Strong's H5797 · Hebrew
עֹז
ʻôz · /oze/
Definition
strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
KJV: boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.
Root / derivation: or (fully) עוֹז; from H5810 (עָזַז);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered עֹז across 92 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
92 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus2 verses
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Exodus 15:13Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Leviticus1 verse
Judges2 verses
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
Judges 9:51But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
2 Samuel1 verse
1 Chronicles4 verses
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. singing: Heb. songs
1 Chronicles 16:11Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
1 Chronicles 16:27Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
1 Chronicles 16:28Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
2 Chronicles2 verses
Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
2 Chronicles 30:21And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. present: Heb. found loud: Heb. instruments of strength
Job4 verses
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 26:2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
Job 37:6For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. likewise: Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength
Job 41:22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. is turned into joy: Heb. rejoiceth
Psalms43 verses
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. ordained: Heb. founded
Psalms 21:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Psalms 21:13Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
Psalms 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
Psalms 28:8The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. their: or, his saving: Heb. strength of salvations
Psalms 29:1A Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. ye mighty: Heb. ye sons of the mighty
Psalms 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
Psalms 30:7LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. made: Heb. settled strength for my mountain
Psalms 46:1To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. for: or, of
Psalms 59:9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. defence: Heb. high place
Psalms 59:16But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Psalms 59:17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
Psalms 61:3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Psalms 62:7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalms 62:11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. power: or, strength
Psalms 63:2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Psalms 66:3Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. submit: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie
Psalms 68:28Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
Psalms 68:33To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. send: Heb. give
Psalms 68:34Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. clouds: or, heavens
Psalms 68:35O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
Psalms 71:7I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Psalms 74:13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. divide: Heb. break dragons: or, whales
Psalms 77:14Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
Psalms 78:26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. to blow: Heb. to go
Psalms 78:61And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
Psalms 81:1To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. of Asaph: or, for Asaph
Psalms 84:5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Psalms 86:16O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Psalms 89:10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. Rahab: or, Egypt thy: Heb. the arm of thy strength
Psalms 89:17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
Psalms 90:11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Psalms 93:1The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
Psalms 96:6Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Psalms 96:7Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
Psalms 99:4The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalms 105:4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Psalms 110:2The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Psalms 118:14The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Psalms 132:8Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
Psalms 138:3In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Psalms 140:7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Psalms 150:1Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise ye: Heb. Hallelujah
Proverbs9 verses
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 14:26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. safe: Heb. set aloft
Proverbs 18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Proverbs 18:19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs 21:22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Proverbs 24:5A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. is strong: Heb. is in strength increaseth: Heb. strengtheneth might
Proverbs 31:17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Proverbs 31:25Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Isaiah7 verses
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isaiah 26:1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Isaiah 45:24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. Surely: or, Surely he shall say of me, In the LORD is all righteousness and strength righteousness: Heb. righteousnesses
Isaiah 49:5And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. Though: or, That Israel may be gathered to him, and I may, etc
Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Isaiah 62:8The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: Surely: Heb. If I give, etc
Jeremiah3 verses
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Jeremiah 48:17All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
Jeremiah 51:53Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel8 verses
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
Ezekiel 19:12But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
Ezekiel 19:14And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Ezekiel 24:21Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. that: Heb. the pity of your soul
Ezekiel 26:11With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
Ezekiel 30:6Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. from: or, from Migdol to Syene
Ezekiel 30:18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. darkened: or, restrained
Ezekiel 33:28For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. most: Heb. desolation and desolation
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H5797 (ʻôz) mean?
strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
How many times does H5797 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H5797 (עֹז) appears in 92 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “strength.”
How is ʻôz translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H5797 is rendered as “strength” (60×), “strong” (17×), “power” (11×), “might” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word עֹז come from?
or (fully) עוֹז; from H5810 (עָזַז);