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
- עָזַזʻâzaz · H5810to be stout (literally or figuratively)
- אֶלְעוּזַיʼElʻûwzay · H498Eluzai, an Israelite
- עֻזָּאʻUzzâʼ · H5798Uzza or Uzzah, the name of five Israelites
- עֻזִּיאֵלʻUzzîyʼêl · H5816Uzziel, the name of six Israelites
- עֻזִּיָּהʻUzzîyâh · H5818Uzzijah, the name of five Israelites
- עׇזְנִיָּהʻoznîyâh · H5822probably the sea-eagle (from its strength)
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.”
See every passage
- Exodus 15:2, 15:13
- Leviticus 26:19
- Judges 5:21, 9:51
- 1 Samuel 2:10
- 2 Samuel 6:14
- 1 Chronicles 13:8, 16:11, 16:27, 16:28
- 2 Chronicles 6:41, 30:21
- Ezra 8:22
- Job 12:16, 26:2, 37:6, 41:22
- Psalms 8:2, 21:1, 21:13, 28:7, 28:8, 29:1, 29:11, 30:7, 46:1, 59:9, 59:16, 59:17, 61:3, 62:7, 62:11, 63:2, 66:3, 68:28, 68:33, 68:34, 68:35, 71:7, 74:13, 77:14, 78:26, 78:61, 81:1, 84:5, 86:16, 89:10, 89:17, 90:11, 93:1, 96:6, 96:7, 99:4, 105:4, 110:2, 118:14, 132:8, 138:3, 140:7, 150:1
- Proverbs 10:15, 14:26, 18:10, 18:11, 18:19, 21:22, 24:5, 31:17, 31:25
- Ecclesiastes 8:1
- Isaiah 12:2, 45:24, 49:5, 51:9, 52:1, 62:8
- Jeremiah 16:19, 48:17, 51:53
- Ezekiel 19:11, 19:12, 19:14, 24:21, 26:11, 30:6, 30:18, 33:28
- Amos 3:11
- Micah 5:4
- Habakkuk 3:4
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).