Strong’s H5807 · Hebrew
עֱזוּז
ʻĕzûwz
ez-ooz'
Definition
forcibleness
Etymology
from H5810 (עָזַז);
Where the KJV renders it
- might
- strength
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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