STRONGS NUMBER H2220


Word Summary
zeroa: arm, shoulder, strength
Original Word: זְרוֹעַ
Transliteration: zeroa
Phonetic Spelling: (zer-o'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: arm, shoulder, strength
Meaning: the arm, the foreleg, force
Strong's Concordance
arm, help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength

Or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah}; and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'}; from zara'; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force -- arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.

see HEBREW zara'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2220. zeroa

זְרֹעַ זְרוֺעַ,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 ; Aramaic דְּרָעָא‎, ; Ethiopic ) — absolute זְרוֺעַExodus 6:6 +, זְרֹעַDeuteronomy 7:19 +; construct זְרוֺעַPsalm 10:15 +, זְרֹעַ89:11 +; suffix זְרוֺעִיJeremiah 27:5; Psalm 89:2, זְרֹעִיIsaiah 51:5; 63:5; זְרוֺעֲךָPsalm 71:18 +, זְרֹעֲךָ‎ 1 Samuel 3:31 +, etc.; plural זְרֹעִיםDaniel 11:31; construct זְרֹעֵיGenesis 49:24; suffix זְרֹעַיIsaiah 51:5, זְרֹעָיו2 Kings 9:24; elsewhere feminine form, construct זְרוֺעוֺתPsalm 37:17, זְרֹעוֺתJob 22:9 6t., זְרֹעֹתDeuteronomy 33:27; suffix זְרוֺעֹתָ֑יPsalm 18:35, זְרֹעֹתָ֑י2 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; 16:12; 2 Samuel 1:10; Isaiah 9:19; 17:5 (probably accusative instrumental), Deuteronomy 33:20; Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); Cant 8:6; Daniel 10:6; Ezekiel 13:30 (strike out Co); ׳ז כֹּחוֺIsaiah 44:12 (of a smith, forging); ׳ז חֲשׂוּפָהEzekiel 4:7 (of prophet); in figure of ׳י‎ teaching Ephraim to walk Hosea 11:3; יָדָיו זְרֹעֵיGenesis 49:24 arms of his hands, i.e. arms that by their strength enable him (Joseph) to draw the bow; זְרֹעָיו בֵּין אֶתיְֿהוֺרָם וַיַּךְ2 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; ׳ז לֹאעֹזJob 26:2, הַזּ ׳כּוֺחַDaniel 11:6 compare 11:6; ׳ז עֹז לֹאJob 26:2; ז ׳חִוַּקְתִּיHosea 7:15 compare Ezekiel 30:24-25, also with שׁברPsalm 10:15; 37:17; Jeremiah 48:25 ("" קֶרֶן‎), Ezekiel 30:21-22, 24 compare 30:25; ׳ז תִּשָּׁבֵר רָמָהJob 38:15. — On Malachi 2:3 compare VB. Especially

c. Yahweh's arm as instrument of deliverance and judgment (often Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Isa2, Psalms): — ׳ז נְטוּיָהDeuteronomy 4:34; 5:15; 26:8; Ezekiel 20:33-34, Psalm 136:12, compare Deuteronomy 7:19; 11:2; 1 Kings 8:42 2 Chronicles 6:32 (all "" חֲזָקָה יָד‎), Deuteronomy 9:29; 2 Kings 17:36; (of creation) Jeremiah 27:5; 32:17 (all "" גָּדוֺל כֹּחַ‎); ׳בִּז נְטוּיָהExodus 6:6 (P, or D's revision; no ""); ׳זְ חֲזָקָהJeremiah 21:5 ("" נְטוּיָה יָד‎); זרועך גְּדֹלExodus 15:16 (song), ז ׳גֹּדֶלPsalm 79:11; תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ זְרוֺעִי89:22 ("" יָדִי‎); ׳בִּזְ77:16; ׳ז44:4 ("" יְמִינְךָ‎), ׳ז קָדְשׁוֺ98:1 ("" יְמִינוֺ‎), compare Isaiah 52:10; ׳ז עֻוָּךָPsalm 89:11 compare Isaiah 62:8 ("" יְמִינוֺ‎); י זְרוֺעַ ׳לִבְּשִׁיעֹֿז51:9; עִםגְּֿבוּרָ֑ה ז ׳לְךָPsalm 89:14; ׳ז תִּפְאַרְתּוֺIsaiah 63:12; as support of weak 40:11 (figurative of shepherd), compare עוֺלָם זְרֹעֹתDeuteronomy 33:27; יַרְאֶה זְרוֺעוֺ נַחַתIsaiah 30:30 (of lightning stroke, "" קולו הוֺד השׁמיע‎ of thunder); also לָךְ כָּאֵל אִםוְֿרוֺעַJob 40:9.Hence,

2 arm, as symbol of strength:

a. human 1 Samuel 2:31 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5‎ read זַרְעֲךָ‎ and זֶרַע‎, but see Klo Dr), Ezekiel 22:6; 31:17; זְרוֺעתֶיהָ וַתְּאַמֵּץProverbs 31:17; ׳ז בָּשָׂר2 Chronicles 32:8; זְרֹעוֺ בָּשָׂר שָׁםJeremiah 17:5 ("" בָּאָדָם יִבְטַח‎); compare Psalm 44:4 ("" חַרְבָּם‎); זרוע אישׁJob 22:8; יְתֹמִים זְרֹעוֺת22:9 (i.e. strength, resources); לִבְּנֵילֿוֺט זרוע הָיוּPsalm 83:9; ׳ז רַבִּיםJob 35:9; גְּדוֺלָה זְרֹעַEzekiel 17:9 (for pulling up a tree, in metaphor).

b. = divine strength Psalm 71:18 ("" גְּבוּרָה‎), לוֺ משְׁלָה זְרֹעוֺIsaiah 40:10 ("" חָזָק‎); יִשְׁמֹּ֑טוּ עַמִּים זְרֹעַי51:5 [Str thinks masculine to avoid verbal ending נָה‎, compare 49:11]; and help 33:2 ("" יְשׁוּעָה‎) compare 59:16; 63:5; see also 53:1.

3 Plural forces, political and military, with יִעֲמֹ֑דוּDaniel 11:15, 31; 11:22 (see Bev).

4 Shoulder of animal sacrificed, belonging to priest Numbers 6:19 (P) Deuteronomy 18:3.

דרע‎ (√of following; Biblical Hebrew II. זרע‎, זְרוֺעַ‎).