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Lexicon :: Strong's G2479 - ischys

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ἰσχύς
Transliteration
ischys (Key)
Pronunciation
is-khoos'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of is (force, cf eschon, a form of ἔχω (G2192))
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:397,378

Strong’s Definitions

ἰσχύς ischýs, is-khoos'; from a derivative of ἰς is (force; compare ἔσχον éschon, a form of G2192); forcefulness (literally or figuratively):—ability, might(-ily), power, strength.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G2479 in the following manner: strength (4x), power (2x), might (2x), ability (1x), mightily (with G1722) (1x), mighty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G2479 in the following manner: strength (4x), power (2x), might (2x), ability (1x), mightily (with G1722) (1x), mighty (1x).

  1. ability, force, strength, might

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰσχύς ischýs, is-khoos'; from a derivative of ἰς is (force; compare ἔσχον éschon, a form of G2192); forcefulness (literally or figuratively):—ability, might(-ily), power, strength.
STRONGS G2479:
ἰσχύς, -ύος, ἡ, (ἴσχω [allied with ἔσχον; to hold in check]) [from Hesiod down], Sept. especially for כֹּחַ, חַיִל, עֹז, גְּבוּרָה; ability, force, strength, might: 2 Peter 2:11 (joined with δύναμις); Revelation 5:12; Revelation 7:12; τὸ κράτος τῆς ἰσχύος, power (over external things) afforded by strength, Ephesians 1:19; Ephesians 6:10, (Isaiah 40:26); ἡ δόξα τῆς ἰσχ. (see δόξα, III. 3 b. α. at the end), 2 Thessalonians 1:9; κράζειν ἐν ἰσχύει, with strength, mightily, Revelation 18:2 Rec.; ἐξ ἰσχύος, of one's strength, to the extent of one's ability, 1 Peter 4:11; with ὅλης added, Mark 12:30, 33; Luke 10:27 [here L text T Tr WH read ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ἰσχύϊ]. [Synonym: see δύναμις, at the end.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
40:26
Mark
12:30; 12:33
Luke
10:27
Ephesians
1:19; 6:10
2 Thessalonians
1:9
1 Peter
4:11
2 Peter
2:11
Revelation
5:12; 7:12; 18:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2479 matches the Greek ἰσχύς (ischys),
which occurs 255 times in 246 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 4:12–2Sa 24:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6 - And ye too know that with all my might I have served your father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - Ruben, thou [fn]art my first-born, thou my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, hard and self-willed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - And [fn]for this purpose hast thou been preserved, that I might display in thee my strength, and that my name might be published in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:6 - Thy right hand, O God, has been glorified in strength; thy right hand, O God, has broken the enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13 - Thou hast guided in thy righteousness this thy people whom thou hast redeemed, by thy strength thou hast called them into thy holy resting-place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 - And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Wherefore, O Lord, art thou very angry with thy people, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with thy high arm?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:18 - And Moses says, It is not the voice of them that begin the battle, nor the voice of them that begin the cry of defeat, but the voice of them that begin the banquet of wine do I hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - And your strength shall be in vain; and your land shall not yield its seed, and the tree of your field shall not yield its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:13 - And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for thou hast brought up this people from them by thy might.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:17 - And now, O Lord, let thy strength be exalted, as thou spakest, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18 - And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel, and Israel wrought valiantly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - Lord God, thou hast begun to shew to thy servant thy strength, and thy power, and thy mighty hand, and thy high arm: for what God is there in heaven or on the earth, who will do as thou hast done, and according to thy might?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - Because he loved thy fathers, he also chose you their seed after them, and he brought thee himself with his great strength out of Egypt,

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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 BoxDeu 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:18 - But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, that he gives thee strength to get wealth; even that he may establish his covenant, which the Lord sware to thy fathers, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - And I prayed to God, and said, O Lord, King of gods, destroy not thy people and thine [fn]inheritance, whom thou didst redeem, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with thy great power, and with thy strong hand, and with thy high arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:29 - And these are thy people and thy portion, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with thy great strength, and with thy mighty hand, and with thy high arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8 - And the Lord brought us out of Egypt himself with his great strength, and his mighty hand, and his high arm, and with great visions, and with signs, and with wonders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - He brought them up on the strength of the land; he fed them with the fruits of the fields; they sucked honey out of the rock, and oil out of the solid rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - Bless, Lord, his strength, and accept the works of his hands; break the loins of his enemies that have risen up against him, and let not them that hate him rise up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 - His sandal shall be iron and brass; as thy days, so shall be thy strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:27 - And the rule of God shall protect thee, and that under the strength of the everlasting arms; and he shall cast forth the enemy from before thy face, saying, Perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - And the Lord said to Joshua, Behold, I deliver Jericho into thy power, and its king in it, [fn]and its mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:3 - And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Gai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:7 - And Joshua went up from Galgala, he and all the people of war with him, every one mighty in strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:11 - I am still strong this day, as when the Lord sent me: just so strong am I now to go out and to come in for war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:17 - And Joshua said to the sons of Joseph, If thou art a great people, and hast great strength, thou shalt not have only one inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - Then went down the remnant to the strong, the people of the Lord went down for him among the mighty ones from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:12 - And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty in strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - And the angel of the Lord turned to him, and said, Go in this thy strength, and thou shalt save Israel out of the hand of Madiam: behold, I have sent thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 - And Jephthae the Galaadite was [fn]a mighty man; and he was the son of a harlot, who bore Jephthae to Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - And the princes of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see wherein his great strength is, and wherewith we shall prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give thee [fn]each eleven hundred pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:6 - And Dalida said to Sampson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein is thy great strength, and wherewith thou shalt be bound that thou mayest be humbled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - And the [fn]liers in wait remained with her in the chamber; and she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he broke the cords as if any one should break a thread of tow when it has [fn]touched the fire, and his strength was not known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:14 - And it came to pass when he was asleep, that Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened them with the pin into the wall, and she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep, and carried away the pin of the web out of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 - And Dalida said to Sampson, How sayest thou, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? this third time thou hast deceived me, and hast not told me wherein is thy great strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy one of God from my mother's womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all other men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - And Dalida made Sampson sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to [fn]humble him, and his strength departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - And Sampson said, Let my life perish with the Philistines: and he [fn]bowed himself mightily; and the house fell upon the princes, and upon all the people that were in it: and the dead whom Sampson slew in his death were more than those whom he slew in his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:1 - And Noemin had a friend an acquaintance of her husband, and the man was a mighty man of the kindred of Elimelech, and his name was Booz.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 - granting his petition to him that prays; and he blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength cannot man prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - The Lord will weaken his adversary; the Lord is holy. Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth; but let him that boasts boast in this, to understand and know the Lord, [fn]and to execute judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. The Lord has gone up to the heavens, and has thundered: he will judge the extremities of the earth, and he gives strength to our kings, and will exalt the horn of his Christ. And she left him there before the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 - And Saul [fn]instantly fell at his full length upon the earth, and was greatly afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no longer any strength in him, for he had [fn]eaten no bread all that day, and all that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - And now hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of thine handmaid, and I will set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and thou shalt be strengthened, for thou wilt be going on thy way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:4 - And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and the children of Israel were playing before the Lord on well-tuned instruments mightily, and with songs, and with harps, and with lutes, and with drums, and with cymbals, and with pipes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 - He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - And the king said to Joab commander of the host, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel and Juda, from Dan even to Bersabee, and number the people, and I will know the number of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:4 - Nevertheless the word of the king prevailed against Joab and the captains of the host: And Joab and the captains of the host went out before the king to number the people of Israel.

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