חָזָק

1. strong:
\ \ a. of men, rarely predicate 4 Mos 13,18 (opposed to רָפֶה), v4 Mos 13,31 (comparative with מִן), Jos 14,11; Jos 17,18 (all J E), Dom 18,26 (comparative with מִן); also of גֹּאֲלָם Jer 50,34; Ord 23,11 of hand of ׳י Jos 4,24 (D), so Ezk 3,14 ᵐ5 Co (see above and חָזַק Qal 3); compare of Tyre הָֽיְתָה חֲזָקָה בַּיָּם Ezk 26,17 (strike out B Co).
\ \ b. usually attributive; of ram of Pharaoh Ezk 30,22 (opposed to נִשְׁבָּ֑רֶת); especially of hand of ׳י in delivering Israel from Egypt, 2 Mos 3,19 (gloss ? see Di), 2 Mos 6,1 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 13,9 (all J), 5 Mos 6,21; 5 Mos 7,8; 5 Mos 9,26; Dan 9,15 in wonders done by agency of Moses 5 Mos 34,12 also בְּכֹחַ גָּדוֺל וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה 2 Mos 31,11(JE), compare Neh 1,10, but oftener ביד חזקה וּבִזְרוֺעַ נְטוּיָה 5 Mos 4,34; 5 Mos 5,15; 5 Mos 7,19; 5 Mos 11,2; 5 Mos 26,6; Jer 32,21; Sl 136,12 of control of enemies and deliverance from exile Ezk 20,33; Ezk 20,34 more generally 5 Mos 3,24 (|| גָּדְלְךָ), 1 Kong 8,42 = 2 Kron 6,32 of ׳י's opposition to Zedekiah Jer 21,5 once of Edom, opposed to Israel בעם כבד וביד חזקה 4 Mos 20,20 (JE).
\ \ c. of sword of ׳י Es 27,1 (|| הַקָּשָׁה וְהַגְּדוֺלָה), of wind 2 Mos 10,19 (J), 1 Kong 19,11 sound of trumpet (= loud) 2 Mos 19,16 (E). d severe, sharp, hot, of war 1 Sam 14,52 (predicate), battle 2 Sam 11,15, sickness 1 Kong 17,17 (predicate), famine 1 Kong 18,2.
\ \ e. firm, hard, of face, פנים Ezk 3,8, forehead, מֵצַח vEzk 3,8 adamant, simile of forehead vEzk 3,9 (comparative, with מִן); of sky Job 37,18 (predicate) in plural construct לֵב ׳ח Ezk 2,4 hard of heart (|| קְשֵׁי פָנִים) but omitted by B Co, מֵֿצַח׳ח Ezk 3,7 hard (= impudent) of forehead (|| קְשֵׁילֵֿב).

2. as substantive, a strong one, of ׳י (בְּחָזָק, as, in the character of, a strong one) Es 40,10 of ׳י's agent Es 28,2 (|| אַמִּץ); see also וְחָזָק לאֹ יְאַמֵּץ כֹחוֺ Amos 2,14 with מִן compare= one too strong for Jer 31,11; Sl 35,10. In Ezk 34,16 ᵑ0 uses ׳הח in bad sense (|| הִשְּׁמֵנָה), ᵐ5 Co, with different text, in good sense (see VB).