Strong’s H2394 · Hebrew

חׇזְקָה
chozqâh
khoz-kaw'

Definition

vehemence (usually in a bad sense)

Etymology

feminine of H2392 (חֹזֶק);

Where the KJV renders it

  • force
  • mightily
  • repair
  • sharply

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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