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["Ishnian" <ishinan AT comcast.net>]

Isaac Fried wrote: No Hebrew root can mean 'might' or 'strength', but 'up, 
on' is good.

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THE COUNTER ARGUMENT

 Besides `zz  there are additional Hebrew words for strong, strength, might 
etc. for example:

 (6099) `atsuwm; passive participle of '`atsam'   (BTW  initial letter is 
`ayn)
 (6105); powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous:--+ great, 
mighty, must, strong.
 (6106) `etsem from '`atsam' (6105); a bone (as strong); by extension, the 
body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame:--body, bone, X 
life, (self-)same, strength, X very.

See BDB   p.782 # 6099
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Here, the meaning of  'STRONG'  is found in the following verses : Jos 23:9, 
Prov 7:26, Isa 8:7, Isa 53:12, Isa 60:22, Joel 1:6, Joel 2:2, Joel 2:5, Joel 
2:11, Micah 4:3, Micah 4:7, Zech 8:22


EXAMPLES:

Jos 23:9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and 
STRONG: but [as for] you, no man hath been able to stand1 before you unto 
this day.

Prov 7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many STRONG [men] have 
been slain by her.

Isa 8:7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of 
the river, STRONG and many, [even] the king of Assyria, and all his glory: 
and he shall come up1 over all his channels, and go over1 all his banks:

Isa 60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a STRONG 
nation:  the LORD will hasten it in his time.

Joel 1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, STRONG and without number, 
whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great 
lion.

 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, 
as the morning spread upon themountains: a great people and a STRONG; there 
hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, [even] to 
the years of many generations.

Joel 2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, 
like the noise of a flame of fire thatdevoureth the stubble, as a STRONG 
people set in battle array.

Joel 2:2 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp 
[is] very great: for [he is] STRONG that executeth his word: for the day of 
the LORD [is] great and very terrible; and who can abide55 it?

Micah 4:3, And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke STRONG nations 
afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears 
into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither 
shall they learn war any more.

Micah 4:7, And I will make1 her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast 
far off a STRONG nation: and the LORD shallreign1 over them in mount Zion 
from henceforth, even for ever.

Zech 8:22 Yea, many people and STRONG nations shall come1 to seek5 the LORD 
of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.


More examples:-)

mightier
Exo 1:9, Num 14:12, Deu 4:38, Deu 7:1, Deu 9:1, Deu 9:14, Deu 11:23

mighty
Gen 18:18, Num 22:6, Deu 26:5, Psa 135:10, Prov 18:18, Dan 8:24, Dan 11:25, 
Amos 5:12



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