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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