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Lexicon :: Strong's H2220 - zᵊrôaʿ

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זְרוֹעַ
Transliteration
zᵊrôaʿ
Pronunciation
zer-o'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 583a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: זרוע (Strongs and Gesenius) זרועה (Strongs) זרעה (Strongs) זרע (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

זְרוֹעַ zᵉrôwaʻ, zer-o'-ah; or (shortened) זְרֹעַ zᵉrôaʻ; and (feminine) זְרוֹעָה zᵉrôwʻâh; or זְרֹעָה zᵉrôʻâh; from H2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force:—arm, help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x

The KJV translates Strong's H2220 in the following manner: arm (83x), power (3x), shoulder (2x), holpen (1x), mighty (1x), strength (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x
The KJV translates Strong's H2220 in the following manner: arm (83x), power (3x), shoulder (2x), holpen (1x), mighty (1x), strength (1x).

  1. arm, forearm, shoulder, strength

    1. arm

    2. arm (as symbol of strength)

    3. forces (political and military)

    4. shoulder (of animal sacrificed)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זְרוֹעַ zᵉrôwaʻ, zer-o'-ah; or (shortened) זְרֹעַ zᵉrôaʻ; and (feminine) זְרוֹעָה zᵉrôwʻâh; or זְרֹעָה zᵉrôʻâh; from H2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force:—arm, help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
STRONGS H2220: Abbreviations
† זְרוֺעַ, זְרֹעַ noun feminineExodus 6:6 and (rare) masculineIsaiah 51:5, compare below arm, shoulder, strength (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian (Tel el Amarna102, 1. 12, etc.) zurû, compare JastrJBL xi, 1892, 123; Arabic ذِرَاعً; Aramaic דְּרָעָא, axixRD; Ethiopic መዝራዕት፡) — absolute זְרוֺעַ Exodus 6:6 +, זְרֹעַ Deuteronomy 7:19 +; construct זְרוֺעַ Psalm 10:15 +, זְרֹעַ Psalm 89:11 +; suffix זְרוֺעִי Jeremiah 27:5; Psalm 89:2, זְרֹעִי Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 63:5; זְרוֺעֲךָ Psalm 71:18 +, זְרֹעֲךָ 1 Samuel 3:31 +, etc.; plural זְרֹעִים Daniel 11:31; construct זְרֹעֵי Genesis 49:24; suffix זְרֹעַי Isaiah 51:5, זְרֹעָיו 2 Kings 9:24; elsewhere feminine form, construct זְרוֺעוֺת Psalm 37:17, זְרֹעוֺת Job 22:9 + 6 times, זְרֹעֹת Deuteronomy 33:27; suffix זְרוֺעֹתָ֑י Psalm 18:35, זְרֹעֹתָ֑י 2 Samuel 22:35, etc. (In absolute and construct singular more often plene, in plural and with suffix more often defect. In three instances where ז׳ is masculine it means a political or military force Daniel 11:15, 22, 31). —
1. arm,
a. literally, of a man Judges 15:14; Judges 16:12; 2 Samuel 1:10; Isaiah 9:19; Isaiah 17:5 (probably accusative instrumental), Deuteronomy 33:20; Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); Songs 8:6; Daniel 10:6; Ezekiel 13:30 (strike out Co); כֹּחוֺ ז׳ Isaiah 44:12 (of a smith, forging); חֲשׂוּפָה ז׳ Ezekiel 4:7 (of prophet); in figure of י׳ teaching Ephraim to walk Hosea 11:3; זְרֹעֵי יָדָיו Genesis 49:24 arms of his hands, i.e. arms that by their strength enable him (Joseph) to draw the bow; וַיַּךְ אֶתיְֿהוֺרָם בֵּין זְרֹעָיו 2 Kings 9:24, i.e. his arms seen from behind, his shoulders.
b. arm as seat of (human) strength Psalm 18:35 = 2 Samuel 22:35; לֹאעֹז ז׳ Job 26:2, כּוֺחַ הַזּ׳ Daniel 11:6 compare Daniel 11:6; לֹא עֹז ז׳ Job 26:2; חִוַּקְתִּי ז׳ Hosea 7:15 compare Ezekiel 30:24, 25; also with שׁבר Psalm 10:15; Psalm 37:17; Jeremiah 48:25 (|| קֶרֶן), Ezekiel 30:21, 22, 24 compare Ezekiel 30:25; רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר ז׳ Job 38:15. — On Malachi 2:3 compare VB. Especially
c. Yahweh's arm as instrument of deliverance and judgment (often Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Isa2, Psalms): — נְטוּיָה ז׳ Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 5:15; Deuteronomy 26:8; Ezekiel 20:33, 34; Psalm 136:12, compare Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 11:2; 1 Kings 8:42 2 Chronicles 6:32 (all || יָד חֲזָקָה), Deuteronomy 9:29; 2 Kings 17:36; (of creation) Jeremiah 27:5; Jeremiah 32:17 (all || כֹּחַ גָּדוֺל); נְטוּיָה בִּז׳ Exodus 6:6 (P, or D's revision; no ||); חֲזָקָה זְ׳ Jeremiah 21:5 (|| יָד נְטוּיָה); גְּדֹל זרועך Exodus 15:16 (song), גֹּדֶל ז׳ Psalm 79:11; זְרוֺעִי תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ Psalm 89:22 (|| יָדִי); בִּזְ׳ Psalm 77:16; ז׳ Psalm 44:4 (|| יְמִינְךָ), קָדְשׁוֺ ז׳ Psalm 98:1 (|| יְמִינוֺ), compare Isaiah 52:10; עֻוָּךָ ז׳ Psalm 89:11 compare Isaiah 62:8 (|| יְמִינוֺ); לִבְּשִׁיעֹֿז זְרוֺעַ י׳ Isaiah 51:9; לְךָ ז׳ עִםגְּֿבוּרָ֑ה Psalm 89:14; תִּפְאַרְתּוֺ ז׳ Isaiah 63:12; as support of weak Isaiah 40:11 (figurative of shepherd), compare זְרֹעֹת עוֺלָם Deuteronomy 33:27; נַחַת זְרוֺעוֺ יַרְאֶה Isaiah 30:30 (of lightning stroke, || השׁמיע הוֺד קולו of thunder); also אִםוְֿרוֺעַ כָּאֵל לָךְ Job 40:9.Hence,
2. arm, as symbol of strength:
a. human 1 Samuel 2:31 (twice in verse) (Greek Version of the LXX read זַרְעֲךָ and זֶרַע, but see Klo Dr), Ezekiel 22:6; Ezekiel 31:17; וַתְּאַמֵּץ זְרוֺעתֶיהָ Proverbs 31:17; בָּשָׂר ז׳ 2 Chronicles 32:8; שָׁם בָּשָׂר זְרֹעוֺ Jeremiah 17:5 (|| יִבְטַח בָּאָדָם); compare Psalm 44:4 (|| חַרְבָּם); אישׁ זרוע Job 22:8; זְרֹעוֺת יְתֹמִים Job 22:9 (i.e. strength, resources); הָיוּ זרוע לִבְּנֵילֿוֺט Psalm 83:9; רַבִּים ז׳ Job 35:9; זְרֹעַ גְּדוֺלָה Ezekiel 17:9 (for pulling up a tree, in metaphor).
b. = divine strength Psalm 71:18 (|| גְּבוּרָה), זְרֹעוֺ משְׁלָה לוֺ Isaiah 40:10 (|| חָזָק); יִשְׁפֹּ֑טוּ עַמִּים זְרֹעַי Isaiah 51:5 [Str thinks masculine to avoid verbal ending נָה, compare Isaiah 49:11]; and help Isaiah 33:2 (|| יְשׁוּעָה) compare Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:5; see also Isaiah 53:1.
3. plural forces, political and military, with יִעֲמֹ֑דוּ Daniel 11:15, 31; Daniel 11:22 (see Bev).
4. Shoulder of animal sacrificed, belonging to priest Numbers 6:19 (P) Deuteronomy 18:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:24; 49:24

Exodus

6:6; 6:6; 6:6; 15:16

Numbers

6:19

Deuteronomy

4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 7:19; 9:29; 11:2; 18:3; 26:8; 33:20; 33:27; 33:27

Judges

15:14; 16:12

1 Samuel

2:31

2 Samuel

1:10; 22:35; 22:35

1 Kings

8:42

2 Kings

9:24; 9:24; 17:36

2 Chronicles

6:32; 32:8

Job

22:8; 22:9; 22:9; 26:2; 26:2; 35:9; 38:15; 40:9

Psalms

10:15; 10:15; 18:35; 18:35; 37:17; 37:17; 44:4; 44:4; 71:18; 71:18; 77:16; 79:11; 83:9; 89:2; 89:11; 89:11; 89:14; 89:22; 98:1; 136:12

Proverbs

31:17

Song of Songs

8:6

Isaiah

9:19; 17:5; 30:30; 33:2; 40:10; 40:11; 44:12; 49:11; 51:5; 51:5; 51:5; 51:5; 51:9; 52:10; 53:1; 59:16; 62:8; 63:5; 63:5; 63:12

Jeremiah

17:5; 21:5; 27:5; 27:5; 32:17; 48:25

Ezekiel

4:7; 17:9; 20:33; 20:34; 22:6; 30:21; 30:22; 30:24; 30:24; 30:25; 30:25; 31:17

Daniel

10:6; 11:6; 11:6; 11:15; 11:15; 11:22; 11:22; 11:31; 11:31; 11:31

Hosea

7:15; 11:3

Zechariah

11:17

Malachi

2:3

H2220

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Strong's Number H2220 matches the Hebrew זְרוֹעַ (zᵊrôaʿ),
which occurs 91 times in 84 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 -
But his bow abode in strength,
And the arms of his hands were made strong,
By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob
(From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:

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Terror and dread falleth upon them;
By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone;
Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah,
Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven the head of his separation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:15 - And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:19 - the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so shall Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:29 - Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:2 - And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3 - And this shall be the priests’ due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8 - and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20 - And of Gad he said,
Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad:
He dwelleth as a lioness,
And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

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The eternal God is thy dwelling-place,
And underneath are the everlasting arms.
And he thrust out the enemy from before thee,
And said, Destroy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:31 - Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:35 -
He teacheth my hands to war,
So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:42 - (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:36 - but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:32 - Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:8 -
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;
And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

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Thou hast sent widows away empty,
And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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How hast thou helped him that is without power!
How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!

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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

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And from the wicked their light is withholden,
And the high arm is broken.

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Or hast thou an arm like God?
And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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Break thou the arm of the wicked;
And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

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He teacheth my hands to war;
So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

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For the arms of the wicked shall be broken;
But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

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For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword,
Neither did their own arm save them;
But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,
Because thou wast favorable unto them.

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Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not,
Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation,
Thy might to every one that is to come.

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Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people,
The sons of Jacob and Joseph.
[Selah

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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee:
According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;

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Assyria also is joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot.
[Selah

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Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;
Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

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Thou hast a mighty arm;
Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

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With whom my hand shall be established;
Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

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A Psalm.
Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song;
For he hath done marvellous things:
His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him.

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With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm;
For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

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She girdeth her loins with strength,
And maketh strong her arms.

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Set me as a seal upon thy heart,
As a seal upon thine arm:
For love is strong as death;
Jealousy is cruel as Sheol;
The flashes thereof are flashes of fire,
A very flame of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - And one shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:5 - And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing grain, and his arm reapeth the ears; yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:30 - And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 - O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10 - Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 - He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those that have their young.

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