חָזַק châzaq — to fasten upon
Translated in the KJV as aid, amend, × calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good courage(-ous, -ly), encourage.
a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.
châzaq in each stem
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 50Participle (active) 20Wayyiqtol 17Sequential perfect (weqatal) 11Imperfect (yiqtol) 10Imperative 6Infinitive construct 3
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperative 29Wayyiqtol 17Imperfect (yiqtol) 16Perfect (qatal) 14Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Jussive 2Infinitive construct 1
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.
Pi'el
Wayyiqtol 20Infinitive construct 13Imperative 9Perfect (qatal) 9Imperfect (yiqtol) 8Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Participle (active) 2
And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
Hitpa'el
Wayyiqtol 10Perfect (qatal) 6Participle (active) 3Imperative 2Cohortative 2Infinitive construct 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›