# חָזֵק (chazeq)

Israeli respelling: cha-zeq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2390. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

powerful

King James renderings: [idiom] wax louder, stronger.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chazeq-h2390

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 19:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/19/19) — And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
- [2 Samuel 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/3/1) — Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed…