Strong’s H5810 · Hebrew
עָזַז
ʻâzaz
aw-zaz'
Definition
to be stout (literally or figuratively)
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- harden
- impudent
- prevail
- strengthen (self)
- be strong
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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