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Lexicon :: Strong's G2480 - ischyō

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ἰσχύω
Transliteration
ischyō (Key)
Pronunciation
is-khoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:397,378

Strong’s Definitions

ἰσχύω ischýō, is-khoo'-o; from G2479; to have (or exercise) force (literally or figuratively):—be able, avail, can do(-not), could, be good, might, prevail, be of strength, be whole, + much work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G2480 in the following manner: can (could) (9x), be able (6x), avail (3x), prevail (3x), be whole (2x), cannot (with G3756) (1x), can do (1x), may (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G2480 in the following manner: can (could) (9x), be able (6x), avail (3x), prevail (3x), be whole (2x), cannot (with G3756) (1x), can do (1x), may (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to be strong

    1. to be strong in body, to be robust, to be in sound health

  2. to have power

    1. to have power as shown by extraordinary deeds

      1. to exert, wield power, to have strength to overcome

    2. to be a force, avail

    3. to be serviceable

    4. to be able, can

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰσχύω ischýō, is-khoo'-o; from G2479; to have (or exercise) force (literally or figuratively):—be able, avail, can do(-not), could, be good, might, prevail, be of strength, be whole, + much work.
STRONGS G2480:
ἰσχύω; imperfect ἴσχυον; future ἰσχύσω; 1 aorist ἴσχυσα; (ἰσχύς); the Sept. for חָזַק, אָמֵץ, עָצַם, etc.; to be strong, i. e.:
1. to be strong in body, to be robust, to be in sound health: οἱ ἰσχύοντες, as a substantive, Matthew 9:12; Mark 2:17 (Sophocles Tr. 234; Xenophon, Cyril 6, 1, 24; joined with ὑγιαίνειν, id. mem. 2, 7, 7).
2. to have power (from Aeschylus down), i. e.
a. to have a power evinced in extraordinary deeds, i. e. to exert, wield, power: so of the gospel, Acts 19:20; Hebraistically, to have strength to overcome: οὐκ ἴσχυσαν (A. V. prevailed not i. e.) succumbed, were conquered (so יָכֹל לֹא, Genesis 32:26 (25)), Revelation 12:8; κατά τίνος, against one, i. e. to use one's strength against one, to treat him with violence, Acts 19:16.
b. equivalent to to be of force, avail (German gelten): Hebrews 9:17; τί, Galatians 5:6, and Rec. in Galatians 6:15.
c. to be serviceable: εἰς τί (A. V. good for), Matthew 5:13.
d. followed by an infinitive to be able, can: Matthew 8:28; Matthew 26:40; Mark 5:4; (Mark 9:18 (infinitive to be supplied)); Mark 14:37; Luke 6:48; Luke 8:43; (Luke 13:24); Luke 14:6,29f; 16:3; 20:26; John 21:6; Acts 6:10; Acts 15:10; Acts 25:7; Acts 27:16 (Plutarch, Pomp. 58). with the accusative, πάντα, Philippians 4:13; πολύ, James 5:16. (Compare: ἐνισχύω, ἐξισχύω, ἐπισχύω, κατισχύω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
32:26
Matthew
5:13; 8:28; 9:12; 26:40
Mark
2:17; 5:4; 9:18; 14:37
Luke
6:48; 8:43; 13:24; 14:6; 14:29; 16:3; 20:26
John
21:6
Acts
6:10; 15:10; 19:16; 19:20; 25:7; 27:16
Galatians
5:6; 6:15
Philippians
4:13
Hebrews
9:17
James
5:16
Revelation
12:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2480 matches the Greek ἰσχύω (ischyō),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:13 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28 - And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:12 - But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:40 - And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:17 - And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:4 - because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had strength to tame him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:18 - and wheresoever it taketh him, it dasheth him down: and he foameth, and grindeth his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast it out; and they were not able.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:37 - And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:43 - And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:24 - Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:6 - And they could not answer again unto these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:29 - Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30 - saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:3 - And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:26 - And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:6 - And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:10 - And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:10 - Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:16 - And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:20 - So mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:7 - And when he was come, the Jews that had come down from Jerusalem stood round about him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:16 - And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:6 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:13 - I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:17 - For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:16 - Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:8 - and they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven.
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