עַז
az
strong
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Occurrences in Scripture
24 total occurrences across the text
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
Genesis 49:7Cursed 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.
Exodus 14:21Moses 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.
Numbers 13:28However, 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.
Numbers 21:24Israel 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.
Deuteronomy 28:50a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young.
Judges 14:14He 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.
Judges 14:18The 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.”
2 Samuel 22:18He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
Nehemiah 9:11You 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.
Psalms 18:17He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Psalms 59:3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
Proverbs 18:23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
Proverbs 30:25The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
Song of Solomon 8:6Set 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.
Isaiah 19:4I 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.
Isaiah 25:3Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
Isaiah 26:1In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
Isaiah 43:16Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
Isaiah 56:11Yes, 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.
Ezekiel 7:24Therefore 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.
Daniel 8:23“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.
Amos 5:9who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.