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单词 to strengthen the hand of
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to strengthen the hand of
to strengthen the hand of: to make (a person) more powerful; (figurative) to enable (a person or body of people) to act with greater effectiveness. [In quot. 1535 ultimately after Hebrew wayḥazzēq ’eṯ-yāḏō bēlōhīm (1 Samuel 23:16), lit. ‘and he strengthened his hand in God’; compare post-classical Latin confortavit manus ejus in Deo (Vulgate), German vnd sterckt seyne hand ynn Gott (1523 in Luther's translation).]
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xxiii. 16 Jonathas wente vnto Dauid..and strengthned his hande in God.
1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies Pref. sig. i3v Is not the fury of the BB. yet feirce enough, their rage sharpe enough, but you must sett them on, and strenghthen their hands, to strike harder?
1734 R. Trevor Let. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 251 The late Proceedings of Parliament for strengthening the King's hands.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. ii. 109 A new scheme of ecclesiastical laws was drawn up,..rather calculated to strengthen the hands of the spiritual courts than to withdraw any matter from their cognisance.
1948 Kenyon Rev. 10 249 In order to strengthen her hand for destruction, she needed an act of the most desperate abnegation.
2011 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Apr. 37 Such allegations against a country which is an ally in the war against terrorism and has suffered immensely in countering terrorists is not only unfair but strengthens the hands of terrorists.
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