fully) עוֹז ʻôwz (oze); from ‎עָזַז‎

boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.

• strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)

1) might, strength
1a) material or physical
1b) personal or social or political

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‎עֹז‎, and (rarely) ‎עוֺז‎ noun masculine strength, might; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Judg 9:51 +, ‎עוֺז‎ Ps 84:6* +, ‎עָזֿ‎ Isa 26:1, once ‎עָ֑ז‎ Gen 49:3 construct ‎עֹז‎ Mic 5:3* +, ‎עָזֿ‎ Ps 28:8 suffix ‎עָזִּי‎ Exod 15:2 + 2 t., ‎עֻזִּי‎ Ps 28:7 +; ‎עָזְּךָ‎ Ps 21:2* + 2 t., ‎עֻזְּךָ‎ Ps 66:3 +; suffix 1 plural ‎עוּזֵנוּ‎ Ps 81:2* 3 masculine plural ‎עֻזָּמוּ‎ Ps 89:18*, etc.; — strength, might (usually in poetry, 44 t. Psalms):

1. material and physical, ‎מִגְדַּלעֹֿז‎ Judg 9:51, and figurative (of ‎׳‎‎י‎), Ps 61:4*; Prov 18:10, ‎מַחֲסִיעֹֿז‎ Ps 71:7, compare ‎עִיר עָזלָֿנוּ‎ Isa 26:1, ‎קִרְיַתעֹֿז‎ Prov 18:19 (simile), Prov 10:15 = Prov 18:11 (figurative); ‎עֹז מִבְטֶחָ֑ה‎ Prov 21:22 (of a city, read possibly ‎מעוז‎ Toy); ‎צוּר עֻזִּי‎ Ps 62:8* (figurative); ‎מְרוֺם עֻזָּהּ‎ Jer 51:53 (of Babylonian ), ‎מַצְּבוֺת עֻזֵּךְ‎ Ezek 26:11 (of Tyre), compare Ps 30:8* (reading ‎לְהַרְרֵיעֹֿז‎ ᵑ7 Hup Che Kau We; but no object for verb; Gie in Bae proposes ‎הָעֳמַדְתִּי‎ for ‎הֶעֱמַדְתָּה‎); ‎רְקִיעַ עֻזּוֺ‎ Ps 150:1his mighty firmament (De Hup Kau and others; Ki AV RV Che the f. of his power, where his power dwells); ‎בְּכָלעֹֿז‎ with all one's might 2Sam 6:14 = 1Chr 13:8, + 2Chr 30:21 (where so read, for ᵑ0 ‎כְּלֵי עֹז‎, Kau Kit compare Be Oettli); ‎בְּעוֺז‎ Prov 31:17; Prov 31:25 abstract for concrete Judg 5:21 si vera lectio, but probably corrupt, compare GFM Bu; of crocodile Job 41:14* ‎קוֺל עֹז‎ Ps 68:34* a might voice; ‎זְרוֺעַ עֻזּוֺ‎ = his mighty arm (figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎) Isa 62:8, compare Isa 51:9; Ps 89:11*; Job 26:2, ‎גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֺת עֻזּוֺ‎ Job 37:6 ‎מַטֵּהעֹֿז‎, figurative of political power Jer 48:17 (|| ‎מַקֵּל תִּפְאָרָה‎), Ezek 19:11; Ezek 19:12; Ezek 19:14 (vine-branches, in figure), Ps 110:2.

2. personal, social, and political:
a. Amos 3:11, ‎׳‎‎גְּאוֺן ע‎ Lev 26:19 (H), Ezek 24:21; Ezek 30:6; Ezek 30:18; Ezek 33:28.
b. bestowed by ‎׳‎‎י‎, 1Sam 2:10 (song), Ps 29:11; Ps 68:36*; Ps 86:16; Ps 138:3, ‎עוֺזלֿוֺ בָ֑ךְ‎ Ps 84:6*; Ps 138:3 so (implicit) of Zion Isa 52:1.
c. of ‎׳‎‎י‎ as strength of his servants Mic 5:3*; Isa 49:5; Ps 81:2*; Ps 84:6*, also Exod 15:2 (|| ‎יְשׁוּעָה‎) = Isa 12:2 = Ps 118:14, compare Isa 45:24, ‎עֹז יְשׁוּעָתִי‎ Ps 140:8*, ‎תִּפְאֶרֶת עֻזָּמוֺ‎ Ps 89:18* sometimes as their stronghold, for defence Jer 16:19 (+ ‎מָעֻזִּי‎), Ps 28:7 (+ ‎מָגִנִּי‎), vPs 28:8 (|| ‎מָעוֺז‎), Ps 46:2* (+ ‎מַחֲסֶה‎), Ps 59:10* (reading ‎עֻזִּי‎, see Commentaries and Ginsb^margin; || ‎מִשְׂגַּבִּי‎), vPs 59:18* (|| id.), compare Prov 14:26 (|| ‎מַחְסֶה‎); see also below

1. — Prov 24:5 see ‎עַז‎.

3. might of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (especially Psalms):
a. as essential attribute Hab 3:4; Job 12:16; Ps 62:12*; Ps 63:3*; Ps 68:35*; Ps 93:1; Ps 96:6 = 1Chr 16:27 ‎עֹז מֶלֶךְ‎ Ps 99:4 (title of ‎׳‎‎י‎).
b. theme of ascription in praise Ps 29:1 (c.‎יָהַב‎) = Ps 96:7 = 1Chr 16:28; Ps 59:17* (with ‎שִׁיר‎), Ps 68:35* (with ‎נָתַן‎).
c. exerted for his people and against his foes Exod 15:13 (song), Ps 21:2* (|| ‎יְשׁוּעָה‎), vPs 21:14*; Ps 66:3; Ps 68:29* + vPs 68:29* (reading ‎עוֺז‎ for ‎עוּזָּה‎, see ‎עזז‎), Ps 74:13; Ps 77:15*; Ps 78:26; Ps 105:4 = 1Chr 16:11; Ezra 8:22 (+ ‎אַפּוֺ‎), compare ‎עֹז אַפֶּ֑ךָ‎ Ps 90:11.
d. manifested in connection with the ark, ‎אֲרוֺן עֻזֶּ֑ךָ‎ 2Chr 6:41= Ps 132:8, ‎עֹז‎ = ark Ps 78:61.

4. ‎עֹז פָּנָיו‎ = boldness, impudence Eccl 8:1, changed by wisdom, De Wild and others; < read ‎׳‎‎עַז פ‎ he who is impudent ᵐ5 Siegf (compare ‎עזז‎ Hiph`il).

5. = stronghold (compare 2 c): Ps 8:3* out of the mouth of babes . . . thou hast founded strength, or a stronghold (for thy defence, compare v^b), so Ew De Hup Kau Sch Che Dr, compare Du; > praise Vrss Bae. — ‎מָעוֺז‎ see ‎עוז‎.

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