Strong’s H2393 · Hebrew

חֶזְקָה
chezqâh
khez-kaw'

Definition

prevailing power

Etymology

feminine of H2391 (חֵזֶק);

Where the KJV renders it

  • strength(-en self)
  • (was) 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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