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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 - But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:17 - And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3 - And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:17 - They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:16 - With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:23 - One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:9 - Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 - Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3 - There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:16 - O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11 - Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:24 - For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:21 - And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:13 - For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:1 - Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
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