עַז

adj. strong, mighty, fierce;—ע׳ abs. Nu 13:28 + 2 times, עָז Ju 14:18, עָ֑ז Am 5:9 + 4 times; עַז cstr. Dt 28:50; Dn 8:23; f. עַזָּה Ex 14:21 + 2 times; pl. עַזִּים Ez 7:24 + 3 times; f. עַזּוֹת Pr 18:23; cstr. עַזֵּי Is 56:11;—strong, mighty, wind Ex 14:21 (J); border Nu 21:24 (JE), but read prob. יַעְזֵר (𝔊 Di al.) Yaʾzer was times border; of people Pr 30:25 (fig. of ants), מַיִם עַזִּים Is 43:16 (‖ הַיָּם), Ne 9:11; of love Ct 8:6; = subst. the mighty Am 5:9; Ez 7:24 + Pr 24:5 (of physical force; reading טוֹב מֵעַז or the like 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 KmpKau Wild Toy); formidable, fierce, of lion Ju 14:18, so (= subst.) v 14, of king Is 19:4 (‖ אֲדֹנִים קָשֶׁה), of people Nu 13:28 (JE), Is 25:3 (‖ עָרִיצִים); of enemy 2 S 22:18 = ψ 18:18, so as subst. ψ 59:4; עַז פָּנִים Dt 28:50 fierce of countenance, Dn 8:23, so perhaps = impudent Ec 8:1 (reading עַז for עֹז q.v.); of anger (אַף) Gn 49:7 (poem in J), wrath (חֵמָה) Pr 21:14; הַכְּלָבִים עַזֵּי־נֶפֶשׁ Is 56:11 dogs fierce of appetite (‖ לֹא יָֽדְעוּ שָׂבְעָה); fpl. as adv. accus. יַעֲנֶה עַזּוֹת Pr 18:23 the rich answereth fiercely.