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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)
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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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.

Page 2 / 2 (Isa 44:12–Zec 11:17)

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The man shapes iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, [fn]fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. H2220 He also gets hungry and [fn]his strength fails; he drinks no water and becomes weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - “Assemble, all of you, and listen!
Who among them has declared these things?
The LORD loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm H2220 will be against the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5 - “My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,
And My arms H2220 will judge the peoples;
The coastlands will wait for Me,
And for My arm H2220 they will wait expectantly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9 - Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm H2220 of the LORD;
Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago.
Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces,
Who pierced the dragon?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - The LORD has bared His holy arm H2220
In the sight of all the nations,
[fn]That all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:1 - Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm H2220 of the LORD been revealed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:16 - And He saw that there was no man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;
Then His own arm H2220 brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm, H2220
“I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies;
Nor will [fn]foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:5 - “I looked, and there was no one to help,
And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;
So My own arm H2220 brought salvation to Me,
And My wrath upheld Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:12 - Who caused His glorious arm H2220 to go at the right hand of Moses,
Who divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5 - Thus says the LORD,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his [fn]strength, H2220
And whose heart turns away from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:5 - “I Myself will war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, H2220 even in anger and wrath and great indignation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - “I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, H2220 and I will give it to the one who is [fn]pleasing in My sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17 - ‘Ah Lord [fn]GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! H2220 Nothing is too difficult for You,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:25 - “The horn of Moab has been cut off and his arm H2220 broken,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7 - “Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm H2220 bared and prophesy against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:20 - Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you hunt [fn]lives there as [fn]birds and I will tear them from your arms; H2220 and I will let [fn]them go, even those [fn]lives whom you hunt as [fn]birds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers—so that all its sprouting leaves wither? And neither by great [fn]strength H2220 nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:33 - “As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “surely with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm H2220 and with wrath poured out, I shall be king over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:34 - “I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm H2220 and with wrath poured out;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:6 - “Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his [fn]power, H2220 have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21 - “Son of man, I have broken the arm H2220 of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up [fn]for healing [fn]or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22 - “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, H2220 both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:24 - ‘For I will strengthen the arms H2220 of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms H2220 of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:25 - ‘Thus I will strengthen the arms H2220 of the king of Babylon, but the arms H2220 of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - “They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; and those who were its [fn]strength H2220 lived under its shade among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body also was like [fn]beryl, his face [fn]had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms H2220 and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a [fn]tumult.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - “After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to carry out [fn]a peaceful arrangement. But she will not retain her [fn]position H2220 of power, nor will he remain with his [fn]power, H2220 but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who sired her as well as he who supported her in those times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - “Then the king of the North will come, cast up a siege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces H2220 of the South will not stand their ground, not even [fn]their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:22 - “The overflowing forces H2220 will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:31 - “Forces H2220 from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination [fn]of desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:15 - Although I trained and strengthened their arms, H2220
Yet they devise evil against Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:3 - Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk,
[fn]I took them in My arms; H2220
But they did not know that I healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - “Woe to the worthless shepherd
Who leaves the flock!
A sword will be on his arm H2220
And on his right eye!
His arm H2220 will be totally withered
And his right eye will be [fn]blind.”

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