עַז
az (H5794)
strong
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# The Hebrew Word עַז (az): Strength and Power The Hebrew word עַז (az) appears 24 times throughout the Bible and carries the fundamental meaning of "strong." This term describes physical or inherent power—the quality of being robust, mighty, or forceful. As a descriptor, it functions to characterize entities or agents that possess considerable strength, whether applied to individuals, animals, or abstract concepts. The word's presence across 24 biblical occurrences suggests it was a standard vocabulary item for expressing the idea of strength in ancient Hebrew. Its relatively consistent usage pattern indicates that biblical authors employed עַז when they needed to convey the notion of power or might without more specialized terminology. The term operates as a core semantic unit in the Hebrew lexicon's representation of physical and moral force. Understanding עַז provides insight into how biblical writers conceptualized and communicated about strength. Rather than being a specialized or rare term, this word served as a foundational concept in Hebrew discourse about power, capability, and might. Its straightforward definition and moderate frequency of use reflect its role as essential vocabulary for describing the fundamental human and divine attribute of strength.
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“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.
Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was fortified.
a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young.
He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle.
The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” He said to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong to cease. Their holy places will be profaned.
“In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, will stand up.
who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.