זְרוֹעַ
arm
also: forearm, shoulder, strength fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct 48 times (53%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct 22 times (24%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute 20 times (22%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 91 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H2220 appears — 84 distinct verses across 20 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 1 verse
Exodus 2 verses
- Exodus 6:6 בִּ/זְר֣וֹעַ prep + n c bs Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, 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:
- Exodus 15:16 זְרוֹעֲ/ךָ֖ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone; Until your people pass over, Yahweh, Until the people pass over who you have purchased.
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 9 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:34 וּ/בִ/זְר֣וֹעַ conj + prep + n c bs Or has God tried 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 Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Deuteronomy 5:15 וּ/בִ/זְרֹ֣עַ conj + prep + n c bs You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
- Deuteronomy 7:19 וְ/הַ/זְּרֹ֣עַ conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh your God brought you out: so shall Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
- Deuteronomy 9:29 וּ/בִֽ/זְרֹעֲ/ךָ֖ conj + prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
- Deuteronomy 11:2 וּ/זְרֹע֖/וֹ conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Know you this day: for I don't speak with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,
- Deuteronomy 18:3 הַ/זְּרֹ֥עַ ptcl def.art + n c bs This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
- Deuteronomy 26:8 וּ/בִ/זְרֹ֣עַ conj + prep + n c bs and Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs, and with wonders;
- Deuteronomy 33:20 זְר֖וֹעַ n c bs Of Gad he said, Blessed be he who enlarges Gad: He dwells as a lioness, Tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.
- Deuteronomy 33:27 זְרֹעֹ֣ת n c bp cs The eternal God is [your] dwelling-place, Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, Said, Destroy.
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 15:14 זְרוֹעוֹתָ֗י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
- Judges 16:12 זְרֹעֹתָ֖י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. The liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
1 Samuel 1 verse
2 Samuel 2 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:10 זְרֹע֔/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.
- 2 Samuel 22:35 זְרֹעֹתָֽ/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs He teaches my hands to war, So that my arms do bend a bow of brass.
1 Kings 1 verse
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 9:24 זְרֹעָ֔י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
- 2 Kings 17:36 וּ/בִ/זְר֥וֹעַ conj + prep + n c bs but Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and to him shall you bow yourselves, and to him shall you sacrifice:
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 וּֽ/זְרֽוֹעֲ/ךָ֖ conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:
- 2 Chronicles 32:8 זְר֣וֹעַ n c bs cs with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Yahweh our God to help us, and to fight our battles. The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Job 6 verses
- Job 22:8 זְ֭רוֹעַ n c bs But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
- Job 22:9 וּ/זְרֹע֖וֹת conj + n c bp cs You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- Job 26:2 זְר֣וֹעַ n c bs cs "How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
- Job 35:9 מִ/זְּר֣וֹעַ prep + n c bs cs "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
- Job 38:15 וּ/זְר֥וֹעַ conj + n c bs cs From the wicked, their light is withheld, The high arm is broken.
- Job 40:9 זְר֖וֹעַ n c bs Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
Psalms 13 verses
- Psalms 10:15 זְר֣וֹעַ n c bs cs Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
- Psalms 18:34 זְרוֹעֹתָֽ/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs He teaches my hands to war; So that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
- Psalms 37:17 זְרוֹע֣וֹת n c bp cs For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But Yahweh upholds the righteous.
- Psalms 44:3 וּ/זְרוֹעָ/ם֮ וּ֭/זְרוֹעֲ/ךָ conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, Because you were favorable to them.
- Psalms 71:18 זְרוֹעֲ/ךָ֣ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, Until I have declared your strength to the next generation, Your might to everyone who is to come.
- Psalms 77:15 בִּ/זְר֣וֹעַ prep + n c bs You have redeemed your people with your arm, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
- Psalms 79:11 זְרוֹעֲ/ךָ֑ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death;
- Psalms 83:8 זְר֖וֹעַ n c bs Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
- Psalms 89:10 בִּ/זְר֥וֹעַ prep + n c bs cs You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
- Psalms 89:13 זְ֭רוֹעַ n c bs You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
- Psalms 89:21 זְרוֹעִ֥/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs With whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
- Psalms 98:1 וּ/זְר֥וֹעַ conj + n c bs cs Sing to Yahweh a new song, For he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
- Psalms 136:12 וּ/בִ/זְר֣וֹעַ conj + prep + n c bs With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; For his loving kindness endures forever:
Proverbs 1 verse
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 16 verses
- Isaiah 9:20 זְרֹע֖/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms 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:
- Isaiah 17:5 וּ/זְרֹע֖/וֹ conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall be as when the harvester gathers the standing grain, and his arm reaps the ears; yes, it shall be as when one gleans ears in the valley of Rephaim.
- Isaiah 30:30 זְרוֹע/וֹ֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh 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.
- Isaiah 33:2 זְרֹעָ/ם֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- Isaiah 40:10 וּ/זְרֹע֖/וֹ conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
- Isaiah 40:11 בִּ/זְרֹע/וֹ֙ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms 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 who have their young.
- Isaiah 44:12 בִּ/זְר֣וֹעַ prep + n c bs cs The smith [makes] an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
- Isaiah 48:14 וּ/זְרֹע֖/וֹ conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Assemble yourselves, all you, and hear; who among them has declared these things? He whom Yahweh loves shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.
- Isaiah 51:5 וּ/זְרֹעַ֖/י זְרֹעִ֖/י conj + n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.
- Isaiah 51:9 זְר֣וֹעַ n c bs cs Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who did cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
- Isaiah 52:10 זְר֣וֹעַ n c bs cs Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 53:1 וּ/זְר֥וֹעַ conj + n c bs cs Who has believed our message? and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
- Isaiah 59:16 זְרֹע֔/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.
- Isaiah 62:8 וּ/בִ/זְר֣וֹעַ conj + prep + n c bs cs Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored:
- Isaiah 63:5 זְרֹעִ֔/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
- Isaiah 63:12 זְר֖וֹעַ n c bs cs who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Jeremiah 5 verses
- Jeremiah 17:5 זְרֹע֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 21:5 וּ/בִ/זְר֣וֹעַ conj + prep + n c bs I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.
- Jeremiah 27:5 וּ/בִ/זְרוֹעִ֖/י conj + prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
- Jeremiah 32:17 וּ/בִֽ/זְרֹעֲ/ךָ֖ conj + prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
- Jeremiah 48:25 וּ/זְרֹע֖/וֹ conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Yahweh.
Ezekiel 11 verses
- Ezekiel 4:7 וּֽ/זְרֹעֲ/ךָ֖ conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.
- Ezekiel 13:20 זְרוֹעֹֽתֵי/כֶ֑ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against your pillows, with which you there hunt the souls to make [them] fly, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the souls go, even the souls who you hunt to make [them] fly.
- Ezekiel 17:9 בִ/זְרֹ֤עַ prep + n c bs Say you, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots of it, and cut off the fruit of it, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots of it.
- Ezekiel 20:33 וּ/בִ/זְר֧וֹעַ conj + prep + n c bs As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you:
- Ezekiel 20:34 וּ/בִ/זְר֣וֹעַ conj + prep + n c bs and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
- Ezekiel 22:6 לִ/זְרֹע֖/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
- Ezekiel 30:21 זְר֛וֹעַ n c bs cs Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up, to apply [healing] medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
- Ezekiel 30:22 זְרֹ֣עֹתָ֔י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong [arm], and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
- Ezekiel 30:24 זְרֹעוֹת֙ זְרֹע֣וֹת n c bp cs n c bp cs I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
- Ezekiel 30:25 זְרֹעוֹת֙ וּ/זְרֹע֥וֹת n c bp cs conj + n c bp cs I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out on the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 31:17 וּ/זְרֹע֛/וֹ conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, [that] lived under his shadow in the midst of the nations.
Daniel 5 verses
- Daniel 10:6 וּ/זְרֹֽעֹתָי/ו֙ conj + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
- Daniel 11:6 הַ/זְּר֗וֹעַ וּ/זְרֹע֔/וֹ ptcl def.art + n c bs conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms At the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.
- Daniel 11:15 וּ/זְרֹע֤וֹת conj + n c bp cs So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to stand.
- Daniel 11:22 וּ/זְרֹע֥וֹת conj + n c bp cs The overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant.
- Daniel 11:31 וּ/זְרֹעִ֖ים conj + n c bp Forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take away the continual [burnt offering], and they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.
Hosea 2 verses
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
זרוע (zᵉrôwaʻ) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “arm.” It also covers “forearm”, “shoulder”, and “strength”, alongside “arm” — see its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 84 verses — moderately common. Debuting at Genesis 49:24, it then recurs through the corpus. Related forms include זרע, זרוע and זרע. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2220 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 84
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 84 distinct verses.
- 20 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 20 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #455
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 455 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 84 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 84 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 43 verses · 51%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 28 verses · 33%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 13 verses · 15%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Arm 43×, Arms 21×, Power 2×
- American Standard Version: Arm 43×, Arms 16×, Forces 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: Arm 45×, Arms 18×, Strength 7×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Arm 43×, Arm of 13×, Arms 13×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2220 across 91 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2220 across 90 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 26 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2220 across 90 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2220 across 110 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. arm,
- a. lit., of a man Ju 15:14; 16:12 2 S 1:10 Is 9:19; 17:5 (prob. acc. instr.), Dt 33:20 Zc 11:17(×2) Ct 8:6 Dn 10:6; Ez 13:20 (del. Co); ז׳ כֹּחוֹ Is 44:12 (of a smith, forging); ז׳ חֲשׂוּפָה Ez 4:7 (of prophet); in fig. of י׳ teaching Ephr. to walk Ho 11:3; זְרֹעֵי יָדָיו Gn 49:24 arms of his hands, i.e. arms that by their strength enable him (Joseph) to draw the bow; וַיַּךְ אֶת־יְהוֹרָם בֵּין זְרֹעָיו 2 K 9:24, i.e. his arms seen from behind, his shoulders. e.g. Judges 15:14
- b. arm as seat of (human) strength ψ 18:35 = 2 S 22:35; ז׳ לֹא עֹז Jb 26:2, כּוֹחַ הַזּ׳ Dn 11:6 cf. v 6; ז׳ לֹא עֹז Jb 26:2; חִזַּקְתִּי ז׳ Ho 7:15 cf. Ez 30:24, 25; also c. שׁבר ψ 10:15; 37:17 Je 48:25 (‖ קֶרֶן), Ez 30:21, 22, 24 cf. v 25; ז׳ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר Jb 38:15.—On Mal 2:3 cf. VB. Especially e.g. Psalms 18:35
- c. Yahweh’s arm as instrument of deliverance and judgment (often Dt Je Is 2 ψ):—ז׳ נְטוּיָה Dt 4:34; 5:15; 26:8 Ez 20:33, 34 ψ 136:12, cf. Dt 7:19; 11:2 1 K 8:42 = 2 Ch 6:32 Je 32:21 (‖ יָד חֲזָקָה), Dt 9:29 2 K 17:36; (of creation) Je 27:5; 32:17 (all ‖ כֹּחַ גָּדוֹל); בִּז׳ נְטוּיָה Ex 6:6 (P, or D’s revision; no ‖); זְ׳ חֲזָקָה Je 21:5 (‖ יָד נְטוּיָה); גְּדֹל זרועך Ex 15:16 (song), גֹּדֶל ז׳ ψ 79:11; זְרוֹעִי תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ ψ 89:22 (‖ יָדִי); בִּזְ׳ ψ 77:16; ז׳ ψ 44:4 (‖ יְמִינְךָ), ז׳ קָדְשׁוֹ ψ 98:1 (‖ יְמִינוֹ), cf. Is 52:10; ז׳ עֻזָּךָ ψ 89:11 cf. Is 62:8 (‖ יְמִינוֹ); לִבְשִׁי־עֹז זְרוֹעַ י׳ Is 51:9; לְךָ ז׳ עִם־גְּבוּרָ֑ה ψ 89:14; ז׳ תִּפְאַרְתּוֹ Is 63:12; as support of weak Is 40:11 (fig. shepherd), cf. זְרֹעֹת עוֹלָם Dt 33:27; נַחַת זְרוֹעוֹ יַרְאֶה Is 30:30 (of lightning stroke, ‖ השׁמיע הוד קולו of thunder); also אִם־זְרוֹעַ כָּאֵל לָךְ Jb 40:9. Hence, e.g. Deuteronomy 4:34
- 2. arm, as symbol of strength:
- a. human 1 S 2:31(×2) (𝔊 read זַרְעֲךָ and זֶרַע, but v. Klo Dr), Ez 22:6; 31:17; וַתְּאַמֵּץ זְרוֹעֹתֶיהָ Pr 31:17; ז׳ בָּשָׂר 2 Ch 32:8; שָׂם בָּשָׂר זְרֹעוֹ Je 17:5 (‖ יִבְטַח בָּאָרָם); cf. ψ 44:4 (‖ חַרְבָּם); אישׁ זרוע Jb 22:8; זְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים Jb 22:9 (i.e. strength, resources); הָיוּ זרוע לִבְנֵי־לוֹט ψ 83:9; ז׳ רַבִּים Jb 35:9; זְרֹעַ גְּדוֹלָה Ez 17:9 (for pulling up a tree, in metaph.). e.g. 1 Samuel 2:31
- b. = divine strength ψ 71:18 (‖ גְּבוּרָה), זְרֹעוֹ מֹשְׁלָה לוֹ Is 40:10 (‖ חָזָק); זְרֹעַי עַמִּים יִשְׁפֹּ֑טוּ 51:5 [Str thinks masc. to avoid verbal ending נָה, cf. 49:11]; and help Is 33:2 (‖ יְשׁוּעָה) cf. 59:16; 63:5; see also 53:1. e.g. Psalms 71:18
- 3. Pl. forces, political and military, c. יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ Dn 11:15, 31; v 22 (see Bev). e.g. Daniel 11:15
- 4. Shoulder of animal sacrificed, belonging to priest Nu 6:19 (P) Dt 18:3. e.g. Numbers 6:19
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.f. Ex 6:6 and (rare) m. Is 51:5, cf. infr. arm, shoulder, strength (NH id.; Assyrian (Tel el Amarna102, 1. 12, etc.) zurû, cf. Jastrow JBL, xi, 1892, 123; Arabic ذِرَاعٌ; Aramaic דְּרָעָא, ܕܪܳܥܳܐ; Ethiopic መዝራዕት )—abs. זְרוֹעַ Ex 6:6 +, זְרֹעַ Dt 7:19 +; cstr. זְרוֹעַ ψ 10:15 +, זְרֹעַ ψ 89:11 +; sf. זְרוֹעִי Je 27:5 ψ 89:2, זְרֹעִי Is 51:5; 63:5; זְרוֹעֲךָ ψ 71:18 +, זְרֹעֲךָ 1 S 2:31 +, etc.; pl. זְרֹעִים Dn 11:31; cstr. זְרֹעֵי Gn 49:24; sf. זְרֹעַי Is 51:5, זְרֹעָיו 2 K 9:24; elsewhere fem. form, cstr. זְרוֹעוֹת ψ 37:17, זְרֹעוֹת Jb 22:9 + 6 times, זְרֹעֹת Dt 33:27; sf. זְרוֹעֹתָ֑י ψ 18:35, זְרֹעֹתָ֑י 2 S 22:35, etc. (In abs. and cstr. sg. more often plene, in pl. and c. sf. more often defect. In one instance where ז׳ is masculine it means a political or military force Dn 11:31).—
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Derived from זרע (zâraʻ) (H2232) — to sow.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
זְרוֹעַ
- (b. h.) arm; (with animals) fore-leg, shoulder; strength, force. Ber. 17ᵇ ניזונין בז׳ receive their sustenance from the Lord by dint of their strength (virtue), opp. בצדקה by divine grace. Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵃ top זְרוֹעָן של כל ישראל the arm (defence, protection) of all Israel. Sabb. 56ᵃ נטלו בז׳ they took by force. Lev. R. s. 2 כבא על חבירו בז׳ like one coming against his neighbor with force (confident of victory).—Ḥull. X, 1 הז׳ the law concerning the shoulder as the priest’s share (Deut. XVIII, 3). Ib. 98ᵃ ז׳ בשלה, v. בָּשֵׁל; a. fr.—Pl. זְרוֹעוֹת, constr. זְרוֹעֵי. Sot. 49ᵇ; Tosef. ib. XIV, 3 ז׳ תורה the supports of the Law.—בעלי ז׳ violent men. B. Mets. 118ᵃ; a. e. e.g. Deuteronomy 18:3
זֵרוּעַ
- (= b. h. זֵרוּעַ; זרע) sowing; seed. Targ. O. Lev. XI, 37.—Pl. זֵרוּעִין, זֵי׳. Targ. Is. LXI, 11 זֵרוּעָהָא (ed. Lag. זֵירוּעָהּ sing.). [Y. Sabb. IX, 12ᵃ top; Y. Kil. III, beg. 28ᶜ (ref. to Is. l. c.) זֵירוּעֶיהָ מליא zerûëha is spelt plene (with ו); v. יאנא.]
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 65 distinct written forms H2220 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 5 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 79 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 84 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 49:24
- Exodus 6:6
- Numbers 6:19
- Deuteronomy 4:34
- Judges 15:14
- 1 Samuel 2:31
- 2 Samuel 1:10
- 1 Kings 8:42
- 2 Kings 9:24
- 2 Chronicles 6:32
- Job 22:8
- Psalms 37:17
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
