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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Strengthen

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

32exact KJV occurrences 29Old Testament 3New Testament 16books containing the word 9mapped Strong's IDs 32occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Deuteronomy 3:28

But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 3:2

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where strengthen appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH2388
חָזַק

châzaq · khaw-zak'

14 times translated as this KJV form288 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

Strong's KJV usage: aid, amend, × 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, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

Strong's first: Judges 16:28Strong's last: Ezekiel 34:16

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HebrewH553
אָמַץ

ʼâmats · aw-mats'

7 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences

v

to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)

Strong's KJV usage: confirm, be courageous (of good courage, stedfastly minded, strong, stronger), establish, fortify, harden, increase, prevail, strengthen (self), make strong (obstinate, speed).

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 3:28Strong's last: Amos 2:14

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GreekG4599
σθενόω

sthenóō · sthen-o'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

to strengthen, i.e. (figuratively) confirm (in spiritual knowledge and power)

Strong's KJV usage: :--strengthen.

Strong's first: 1 Peter 5:10Strong's last: 1 Peter 5:10

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HebrewH6965
קוּם

qûwm · koom

1 times translated as this KJV form629 total Strong's occurrences

v

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

Strong's KJV usage: abide, accomplish, × be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, × be dim, endure, × enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, × but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).

Strong's first: Psalms 119:28Strong's last: Psalms 119:28

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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32 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Deuteronomy 3:28
H553

But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

Judges 16:28
H2388

And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

1 Kings 20:22
H2388

And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

Ezra 6:22
H2388

And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 6:9
H2388

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Job 16:5
H553

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

Psalms 20:2
H5582

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Psalms 27:14
H553

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Psalms 31:24
H553

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Psalms 41:3
H5582

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

Psalms 68:28
H5810

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

Psalms 89:21
H553

With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

Psalms 119:28
H6965

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

Isaiah 22:21
H2388

And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

Isaiah 30:2
H5810

That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Isaiah 33:23
H2388

Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

Isaiah 35:3
H2388

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 41:10
H553

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 54:2
H2388

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

Jeremiah 23:14
H2388

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

Ezekiel 7:13
H2388

For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

Ezekiel 16:49
H2388

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 30:24
H2388

And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

Ezekiel 30:25
H2388

But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 34:16
H2388

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

strengthen

STRENGTHEN, verb transitive

1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to, either physical, legal or moral; as, to strengthen a limb; to strengthen an obligation.

2. To confirm; to establish; as, to strengthen authority.

3. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.

Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him. Deuteronomy 3:28.

4. To cause to increase in power or security.

Let noble warwick, Cobham and the rest, with powerful policy strengthen themselves.

STRENGTHEN, verb intransitive To grow strong or stronger.

The disease that shall destroy at length, grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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