Words

חָזַק H2388

Home gloss

be strong (qal); hold fast (hiphil)

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

lay hold / hold fast / be strong

Note

Split by stem (20). The hiphil with בְּ is to grip (19:16; 21:18; Judg 16:26); the qal is to be strong (Deut 31:6) and, of the heart, to be hard (Exod 7:13)

Rulings

20

Occurrences (2)

Genesis 19

• 19:16 And he lingered; and the men held fast to his hand and to the hand of his woman and to the hand of his two daughters, in the pity of on him, and they brought him out and settled him outside the city.

Genesis 21

• 21:18 Rise, lift the lad, and hold fast your hand on him, for a great nation I will put him."