strength
chez.qah denotes strength shown in becoming strong, acting through riches, or a forceful hand.
The attested use most often concerns strength possessed or attained by a ruler and expressed in action: Rehoboam and Uzziah become strong, while a Persian king acts by strength joined with riches. A further occurrence places it in the phrase rendered “with strength of hand.”
Senses in use
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Strength possessed or exercised · dominant
The construct noun occurs where the APB renders Rehoboam and Uzziah as having “become strong”; their subsequent actions are forsaking instruction and acting unfaithfully, respectively, in 2 Chronicles 12:1 and 2 Chronicles 26:16. In Daniel 11:2, the APB places the fourth king's action in the clause “by his strength in his riches,” followed by his rousing the kingdom of Javan.
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Strength of hand · occasional
In Isaiah 8:11, the construct noun occurs in the clause the APB renders “with strength of hand,” as the LORD speaks and disciplines the speaker away from the people's way.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The translation presents the term through “became strong,” “by his strength in his riches,” and “with strength of hand.” These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than supplying a fixed English equivalent.