Strong’s H5808 · Hebrew

עִזּוּז
ʻizzûwz
iz-zooz'

Definition

forcible; collectively and concretely, an army

Etymology

from H5810 (עָזַז);

Where the KJV renders it

  • power
  • 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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