עֹזʻôz

strength, might

Pronunciation: oze · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5797

Meanings

1. material and physical (Judges 9:51; Psalms 61:4; Proverbs 18:10)

2. personal, social, and political

c. id. (Micah 5:3; Isaiah 49:5; Psalms 81:2)

3. might of ׳ י (especially Psalms)

4. עֹז פָּנָיו = boldness, impudence (Ecclesiastes 8:1)

5. = stronghold (compare 2.c.) (Psalms 8:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 92 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 15:2 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father’s God, and I will exalt him!
  • Exodus 15:13 “With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home.
  • Leviticus 26:19 I will break your proud spirit by making the skies as unyielding as iron and the earth as hard as bronze.
  • Judges 5:21 The Kishon River swept them away— that ancient torrent, the Kishon. March on with courage, my soul!
  • Judges 9:51 But there was a strong tower inside the town, and all the men and women—the entire population—fled to it. They barricaded themselves in and climbed up to the roof of the tower.
  • 1 Samuel 2:10 Those who fight against the Lord will be shattered. He thunders against them from heaven; the Lord judges throughout the earth. He gives power to his king; he increases the strength of his anointed one.”
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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).