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Quranic root

عزر

ʿ · z · r

The root has two principal semantic directions: support accompanied by esteem, and striking or restraining.

The support branch extends to strengthening, aiding, and honoring; the striking branch yields disciplinary punishment, understood as restraint from harmful conduct.

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Quran-attested forms
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Quran senses
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Quran occurrences

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

عَزَّرَ

ʿazzara

Part of speech
Verb · Form II
Form
II
Quran occurrences
3 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. To support, aid, or strengthen.

    In the Quranic occurrences, the object is a person or group receiving support; the support may be understood as warding off harm or opposition.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 5:12word 23

    and you assist them

  2. To honor, revere, or venerate.

    A Quranic use expressing reverence toward the person honored, alongside or in a context of giving due respect.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 7:157word 34

    and honor him

    Quran 48:9word 4

    and (may) honor him

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 5:12وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْand you assist them
  • 7:157وَعَزَّرُوهُand honor him
  • 48:9وَتُعَزِّرُوهُand (may) honor him
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Broader Classical Arabic meanings

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 13 Classical meanings
  • عَزَرَ

    To prevent, hinder, withhold, forbid, or turn someone away from a thing.

    Form I; also constructed with عَنْ الشيءِ, “from the thing.”

    • Lane · entry 3068
  • عَزَرَ

    To tie a cord around a camel’s upper nostrils in order to put medicine into its mouth.

    A specialized veterinary construction of Form I.

    • Lane · entry 3068
  • عَزَرَ

    To approach sexually or have sexual intercourse.

    A distinct Form I usage; the construction does not imply a general restriction on the sex or status of the object.

    • Lane · entry 3068
  • عَزَّرَ

    To discipline, chastise, correct, or punish someone so as to turn them away from evil or foul conduct.

    Form II; the action is characterized as corrective restraint.

    • Lane · entry 3069
  • عَزَّرَ

    To beat or flog; in legal usage, to inflict a discretionary punishment below a fixed legal penalty.

    The related verbal nouns عَزْرٌ and تَعْزِيرٌ are used; descriptions of intensity range from moderate beating to vehement beating, while the legal sense is specifically non-fixed punishment.

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  • عَزَّرَ

    To compel someone to do something and instruct them by preventing a return to contrary conduct; especially, to teach religious obligations and ordinances.

    A Form II disciplinary and instructional construction, also associated with تَعْزِيرٌ.

    • Lane · entry 3069
  • عَزَّرَ

    To blame, censure, or reprove someone.

    A distinct Form II usage, with a corresponding Form I variant also reported.

    • Lane · entry 3069
  • عَزَّرَ

    To abase someone or render them abject, vile, despicable, or ignominious.

    A reported contrary sense to honoring or venerating.

    • Lane · entry 3069
  • عَزَّرَ

    To load an ass.

    A specialized Form II usage.

    • Lane · entry 3069
  • عِزْرَائِيلُ

    The name of the Angel of Death.

    A proper name, retained as a separate lexical item rather than treated as a verbal sense of عَزَّرَ.

    • Lane · entry 3070
  • عُزَيْرٌ

    The name of a prophet, Uzayr.

    A proper name mentioned in Quran-focused lexical discussion; it is not a Form II verb sense.

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  • عَيْزَارٌ

    A species of tree.

    A separate nominal lexical item.

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  • أَبُو العَيْزَارِ

    A surname for a long-necked water bird, identified with the سَبَيْطَر or, in another account, the crane.

    A separate bird name and kunya-like expression.

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Cautions

Points that affect how this root should be read.

  • The public Quranic headword is normalized to the Form II perfect citation form عَزَّرَ rather than the inflected QAC lemma display candidate.

  • The Form I prevention branch and the Form II disciplinary, supporting, and honoring branches are kept distinct; the proper names and plant and bird names are separate lexical items, not additional Quranic verb senses.