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Nehemiah 2:18

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5046 Then I told ואגיד

H853 להם את

H3027 them of the hand יד

H430 of my God אלהי

H834 which אשׁר

H1931 היא

H2896 was good טובה

H5921 upon עלי

H637 me as also ואף

H1697 the king's words דברי

H4428 המלך

H834 that אשׁר

H559 he had spoken אמר

H559 unto me And they said לי ויאמרו

H6965 Let us rise up נקום

H1129 and build ובנינו

H2388 So they strengthened ויחזקו

H3027 their hands ידיהם

H2896 for this good לטובה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

unto

And

they

H559 said

Let

rise

H6965 up

and

H1129 build

they

H2388 strengthened

their

H3027 hands

for

this

H2896 good

work

H559 spoken

had

H834 that

H1697 words

king's

the

H637 also

H5921 upon

H2896 good

was

H834 which

H430 God

H3027 hand

the

them

H5046 told

Then

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H2388

Hebrew: חָזַק

Transliteration: châzaq

Pronunciation: khaw-zak'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {aid} {amend} X-(idiom) {calker} {catch} {cleave} {confirm} be {constant} {constrain} {continue} be of good (take) courage ({-ous} {-ly}) encourage ({self}) be {established} {fasten} {force} {fortify} make {hard} {harden} {help} (lay) hold ({fast}) {lean} {maintain} play the {man} {mend} become (wax) {mighty} {prevail} be {recovered} {repair} {retain} {seize} be (wax) {sore} strengten ({self}) be {stout} be ({make} {shew} wax) strong ({-er}) be {sure} take ({hold}) be {urgent} behave self {valiantly} withstand.

Definition:

to fasten upon; hence to {seize} be strong (figuratively {courageous} causatively {strengthen} cure: {help} repair: {fortify }) obstinate; to {bind} {restrain } conquer

1. to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore

a. (Qal)

1. to be strong, grow strong 1a

b. to prevail, prevail upon 1a

c. to be firm, be caught fast, be secure 1a

d. to press, be urgent 1a

e. to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense) 1a

f. to be severe, be grievous

1. to strengthen

g. (Piel)

1. to make strong

2. to restore to strength, give strength

3. to strengthen, sustain, encourage

4. to make strong, make bold, encourage

5. to make firm

6. to make rigid, make hard

h. (Hiphil)

1. to make strong, strengthen

2. to make firm

3. to display strength

4. to make severe

5. to support

6. to repair

7. to prevail, prevail upon

8. to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support

9. to hold, contain

i. (Hithpael)

1. to strengthen oneself

2. to put forth strength, use one's strength

3. to withstand

4. to hold strongly with

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906