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Lexicon :: Strong's G2904 - kratos

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κράτος
Transliteration
kratos (Key)
Pronunciation
krat'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:905,466

Strong’s Definitions

κράτος krátos, krat'-os; perhaps a primary word; vigor ("great") (literally or figuratively):—dominion, might(-ily), power, strength.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G2904 in the following manner: power (6x), dominion (4x), strength (1x), mighty (with G2596) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G2904 in the following manner: power (6x), dominion (4x), strength (1x), mighty (with G2596) (1x).

  1. force, strength

  2. power, might: mighty with great power

    1. a mighty deed, a work of power

  3. dominion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κράτος krátos, krat'-os; perhaps a primary word; vigor ("great") (literally or figuratively):—dominion, might(-ily), power, strength.
STRONGS G2904:
κράτος, κρατεος (κράτους) (from a root meaning 'to perfect, complete' (Curtius, § 72); from Homer down), τό, Hebrew עֹז;
1. force, strength.
2. power, might: τό κράτος τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, the might of his strength, Ephesians 1:19; Ephesians 6:10; τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, Colossians 1:11; κατά κράτος, mightily, with great power, ηὔξανε, Acts 19:20; metonymy, a mighty deed, a work of power: ποιεῖν κράτος (cf. ποιεῖν δυνάμεις), Luke 1:51.
3. dominion: in the doxologies, 1 Timothy 6:16; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Peter 5:11; Jude 1:25; Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:13; τίνος (the genitive of object), Hebrews 2:14 (τό Περσεων κράτος ἔχοντα, Herodotus 3, 69). (Synonym: see δύναμις, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
1:51
Acts
19:20
Ephesians
1:19; 6:10
Colossians
1:11
1 Timothy
6:16
Hebrews
2:14
1 Peter
4:11; 5:11
Jude
1:25
Revelation
1:6; 5:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2904 matches the Greek κράτος (kratos),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 - But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; thence is he that strengthened Israel from the God of thy father;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:17 - Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, My strength, and the power of mine hand have wrought for me this great wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3 - And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, because he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed Israel twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath are upon all that forsake him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:17 - (LXX 4:11) even of them that were building the wall:—and those who carried the burdens were under arms: each with one hand wrought his work, and with the other held his dart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:16 - With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:23 - One shall die in his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:9 - (LXX 58:10) I will keep my strength, looking to thee; for thou, O God, art my helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 - (LXX 61:13) and mercy is thine, O Lord; for thou wilt recompense every one according to his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3 - (LXX 75:4) There he broke the power of the bows, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:16 - (LXX 85:16) Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me: give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - (LXX 88:10) Thou rulest the power of the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11 - (LXX 89:11) Who knows the power of thy wrath?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:24 - For a man has not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:21 - and I will put on him thy robe, and I will grant him thy crown with power, and I will give thy stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Lift up your eyes on high, and see, who has displayed all these things? even he that brings forth his host by number: he shall call them all by name by means of his great glory, and by the power of his might: nothing has escaped thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:13 - For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honour of my glory?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:1 - And I in the first year of Cyrus stood to strengthen and confirm him.
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