Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NASB95

NASB95

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G2479 - ischys

Choose a new font size and typeface
ἰσχύς
Transliteration
ischys (Key)
Pronunciation
is-khoos'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of is (force, cf eschon, a form of ἔχω (G2192))
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:397,378

Strong’s Definitions

ἰσχύς ischýs, is-khoos'; from a derivative of ἰς is (force; compare ἔσχον éschon, a form of G2192); forcefulness (literally or figuratively):—ability, might(-ily), power, strength.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G2479 in the following manner: strength (4x), power (2x), might (2x), ability (1x), mightily (with G1722) (1x), mighty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G2479 in the following manner: strength (4x), power (2x), might (2x), ability (1x), mightily (with G1722) (1x), mighty (1x).

  1. ability, force, strength, might

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰσχύς ischýs, is-khoos'; from a derivative of ἰς is (force; compare ἔσχον éschon, a form of G2192); forcefulness (literally or figuratively):—ability, might(-ily), power, strength.
STRONGS G2479:
ἰσχύς, -ύος, ἡ, (ἴσχω [allied with ἔσχον; to hold in check]) [from Hesiod down], Sept. especially for כֹּחַ, חַיִל, עֹז, גְּבוּרָה; ability, force, strength, might: 2 Peter 2:11 (joined with δύναμις); Revelation 5:12; Revelation 7:12; τὸ κράτος τῆς ἰσχύος, power (over external things) afforded by strength, Ephesians 1:19; Ephesians 6:10, (Isaiah 40:26); ἡ δόξα τῆς ἰσχ. (see δόξα, III. 3 b. α. at the end), 2 Thessalonians 1:9; κράζειν ἐν ἰσχύει, with strength, mightily, Revelation 18:2 Rec.; ἐξ ἰσχύος, of one's strength, to the extent of one's ability, 1 Peter 4:11; with ὅλης added, Mark 12:30, 33; Luke 10:27 [here L text T Tr WH read ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ἰσχύϊ]. [Synonym: see δύναμις, at the end.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
40:26
Mark
12:30; 12:33
Luke
10:27
Ephesians
1:19; 6:10
2 Thessalonians
1:9
1 Peter
4:11
2 Peter
2:11
Revelation
5:12; 7:12; 18:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2479 matches the Greek ἰσχύς (ischys),
which occurs 256 times in 247 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 4:12–2Sa 24:4)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - “When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6 - “You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - “Reuben, you are my firstborn;
My might and the beginning of my strength,
[fn]Preeminent in dignity and [fn]preeminent in power.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - “But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to [fn]remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:6 - “Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power,
Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13 - “In Your lovingkindness You have led the people whom You have redeemed;
In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 - Then Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:18 - But he said,
“It is not the sound of the cry of triumph,
Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat;
But the sound of singing I hear.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - ‘Your strength will be spent uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:13 - But Moses said to the LORD, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from their midst,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:17 - “But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have [fn]declared,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18 - “Edom shall be a possession,
Seir, its enemies, also will be a possession,
While Israel performs valiantly.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - ‘O Lord [fn]GOD, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - “[fn]Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose [fn]their descendants after them. And He [fn]personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:17 - “Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:18 - “But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - “I prayed to the LORD and said, ‘O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:29 - ‘Yet they are Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have brought out by Your great power and Your outstretched arm.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8 - and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - “He made him ride on the high places of the earth,
And he ate the produce of the field;
And He made him suck honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - “O LORD, bless his substance,
And accept the work of his hands;
Shatter the loins of those who rise up against him,
And those who hate him, so that they will not rise again.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 - “Your locks will be iron and bronze,
And according to your days, so will your leisurely walk be.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:27 - “The eternal God is a [fn]dwelling place,
And underneath are the everlasting arms;
And He drove out the enemy from before you,
And said, ‘Destroy!’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - The LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:3 - So Joshua rose with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose 30,000 men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:7 - So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him and all the valiant warriors.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:11 - “I am still as strong today as I was in the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and coming in.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:17 - Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - “Then survivors came down to the nobles;
The people of the LORD came down to me as warriors.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:12 - The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, “The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - The LORD [fn]looked at him and said, “Go in this your strength and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 - Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a [fn]valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead [fn]was the father of Jephthah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and [fn]how we may overpower him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:6 - So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength is and [fn]how you may be bound to afflict you.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - Now she had men lying in wait in an inner room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the cords as a string of tow snaps when it [fn]touches fire. So his strength was not discovered.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:14 - So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his [fn]hair and wove them into the web]. And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the web.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 - Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have deceived me these three times and have not told me where your great strength is.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - She made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his [fn]hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he bent with [fn]all his might so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:1 - Now Naomi had [fn]a kinsman of her husband, a [fn]man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 - “He keeps the feet of His godly ones,
But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness;
For not by might shall a man prevail.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - “Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered;
Against them He will thunder in the heavens,
The LORD will judge the ends of the earth;
And He will give strength to His king,
And will exalt the [fn]horn of His anointed.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 - Then Saul immediately fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no [fn]food all day and all night.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - “So now also, please listen to the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you that you may eat and have strength when you go on your way.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:4 - Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of [fn]fir wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 - “He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - The king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Go about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and [fn]register the people, that I may know the number of the people.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:4 - Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to [fn]register the people of Israel.

Search Results Continued...
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB95
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB95
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.