עַזʻaz
strong, mighty, fierce, formidable, fierce (Numbers 13:28; Judges 14:18; Amos 5:9; Deuteronomy 28:50; Daniel 8:23)
Pronunciation: az · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5794
Same root
- עָזַזʻâzaz · H5810to be stout (literally or figuratively)
- עַזְבּוּקʻAzbûwq · H5802Azbuk, an Israelite
- עַזְגָּדʻAzgâd · H5803Azgad, an Israelite
- עַזָּהʻAzzâh · H5804Azzah, a place in Palestine
- עַזְמָוֶתʻAzmâveth · H5820Azmaveth, the name of three Israelites and of a place in Palestine
- עַזָּןʻAzzân · H5821Azzan, an Israelite
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, the child of my vigorous youth. You are first in rank and first in power.
- Genesis 49:7 A curse on their anger, for it is fierce; a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel. I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob; I will disperse them throughout Israel.
- Exodus 14:21 Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land.
- Numbers 13:28 But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak!
- Numbers 21:24 But the Israelites slaughtered them with their swords and occupied their land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. They went only as far as the Ammonite border because the boundary of the Ammonites was fortified.
- Deuteronomy 28:50 a fierce and heartless nation that shows no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
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).