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Lexicon :: Strong's G2478 - ischyros

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ἰσχυρός
Transliteration
ischyros (Key)
Pronunciation
is-khoo-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
29x in 17 unique form(s) TR
27x in 15 unique form(s) LXX
112x in 29 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:397,378

Strong’s Definitions

ἰσχυρός ischyrós, is-khoo-ros'; from G2479; forcible (literally or figuratively):—boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G2478 in the following manner: mighty (10x), strong (9x), strong man (5x), boisterous (1x), powerful (1x), valiant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G2478 in the following manner: mighty (10x), strong (9x), strong man (5x), boisterous (1x), powerful (1x), valiant (1x).

  1. strong, mighty

    1. of living beings

      1. strong either in body or in mind

      2. of one who has strength of soul to sustain the attacks of Satan, strong and therefore exhibiting many excellences

    2. on inanimate things

      1. strong, violent, forcibly uttered, firm, sure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰσχυρός ischyrós, is-khoo-ros'; from G2479; forcible (literally or figuratively):—boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant.
STRONGS G2478:
ἰσχυρός, ἰσχυρά, ἰσχυρόν (ἰσχύω) (from Aeschylus down), the Sept. mostly for אֵל, גִּבּור, חָזָק, עָצוּם, and Chaldean תַּקִּיף; strong, mighty;
a. of living beings: strong either in body or in mind, Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:27; Luke 11:21; Revelation 5:2; Revelation 10:1; Revelation 18:21; ἐν πολέμῳ, mighty i. e. valiant, Hebrews 11:34, cf. Revelation 19:18; of one who has strength of soul to sustain the assaults of Satan, 1 John 2:14; universally strong, and therefore exhibiting many excellences, 1 Corinthians 4:10 (opposed to ἀσθενής); comparitive, Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; mighty, — of God, 1 Corinthians 1:25; Revelation 18:8 (Deuteronomy 10:17; 2 Macc. 1:24, etc.); of Christ raised to the right hand of God, 1 Corinthians 10:22; of those who wield great influence among men by their rank, authority, riches, etc., τά ἰσχυρά equivalent to τούς ἰσχυρούς (on the neuter cf. Winer's Grammar, § 27, 5), 1 Corinthians 1:27 (οἱ ἰσχυροί τῆς γῆς, 2 Kings 24:15); joined with πλούσιοι, Revelation 6:15 (Rec. οἱ δυνατοί).
b. of inanimate things: strong equivalent to violent, ἄνεμος, Matthew 14:30 (T WH omit ἰσχυρόν); forcibly uttered, φωνή, Revelation 18:2 (Rec. μεγάλη) (Exodus 19:19); κραυγή, Hebrews 5:7; βρονταί, Revelation 19:6; λιμός, great, Luke 15:14; ἐπιστολαί (stern (forcible)), 2 Corinthians 10:10; strong equivalent to firm, sure, παράκλησις, Hebrews 6:18; fitted to withstand a forcible assault, πόλις, well fortified, Revelation 18:10 (τεῖχος, 1 Macc. 1:33; Xenophon, Cyril 7, 5, 7; πύργος, Judges 9:51). (Cf. δύναμις, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
19:19
Deuteronomy
2; 10:17
Judges
9:51
2 Kings
24:15
Matthew
3:11; 12:29; 14:30
Mark
1:7; 3:27
Luke
3:16; 11:21; 15:14
1 Corinthians
1:25; 1:27; 4:10; 10:22
2 Corinthians
10:10
Hebrews
5:7; 6:18; 11:34
1 John
2:14
Revelation
5:2; 6:15; 10:1; 18:2; 18:8; 18:10; 18:21; 19:6; 19:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2478 matches the Greek ἰσχυρός (ischyros),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in '1Ch' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:24 - These were the heads of their fathers’ households, even Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, men of renown, heads of their fathers’ households.

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The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600.

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With them by their generations according to their fathers’ households were 36,000 [fn]troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5 - Their [fn]relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, recorded by genealogy, in all 87,000.

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The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five. They were heads of fathers’ households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 recorded by genealogy.

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They were recorded by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ households, 20,200 mighty men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11

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All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ households, 17,200 mighty men of valor, who went out with the army to war.

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All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them recorded by genealogy for the army in war was 26,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40

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The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons and grandsons, 150 of them.

All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

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and their relatives, heads of their fathers’ households, 1,760 mighty men of valor for the work of the service of the house of God.

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From the Gadites, mighty men of valor separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men of war who had gone out for military duty, who could [fn]handle large shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.

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