Strong's Concordance H2388

Original Word: חָזַק
Transliteration: châzaq
Phonetic Spelling: khaw-zak'
a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, × calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

Usages throughout the bible

Isaiah 22:21 - And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen H2388 him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

Isaiah 27:5 - Or let him take hold H2388 of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

Isaiah 28:22 - Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: H2388 for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

Isaiah 33:23 - Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen H2388 their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

Isaiah 35:3 - Strengthen H2388 ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 35:4 - Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, H2388 fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

Isaiah 39:1 - At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. H2388

Isaiah 41:6 - They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. H2388

Isaiah 41:7 - So the carpenter encouraged H2388 the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened H2388 it with nails, that it should not be moved.

Isaiah 41:9 - Thou whom I have taken H2388 from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

Isaiah 41:13 - For I the LORD thy God will hold H2388 thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Isaiah 42:6 - I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold H2388 thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Isaiah 45:1 - Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, H2388 to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

Isaiah 51:18 - There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh H2388 her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

Isaiah 54:2 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen H2388 thy stakes;

Isaiah 56:2 - Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold H2388 on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 56:4 - For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold H2388 of my covenant;

Isaiah 56:6 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold H2388 of my covenant;

Isaiah 64:7 - And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold H2388 of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

Jeremiah 5:3 - O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder H2388 than a rock; they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 6:23 - They shall lay hold H2388 on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Jeremiah 6:24 - We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold H2388 of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

Jeremiah 8:5 - Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold H2388 fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:21 - For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold H2388 on me.

Jeremiah 10:4 - They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten H2388 it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

Jeremiah 20:7 - O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger H2388 than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

Jeremiah 23:14 - I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen H2388 also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 31:32 - Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took H2388 them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

Jeremiah 49:24 - Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized H2388 on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Jeremiah 50:33 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; H2388 they refused to let them go.

Jeremiah 50:42 - They shall hold H2388 the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:43 - The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold H2388 of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

Jeremiah 51:12 - Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, H2388 set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:6 - And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore H2388 in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

Ezekiel 3:14 - So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong H2388 upon me.

Ezekiel 7:13 - For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen H2388 himself in the iniquity of his life.

Ezekiel 13:22 - Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened H2388 the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

Ezekiel 16:49 - Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen H2388 the hand of the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 22:14 - Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, H2388 in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.

Ezekiel 30:21 - Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong H2388 to hold the sword.

Ezekiel 30:24 - And I will strengthen H2388 the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

Ezekiel 30:25 - But I will strengthen H2388 the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 34:4 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, H2388 neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

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 H2388 that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

Daniel 10:18 - Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened H2388 me,

Daniel 10:19 - And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, H2388 yea, be strong. H2388 And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, H2388 and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened H2388 me.

Daniel 10:21 - But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth H2388 with me in these things, but Michael your prince.

Daniel 11:1 - Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm H2388 and to strengthen him.

Daniel 11:5 - And the king of the south shall be strong, H2388 and one of his princes; and he shall be strong H2388 above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.

Daniel 11:6 - And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened H2388 her in these times.