Quick Definition
be fierce
Strong's Definition
to be bold or obstinate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: fierce.
TWOT Reference: 880
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be strong, be fierce (meaning dubious)
1a) (Niphal) barbarous (participle)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָעַז (ya.az) — be fierce. 1) to be strong, be fierce (meaning uncertain) 1a) (Niphal) barbarous (participle)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עזז
Confident | Great | verb nif
to be arrogant, to be proud, to be insolent meaning unsure; possibly: = state in which humans are overly confident
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[יָעַז] vb. only Niph. Pt. as adj.—Is 33:19 a barbarous (?) people, of foreign invaders. ref