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2 Chronicles 26:16

“But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חֶזְקָהchezqâh · khez-kaw'
H2393 · Hebrew
Definition
prevailing power
Derivation
feminine of H2391 (חֵזֶק);
KJV renderings
strength(-en self), (was) strong.
Grammar
  • וּ — conjunction
  • כְ — preposition
  • חֶזְקָת֗ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
  • וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
Usage
Occurs 4 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Chronicles 12:1Isaiah 8:11Daniel 11:2

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֶזְקָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.