King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5794
Transliteration: az
Phonetic Spelling: (az)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: strong, mighty, fierce
Meaning: strong, vehement, harsh
Word Summary
az: strong, mighty, fierce
Original Word: עַזTransliteration: az
Phonetic Spelling: (az)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: strong, mighty, fierce
Meaning: strong, vehement, harsh
Strong's Concordance
fierce, greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong From azaz; strong, vehement, harsh -- fierce, + greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
see HEBREW azaz
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5794. az
עַז adjective strong, mighty, fierce; — ׳ע absolute Numbers 13:28 2t., עָז Judges 14:18, עָ֑ז Amos 5:9 4t.; עַז construct Deuteronomy 28:50; Daniel 8:23; feminine עַזָּה Exodus 14:21 2t.; plural עַזִּים Ezekiel 7:24 3t.; feminine עַזּוֺת Proverbs 18:23; construct עַזֵּי Isaiah 56:11; — strong, mighty, wind Exodus 14:21 (J); border Numbers 21:24 (JE), but read probably יַעְזֵר (ᵐ5 Di and others) Ya`zer was t. border; of people Proverbs 30:25 (figurative of ants), עַזִּים מַיִם Isaiah 43:16 ("" הַיָּם), Nehemiah 9:11; of love Song of Solomon 8:6; = substantive the mighty Amos 5:9; Ezekiel 7:24 + Proverbs 24:5 (of physical force; reading מֵעַז טוֺב or the like ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 KmpKau Wild Toy); formidable, fierce, of lion Judges 14:18, so (= substantive) 14:14, of king Isaiah 19:4 ("" קָשֶׁה אֲדֹנִים, of people Numbers 13:28 (JE), Isaiah 25:3 ("" עָרִיצִים); of enemy 2 Samuel 22:18 = Psalm 18:18, so as substantive 59:4; מָּנִים עַז Deuteronomy 28:50 fierce of countenance, Daniel 8:23, so perhaps = impudent Ecclesiastes 8:1 (reading עַז for עֹז q. v. ); of anger (אַף) Genesis 49:7 (poem in J), wrath (חֵמָה) Proverbs 21:14; עַזֵּינֶֿפֶשׁ הַכְּלָבִים Isaiah 56:11 dogs fierce of appetite ("" שָׂבְעָה יָָֽדְעוּ לֹא); feminine plural as adverb accusative עַזּוֺת יַעֲנֶה Proverbs 18:23 the rich answereth fiercely.