a.zaz describes strength shown in prevailing, in making something firm, and in a bold or forceful bearing.

The attested uses most often concern strength or prevailing force, especially where a hand is strong over others, wisdom is stronger, or a person does not prevail. Other occurrences show making security or created features firm, while two Hiphil forms describe a forceful or bold facial bearing.

1. Strength that prevails or proves effective · dominant

   In Judges 3:10, the sequential imperfect occurs where the judge goes to battle and his hand prevails over the Aramean king; in Judges 6:2, the same form is used of Midian's hand being strong upon Israel. Ecclesiastes 7:19 places the imperfect in the comparison in which wisdom is stronger than ten rulers, while Daniel 11:12 places it in the contrasting outcome that he will not prevail.

   Judges 3:10Judges 6:2Ecclesiastes 7:19Daniel 11:12Psalm 9:20Psalm 68:29
2. Making security or features firm · occasional

   Isaiah 30:2 uses a Qal infinitive construct in the purpose of strengthening themselves in Pharaoh's security. Proverbs 8:28 uses another Qal infinitive construct in the paired actions of making the skies firm and strengthening the fountains of the deep.

   Isaiah 30:2Proverbs 8:28
3. A bold, forceful facial bearing · occasional

   In Proverbs 7:13, the Hiphil perfect accompanies the woman's seizure and kiss and the APB renders the following manner as "with a bold face." Proverbs 21:29 likewise places the Hiphil perfect with the wicked man's face, which the APB describes as being strong in his own face.

   Proverbs 7:13Proverbs 21:29

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term through expressions such as "prevailed," "strong," "stronger," "strengthen themselves," and "strengthened," and it renders the facial contexts with "bold face" and "strong in his own face." In several Psalm verses, the translation does not make the term's individual contribution readily isolable.