# חָזָק (chazaq) Israeli respelling: cha-zaq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H2389. 54 Old Testament occurrences. strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent) King James renderings: harder, hottest, [phrase] impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chazaq-h2389 ## Occurrences - [Exodus 3:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/3/19) — And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. - [Exodus 6:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/6/1) — Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong… - [Exodus 10:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/10/19) — And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust i… - [Exodus 13:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/13/9) — And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for w… - [Exodus 19:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/19/16) — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voi… - [Exodus 32:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/32/11) — And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of th… - [Numbers 13:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/13/18) — And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; - [Numbers 13:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/13/31) — But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. - [Numbers 20:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/20/20) — And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. - [Deuteronomy 3:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/3/24) — O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can d… - [Deuteronomy 4:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/34) — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and… - [Deuteronomy 5:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/15) — And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by… - [Deuteronomy 6:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/6/21) — Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: - [Deuteronomy 7:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/8) — But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with… - [Deuteronomy 7:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/19) — The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LOR… - [Deuteronomy 9:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/9/26) — I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy… - [Deuteronomy 11:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/11/2) — And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your Go… - [Deuteronomy 26:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/26/8) — And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, a… - [Deuteronomy 34:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/34/12) — And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel. - [Joshua 4:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/4/24) — That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. - [Joshua 14:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/14/11) — As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both t… - [Joshua 17:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/17/18) — But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive… - [Judges 18:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/18/26) — And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. - [1 Samuel 14:52](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/52) — And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto… - [2 Samuel 11:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/11/15) — And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, an… - [1 Kings 8:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/42) — (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this hous… - [1 Kings 17:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/17/17) — And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that… - [1 Kings 18:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/2) — And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. - [1 Kings 19:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/19/11) — And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the moun… - [2 Chronicles 6:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/6/32) — Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy migh… - [Nehemiah 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/1/10) — Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. - [Job 5:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/15) — But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. - [Job 37:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/37/18) — Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? - [Psalms 35:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/10) — All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the n… - [Psalms 136:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/136/12) — With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. - [Proverbs 23:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/11) — For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. - [Isaiah 27:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/27/1) — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serp… - [Isaiah 28:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/2) — Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing,… - [Isaiah 40:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/10) — Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. - [Jeremiah 21:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/21/5) — And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. - [Jeremiah 31:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/11) — For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. - [Jeremiah 32:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/32/21) — And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretche… - [Jeremiah 50:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/34) — Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disqu… - [Ezekiel 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/2/4) — For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. - [Ezekiel 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/7) — But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhea… - [Ezekiel 3:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/8) — Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. - [Ezekiel 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/9) — As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious ho… - [Ezekiel 20:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/20/33) — As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: - [Ezekiel 20:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/20/34) — And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a… - [Ezekiel 26:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/26/17) — And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned… - [Ezekiel 30:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/30/22) — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was brok… - [Ezekiel 34:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/34/16) — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen th… - [Daniel 9:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/15) — And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at… - [Amos 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/2/14) — Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: