Lexicon :: Strong's G2479 - ischys

“If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

“You know that with all my strength I have served your father

“Reuben, you are my firstborn,

my strength and the firstfruits of my virility,

excelling in prominence, excelling in power.

“However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you my power and to make my name known on the whole earth.

LORD, your right hand is glorious in power.

LORD, your right hand shattered the enemy.

With your faithful love,

you will lead the people

you have redeemed;

you will guide them to your holy dwelling

with your strength.

But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God: “LORD, why does your anger burn against your people you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand?

But Moses replied,

It’s not the sound of a victory cry

and not the sound of a cry of defeat;

I hear the sound of singing!

“and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

But Moses replied to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by your strength you brought up this people from them.

“So now, may my Lord’s power be magnified just as you have spoken:

Edom will become a possession;

Seir will become a possession of its enemies,

but Israel will be triumphant.

“Lord GOD, you have begun to show your greatness and your strong hand to your servant, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can perform deeds and mighty acts like yours?

“Because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by his presence and great power,

“You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’

“I prayed to the LORD:

Lord GOD, do not annihilate your people, your inheritance, whom you redeemed through your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

“But they are your people, your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and outstretched arm.

“Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders.

He made him ride on the heights of the land

and eat the produce of the field.

He nourished him with honey from the rock

and oil from flinty rock,

LORD, bless his possessions,[fn]

and accept the work of his hands.

Break the back[fn] of his adversaries and enemies,

so that they cannot rise again.

May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze,

and your strength last as long as you live.

The God of old is your dwelling place,

and underneath are the everlasting arms.

He drives out the enemy before you

and commands, “Destroy! ”

The LORD said to Joshua, “Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and its best soldiers over to you.

So Joshua and all the troops set out to attack Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand of his best soldiers and sent them out at night.

So Joshua and all his troops, including all his best soldiers, came from Gilgal.

“I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. My strength for battle and for daily tasks[fn] is now as it was then.

So Joshua replied to Joseph’s family (that is, Ephraim and Manasseh), “You have many people and great strength. You will not have just one allotment,

Then the survivors came down to the nobles;

the LORD’s people came down to me[fn] against the warriors.

Then the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, “The LORD is with you, valiant warrior.”

The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and deliver Israel from the grasp of Midian. I am sending you! ”

Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.

The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Persuade him to tell you[fn] where his great strength comes from, so we can overpower him, tie him up, and make him helpless. Each of us will then give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”

While the men in ambush were waiting in her room, she called out to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here! ”[fn] But he snapped the bowstrings as a strand of yarn snaps when it touches fire. The secret of his strength remained unknown.

She fastened the braids with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here! ” He awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin, with the loom and the web.

he told her the whole truth and said to her, “My hair has never been cut,[fn] because I am a Nazirite to God from birth. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become weak and be like any other man.”

Then she let him fall asleep on her lap and called a man to shave off the seven braids on his head. In this way, she made him helpless, and his strength left him.

Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” He pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the leaders and all the people in it. And those he killed at his death were more than those he had killed in his life.

Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side. He was a prominent man of noble character from Elimelech’s family. His name was Boaz.

He guards the steps[fn] of his faithful ones,

but the wicked perish in darkness,

for a person does not prevail by his own strength.

Immediately, Saul fell flat on the ground. He was terrified by Samuel’s words and was also weak because he had not eaten anything all day and all night.

“Now please listen to your servant. Let me set some food in front of you. Eat and it will give you strength so you can go on your way.”

David and the troops with him wept loudly until they had no strength left to weep.

David and the whole house of Israel were dancing before the LORD with all kinds of fir wood instruments,[fn] lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums,[fn] and cymbals.

He rescued me from my powerful enemy

and from those who hated me,

for they were too strong for me.

So the king said to Joab, the commander of his army, “Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba and register the troops so I can know their number.”

Yet the king’s order prevailed over Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army left the king’s presence to register the troops of Israel.