Limitless Word
עַזʻaz/az/
HebrewH579423 occurrences (KJV)

strong, vehement, harsh

KJV renders it: fierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.

Where it appears

  • Gen 49:3“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
  • Gen 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
  • Exod 14:21Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
  • Num 13:28However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.
  • Num 21:24Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
  • Deut 28:50a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young,
  • Judg 14:14He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle.
  • Judg 14:18The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” He said to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”
  • 2 Sam 22:18He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
  • Neh 9:11You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
  • Ps 18:17He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
  • Ps 59:3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
  • Prov 18:23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
  • Prov 21:14A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
  • Prov 30:25the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
  • Song 8:6Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
  • Isa 19:4I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
  • Isa 25:3Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
  • Isa 43:16Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters says:
  • Isa 56:11Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
  • Ezek 7:24Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong to cease. Their holy places will be profaned.
  • Dan 8:23In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
  • Amos 5:9who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.