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strengthen

Meaning of “strengthen”

To make stronger, confirm, encourage, fortify, or increase in power.

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32 occurrences32 verses16 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 3:28

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Isaiah 22:21
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 22:21 · retained source text

And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I wil commit thy gouernment into his hand, and he shalbe a father to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and to the house of Iudah.

Isaiah 30:2
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
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1611 witness · Isaiah 30:2 · retained source text

That walke to goe downe into Egypt, (and haue not asked at my mouth) to strengthen themselues in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt.

Isaiah 33:23
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 33:23 · retained source text

Thy tacklings are loosed: they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the saile: then is the praye of a great spoile diuided, the lame take the praye.

1611 marginal noteOr, they haue forsaken thy tacklings.

Isaiah 35:3
strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 35:3 · retained source text

¶ Strengthen yee the weake hands, and confirme the feeble knees.

1611 marginal noteHebr. 12.12.

Isaiah 41:10
¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 41:10 · retained source text

¶ Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismaied, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea I will helpe thee, yea I will vphold thee with the right hand of my righteousnesse.

Isaiah 54:2
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
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1611 witness · Isaiah 54:2 · retained source text

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtaines of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.

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