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Strong's H2220 זְרוֹעַ (zeroa)

Zeroa means “arm” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2220 — zymoo (“leaven”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2220
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 84
Books 20

Strong's H2220 Quick Answer

Strong's H2220 זְרוַֹע זְרוַֹע זְרוֹעָה זְרוֹעָה (zrowa`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. zrowa` (zer-o'-ah) (or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah} and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'};) n-f. 1. the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg 2. (figuratively) force It has 84 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include arm, arms, and out. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
zrowa` (zer-o'-ah) (or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah} and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'};) n-f. 1. the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg 2. (figuratively) force
Usage
84 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
arm, arms, and out

Meaning and Definition

zrowa` (zer-o'-ah) (or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah} and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'};) n-f. 1. the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg 2. (figuratively) force [from H2232] KJV: arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength. Root(s): H2232

Original Word
זְרוַֹע זְרוַֹע זְרוֹעָה זְרוֹעָה
Transliteration
zrowa`
Derivation
Root: זרע First root strongs: 2232
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2220. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

arm

Usage: 1) arm, forearm, shoulder, strength 1a) arm 1b) arm (as symbol of strength) 1c) forces (political and military) 1d) shoulder (of animal sacrificed)

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How Strong's H2220 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zrowa`, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

arm Exodus 6:6 55× arms Genesis 49:24 21× out Numbers 6:19

How Strong's H2220 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 84 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2220 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2220 in the Old Testament

84 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 49:24 KJV

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

Exodus 6:6 KJV

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

Exodus 15:16 KJV

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Usage Excerpts

First 84 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2220.

Genesis 49:24 Old Testament, KJV
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
Exodus 6:6 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
Exodus 15:16 Old Testament, KJV
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
Numbers 6:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
Deuteronomy 4:34 Old Testament, KJV
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Deuteronomy 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
Deuteronomy 9:29 Old Testament, KJV
Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
Deuteronomy 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
Deuteronomy 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
Deuteronomy 26:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
Deuteronomy 33:20 Old Testament, KJV
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
Deuteronomy 33:27 Old Testament, KJV
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
Judges 15:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
Judges 16:12 Old Testament, KJV
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
1 Samuel 2:31 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
2 Samuel 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
2 Samuel 22:35 Old Testament, KJV
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
1 Kings 8:42 Old Testament, KJV
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
2 Kings 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
2 Kings 17:36 Old Testament, KJV
But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 6:32 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
2 Chronicles 32:8 Old Testament, KJV
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Job 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
Job 22:9 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 26:2 Old Testament, KJV
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
Job 35:9 Old Testament, KJV
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Job 38:15 Old Testament, KJV
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Job 40:9 Old Testament, KJV
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Psalms 10:15 Old Testament, KJV
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Psalms 18:34 Old Testament, KJV
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Psalms 37:17 Old Testament, KJV
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Psalms 44:3 Old Testament, KJV
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Psalms 71:18 Old Testament, KJV
Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Psalms 77:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
Psalms 79:11 Old Testament, KJV
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Psalms 83:8 Old Testament, KJV
Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
Psalms 89:10 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
Psalms 89:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Psalms 89:21 Old Testament, KJV
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
Psalms 98:1 Old Testament, KJV
O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
Psalms 136:12 Old Testament, KJV
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Proverbs 31:17 Old Testament, KJV
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Song of Solomon 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Isaiah 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
Isaiah 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
Isaiah 30:30 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Isaiah 33:2 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Isaiah 40:10 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Isaiah 40:11 Old Testament, KJV
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Isaiah 44:12 Old Testament, KJV
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
Isaiah 48:14 Old Testament, KJV
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
Isaiah 51:5 Old Testament, KJV
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isaiah 51:9 Old Testament, KJV
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Isaiah 52:10 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Isaiah 53:1 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Isaiah 59:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
Isaiah 62:8 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
Isaiah 63:5 Old Testament, KJV
And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
Isaiah 63:12 Old Testament, KJV
That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Jeremiah 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Jeremiah 21:5 Old Testament, KJV
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
Jeremiah 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
Jeremiah 32:17 Old Testament, KJV
Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Jeremiah 48:25 Old Testament, KJV
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Ezekiel 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
Ezekiel 17:9 Old Testament, KJV
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
Ezekiel 20:33 Old Testament, KJV
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
Ezekiel 20:34 Old Testament, KJV
And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
Ezekiel 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Ezekiel 30:21 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
Ezekiel 30:22 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
Ezekiel 30:24 Old Testament, KJV
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
Ezekiel 30:25 Old Testament, KJV
But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 31:17 Old Testament, KJV
They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
Daniel 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Daniel 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
Daniel 11:15 Old Testament, KJV
So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
Daniel 11:22 Old Testament, KJV
And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Daniel 11:31 Old Testament, KJV
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
Hosea 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Hosea 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Zechariah 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2220, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 9 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 13 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 16 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 11 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 5 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2220 FAQ

What does zeroa (זְרוֹעַ) mean?

Zeroa (Strong's H2220) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "arm". zrowa` (zer-o'-ah) (or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah} and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'};) n-f. 1. the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg 2. (figuratively) force

How many times is zeroa (זְרוֹעַ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 84 linked usages for Strong's H2220 across 20 books.

Where can I study zeroa (זְרוֹעַ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2220 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate zeroa (זְרוֹעַ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as arm, arms, and out. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.