חֹזֶקchôzeq
Pronunciation: kho'-zek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2392
Meanings
1. of ׳ י (Exodus 13:3; Exodus 13:14; Exodus 13:16)
2. national strength (Amos 6:13; Haggai 2:22)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 13:3 So Moses said to the people, “This is a day to remember forever—the day you left Egypt, the place of your slavery. Today the Lord has brought you out by the power of his mighty hand. (Remember, eat no food containing yeast.)
- Exodus 13:14 “And in the future, your children will ask you, ‘What does all this mean?’ Then you will tell them, ‘With the power of his mighty hand, the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.
- Exodus 13:16 This ceremony will be like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. It is a reminder that the power of the Lord’s mighty hand brought us out of Egypt.”
- Amos 6:13 And you brag about your conquest of Lo-debar. You boast, “Didn’t we take Karnaim by our own strength?”
- Haggai 2:22 I will overthrow royal thrones and destroy the power of foreign kingdoms. I will overturn their chariots and riders. The horses will fall, and their riders will kill each other.
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).