strengthen DEU 003 028 But charge <06680 +tsavah > Joshua <03091 +Y@howshuwa< > , and encourage <02388 +chazaq > him , and {strengthen} <00553 +>amats > him : for he shall go <05674 + over <05674 + before <06440 +paniym > this <02088 +zeh > people <05971 + , and he shall cause them to inherit <05157 +nachal > the land <00776 +>erets > which <00834 +>aher > thou shalt see <07200 +ra>ah > . strengthened GEN 048 002 And [ one ] told <05046 +nagad > Jacob <03290 +Ya , and said <00559 +>amar > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , thy son <01121 +ben > Joseph <03130 +Yowceph > cometh <00935 +bow> > unto thee : and Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > {strengthened} <02388 +chazaq > himself , and sat <03427 +yashab > upon the bed <04296 +mittah > .  ~~~~~~