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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H2388 - Mend

Strong's No.:H2388

Hebrew:חָזַק

Transliteration:châzaq

Phonetic:khaw-zak'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:{aid} {amend} X-(idiom) {calker} {catch} {cleave} {confirm} be {constant} {constrain} {continue} be of good (take) courage ({-ous} {-ly}) encourage ({self}) be {established} {fasten} {force} {fortify} make {hard} {harden} {help} (lay) hold ({fast}) {lean} {maintain} play the {man} {mend} become (wax) {mighty} {prevail} be {recovered} {repair} {retain} {seize} be (wax) {sore} strengten ({self}) be {stout} be ({make} {shew} wax) strong ({-er}) be {sure} take ({hold}) be {urgent} behave self {valiantly} withstand.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to fasten upon; hence to {seize} be strong (figuratively {courageous} causatively {strengthen} cure: {help} repair: {fortify }) obstinate; to {bind} {restrain } conquer


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore

a. (Qal)

1. to be strong, grow strong 1a

b. to prevail, prevail upon 1a

c. to be firm, be caught fast, be secure 1a

d. to press, be urgent 1a

e. to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense) 1a

f. to be severe, be grievous

1. to strengthen

g. (Piel)

1. to make strong

2. to restore to strength, give strength

3. to strengthen, sustain, encourage

4. to make strong, make bold, encourage

5. to make firm

6. to make rigid, make hard

h. (Hiphil)

1. to make strong, strengthen

2. to make firm

3. to display strength

4. to make severe

5. to support

6. to repair

7. to prevail, prevail upon

8. to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support

9. to hold, contain

i. (Hithpael)

1. to strengthen oneself

2. to put forth strength, use one's strength

3. to withstand

4. to hold strongly with


Bible References:
Mend

Translation
Occurrences:
against ( 1 )
aided ( 1 )
amend ( 1 )
calkers ( 2 )
caught ( 5 )
cleaved ( 1 )
confirm ( 2 )
confirmed ( 1 )
constant ( 1 )
constrained ( 1 )
continued ( 1 )
courage ( 8 )
courageous ( 2 )
courageously ( 1 )
encourage ( 4 )
encouraged ( 3 )
established ( 1 )
fast ( 5 )
fasten ( 1 )
fastened ( 1 )
force ( 1 )
fortified ( 2 )
fortify ( 1 )
harden ( 4 )
hardened ( 9 )
harder ( 1 )
held ( 5 )
help ( 2 )
himself ( 9 )
hold ( 32 )
holden ( 1 )
holdeth ( 1 )
leaneth ( 1 )
louder ( 1 )
maintain ( 1 )
men ( 1 )
mend ( 1 )
mighty ( 2 )
obtain ( 1 )
prevail ( 2 )
prevailed ( 7 )
received ( 1 )
recovered ( 1 )
relieve ( 1 )
repair ( 8 )
repaired ( 39 )
retain ( 1 )
retained ( 2 )
retaineth ( 1 )
seized ( 1 )
sore ( 4 )
stout ( 1 )
strength ( 1 )
strengthen ( 12 )
strengthened ( 20 )
strong ( 46 )
stronger ( 4 )
sure ( 1 )
taken ( 2 )
taketh ( 3 )
themselves ( 2 )
thyself ( 1 )
took ( 4 )
urgent ( 1 )
valiantly ( 1 )
withstand ( 2 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.