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# strength, strengthen
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## Facts
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The term "strength" refers to the state of being strong physically, emotionally, or spiritually. To "strengthen" means to make someone or something stronger.
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* "Strength" can also refer to being able to stand up against some kind of opposing force.
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* A person has strength of will if he is able to not give in to temptation.
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* One writer of the Psalms calls Yahweh his strength, which means that God helps him to be strong.
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* If a physical structure like a wall or building is strengthened, it means that people are rebuilding the structure, to reinforce it with more stones or brick so that it can withstand an attack.
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## Translation Suggestions
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* In general, the term "strengthen" can be translated as "cause to be strong" or "make more powerful."
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* Some uses of this term, with suggested translations:
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* "puts strength on me like a belt" means, "causes me to be completely strong, like a belt that completely surrounds my waist."
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* "in quietness and trust will be your strength" means, "acting calmly and trusting in God will make you spiritually strong"
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* "will renew their strength" means, "will become stronger again"
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* "by my strength and by my wisdom I acted" means, "I have done all this because I am so strong and wise"
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* "strengthen the wall" means, "reinforce the wall" or "rebuild the wall"
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* "I will strengthen you" means, "I will cause you to be strong"
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* "in Yahweh alone are salvation and strength" means, "Yahweh is the only one who saves us and strengthens us"
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* "the rock of your strength" means, "the faithful one who makes you strong"
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* "with the saving strength of his right hand" means, "he strongly rescues you from trouble like someone who holds you safely with his strong hand."
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* "of little strength" means, "weak" or "not very strong."
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* "with all my strength" means, "using my best efforts" or "strongly and completely."
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