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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 Box Mat 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:13 - 'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28 - And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:12 - And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:40 - And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, 'So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:17 - And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, 'They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:4 - because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:18 - and wherever it doth seize him, it doth tear him, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:37 - And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, 'Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:43 - and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:24 - 'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:6 - and they were not able to answer him again unto these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:29 - lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:3 - 'And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:26 - and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:6 - they answered him, 'No;' and he said to them, 'Cast the net at the right side of the boat, and ye shall find;' they cast, therefore, and no longer were they able to draw it, from the multitude of the fishes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:10 - and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:10 - now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, to 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 Box Act 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:16 - And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaping upon them, and having overcome them, prevailed against them, so that naked and wounded they did flee out of that house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:20 - so powerfully was the word of God increasing and prevailing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:7 - and he having come, there stood round about the Jews who have come down from Jerusalem -- many and weighty charges they are bringing against Paul, which they were not able to prove,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:16 - and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:13 - For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:17 - for a covenant over dead victims is stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:16 - Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:8 - and they did not prevail, nor was their place found any more in the heaven;
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