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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.)
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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 112 times in 112 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 14:5–Job 34:31)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and [fn]defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in [fn]Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - “So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very severe.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they came to the [fn]threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they mourned there with a very great and [fn]sorrowful lamentation; and he [fn]observed seven days of mourning for his father.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:19 - When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him with [fn]thunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:18 - “See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:31 - But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, because they are too strong for us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - But he said, “You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against him with a heavy [fn]force and a strong hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21 -

And he looked at the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said,

“Your dwelling place is enduring,

And your nest is set in the cliff.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:38 - driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:1 -

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to take possession of it, and He drives away many nations from before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:1 -

“Hear, Israel! You are crossing the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, cities that are great and fortified to heaven,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:14 - ‘Leave Me alone, that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:17 - “For the LORD your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who does not show partiality, nor take a bribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:23 - then the LORD will [fn]dispossess all these nations from you, and you will [fn]dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:23 - “Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the [fn]life, and you shall not eat the [fn]life with the flesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:24 - so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, so that you may [fn]fear the LORD your God [fn]forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:20 - So the people shouted, and [fn]the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down [fn]flat, so that the people went up into the city, everyone straight [fn]ahead, and they took the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - that [fn]he feared greatly because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:9 - “For the LORD has [fn]driven out great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no one has stood against you to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 -

“Then survivors came down to the nobles;

The people of the LORD came down to me as warriors.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 -

“He asked for water, she gave him milk;

In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - So he said to them,

“Out of the eater came something to eat,

And out of the strong came something sweet.”

But they could not tell the answer to the riddle in three days.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,

“What is sweeter than honey?

And what is stronger than a lion?”

And he said to them,

“If you had not plowed with my heifer,

You would not have found out my riddle.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:26 - So the sons of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people continually increased with Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 -

“As for God, His way is [fn]blameless;

The word of the LORD is refined;

He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:32 -

“For who is God, except the LORD?

And who is a rock, except our God?

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:33 -

“God is my strong fortress;

And He [fn]sets the [fn]blameless on [fn]His way.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48 -

The God who executes vengeance for me,

And brings down peoples under me,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 -

“Is my house not indeed so with God?

For He has made an everlasting covenant with me,

Properly ordered in all things, and secured;

For will He not indeed make

All my salvation and all my delight grow?

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28 - Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior, and when Solomon saw that the young man was [fn]industrious, he appointed him over all the [fn]forced labor of the house of Joseph.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 -

So he led Jehoiachin into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother, the king’s wives, and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:24 - These were the heads of their fathers’ households: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, valiant mighty men, famous men, heads of their fathers’ households.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were valiant warriors in their generations. Their number in the days of David was 22,600.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:4 - And with them by their generations according to their fathers’ households were thirty-six thousand [fn]troops of the army for war; for they had many wives and sons.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5 - Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were valiant warriors, registered by genealogy, eighty-seven thousand in all.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7 - The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of fathers’ households, valiant warriors, 22,034 registered by genealogy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9 - They were registered by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ households, 20,200 valiant warriors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ households, 17,200 valiant warriors who were [fn]ready to go out with the army to war.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice, valiant mighty men, and heads of the leaders. And the number of them registered by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - The sons of Ulam were valiant mighty men, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons, 150 of them. All these were among the sons of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - and their relatives, heads of their fathers’ households, 1,760 competent men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 -

From the Gadites valiant mighty men went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness, men trained for war who could handle a large shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20 - that mighty kings have [fn]ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the Euphrates River, and that tribute, custom tax, and toll were paid to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - I said, “Please, LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps the covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 -

“Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or abandon them,

For You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 -

“Now then, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps His covenant and faithfulness,

Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,

Which has happened to us, our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and to all Your people,

From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:13 -

“But you say, ‘What does God know?

Can He judge through the thick darkness?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 -

“Behold, God does all these things for a man two or three times,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:31 -

“For has anyone said to God,

‘I have endured punishment;

I will not offend anymore;


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