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Lexicon :: Strong's G2478 - ischyros

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ἰσχυρός
Transliteration
ischyros (Key)
Pronunciation
is-khoo-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
29x in 17 unique form(s) TR
27x in 15 unique form(s) LXX
112x in 29 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:397,378

Strong’s Definitions

ἰσχυρός ischyrós, is-khoo-ros'; from G2479; forcible (literally or figuratively):—boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G2478 in the following manner: mighty (10x), strong (9x), strong man (5x), boisterous (1x), powerful (1x), valiant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G2478 in the following manner: mighty (10x), strong (9x), strong man (5x), boisterous (1x), powerful (1x), valiant (1x).

  1. strong, mighty

    1. of living beings

      1. strong either in body or in mind

      2. of one who has strength of soul to sustain the attacks of Satan, strong and therefore exhibiting many excellences

    2. on inanimate things

      1. strong, violent, forcibly uttered, firm, sure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰσχυρός ischyrós, is-khoo-ros'; from G2479; forcible (literally or figuratively):—boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant.
STRONGS G2478:
ἰσχυρός, ἰσχυρά, ἰσχυρόν (ἰσχύω) (from Aeschylus down), the Sept. mostly for אֵל, גִּבּור, חָזָק, עָצוּם, and Chaldean תַּקִּיף; strong, mighty;
a. of living beings: strong either in body or in mind, Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:27; Luke 11:21; Revelation 5:2; Revelation 10:1; Revelation 18:21; ἐν πολέμῳ, mighty i. e. valiant, Hebrews 11:34, cf. Revelation 19:18; of one who has strength of soul to sustain the assaults of Satan, 1 John 2:14; universally strong, and therefore exhibiting many excellences, 1 Corinthians 4:10 (opposed to ἀσθενής); comparitive, Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; mighty, — of God, 1 Corinthians 1:25; Revelation 18:8 (Deuteronomy 10:17; 2 Macc. 1:24, etc.); of Christ raised to the right hand of God, 1 Corinthians 10:22; of those who wield great influence among men by their rank, authority, riches, etc., τά ἰσχυρά equivalent to τούς ἰσχυρούς (on the neuter cf. Winer's Grammar, § 27, 5), 1 Corinthians 1:27 (οἱ ἰσχυροί τῆς γῆς, 2 Kings 24:15); joined with πλούσιοι, Revelation 6:15 (Rec. οἱ δυνατοί).
b. of inanimate things: strong equivalent to violent, ἄνεμος, Matthew 14:30 (T WH omit ἰσχυρόν); forcibly uttered, φωνή, Revelation 18:2 (Rec. μεγάλη) (Exodus 19:19); κραυγή, Hebrews 5:7; βρονταί, Revelation 19:6; λιμός, great, Luke 15:14; ἐπιστολαί (stern (forcible)), 2 Corinthians 10:10; strong equivalent to firm, sure, παράκλησις, Hebrews 6:18; fitted to withstand a forcible assault, πόλις, well fortified, Revelation 18:10 (τεῖχος, 1 Macc. 1:33; Xenophon, Cyril 7, 5, 7; πύργος, Judges 9:51). (Cf. δύναμις, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
19:19
Deuteronomy
2; 10:17
Judges
9:51
2 Kings
24:15
Matthew
3:11; 12:29; 14:30
Mark
1:7; 3:27
Luke
3:16; 11:21; 15:14
1 Corinthians
1:25; 1:27; 4:10; 10:22
2 Corinthians
10:10
Hebrews
5:7; 6:18; 11:34
1 John
2:14
Revelation
5:2; 6:15; 10:1; 18:2; 18:8; 18:10; 18:21; 19:6; 19:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2478 matches the Greek ἰσχυρός (ischyros),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 -

“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier G2478 than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:29 - “Or how can anyone enter the strong G2478 man’s G2478 house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong G2478 man? And then he will plunder his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:30 - But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And he was [fn]preaching, saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier G2478 than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:27 - “But no one can enter the strong G2478 man’s G2478 house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong G2478 man G2478, and then he will plunder his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 - John answered, saying to them all, “As for me, I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is mightier G2478 than I, and I am not fit to untie the strap of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:21 - “When [fn]a strong G2478 man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are [fn]undisturbed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:22 - “But when someone stronger G2478 than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - “Now when he had spent everything, a severe G2478 famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:25 - Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger G2478 than men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:27 - But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong G2478,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:10 - We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong G2478! You are glorious, but we are without honor!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:22 - Or do we PROVOKE THE [fn]LORD TO JEALOUSY? Are we stronger G2478 than He?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:10 - For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong G2478, but his [fn]personal presence is weak and his [fn]words contemptible.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:7 -

He, [fn]in the days of His flesh, [fn]offered up both prayers and supplications with loud G2478 crying and tears to the One able to save Him [fn]from death, and He [fn]was heard because of His reverence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18 - so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong G2478 encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, became mighty G2478 in war, put foreign armies to flight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:14 - I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong G2478, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:2 - Then I saw a strong G2478 angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the [fn]commanders and the rich and the strong G2478 and every slave and free man HID THEMSELVES IN THE CAVES and among the rocks of the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:1 -

Then I saw another strong G2478 angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - And he cried out with a mighty G2478 voice, saying, “[fn]FALLEN, FALLEN IS BABYLON THE GREAT! And she has become a dwelling place of demons and a [fn]prison of every unclean spirit, and a [fn]prison of every unclean bird [fn]and a [fn]prison of every unclean and hateful beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:8 - “For this reason in one day her plagues will come, [fn]pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong G2478.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong G2478 city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:21 -

Then [fn]a strong G2478 angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:6 - Then I heard something like the voice of a great crowd and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty G2478 peals of thunder, saying,

“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of [fn]commanders and the flesh of strong G2478 men G2478 and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great.”
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