Midvash

זְרוֹעַzᵉrôwaʻ

arm, shoulder, strength

Pronunciation: zer-o'-ah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2220

Meanings

1. arm

a. arms of his hands, his shoulders. (Judges 15:14; Judges 16:12; 2 Samuel 1:10)

b. arm (Psalms 18:35; 2 Samuel 22:35; Job 26:2)

c. Yahweh's arm (Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 5:15; Deuteronomy 26:8)

2. arm, as symbol of strength

3. forces, political and military (Daniel 11:15; Daniel 11:31; Daniel 11:22)

4. Shoulder, of animal sacrificed, belonging to priest (Numbers 6:19; Deuteronomy 18:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 91 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 49:24 But his bow remained taut, and his arms were strengthened by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
  • Exodus 6:6 “Therefore, say to the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord. I will free you from your oppression and will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment.
  • Exodus 15:16 terror and dread fall upon them. The power of your arm makes them lifeless as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people you purchased pass by.
  • Numbers 6:19 After the Nazirite’s head has been shaved, the priest will take for each of them the boiled shoulder of the ram, and he will take from the basket a cake and a wafer made without yeast. He will put them all into the Nazirite’s hands.
  • Deuteronomy 4:34 Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.
  • Deuteronomy 5:15 Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, but the Lord your God brought you out with his strong hand and powerful arm. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).