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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, , (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); 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 256 times in 247 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 4:12–2Sa 24:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - “When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6 - “You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 -

“Reuben, you are my firstborn,

My might and the beginning of my strength,

Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - “But indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to [fn]remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name throughout the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:6 -

“Your right hand, LORD, is majestic in power;

Your right hand, LORD, destroys the enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13 -

“In Your [fn]faithfulness You have led the people whom You have redeemed;

In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 -

Then Moses pleaded with the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:18 - But he said,

“It is not the sound of the cry of victory,

Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat;

But I hear the sound of singing.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - ‘Your strength will be consumed uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:13 -

But Moses said to the LORD, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people up from their midst,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:17 - “So now, please, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18 -

“And Edom shall be a possession,

Seir, its enemies, also will be a possession,

While Israel performs valiantly.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - ‘Lord [fn]GOD, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - “Because He loved your fathers, He chose [fn]their descendants after them. And He [fn]personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:17 - “Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:18 - “But you are to remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, in order to confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - “And I prayed to the LORD and said, ‘Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:29 - ‘Yet they are Your people, and Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and Your outstretched arm.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8 - and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs and wonders;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 -

“He had him ride on the high places of the earth,

And he ate the produce of the field;

And He had him suck honey from the rock,

And [fn]oil from the flinty rock,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 -

“LORD, bless his strength,

And accept the work of his hands;

Smash the [fn]hips of those who rise up against him,

And those who hate him, so that they do not rise again.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 -

“Your [fn]bars will be iron and bronze,

And as your days, so will your strength be.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:27 -

“The eternal God is a [fn]hiding place,

And underneath are the everlasting arms;

And He drove out the enemy from you,

And said, ‘Destroy!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - But the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have handed Jericho over to you, with its king and the valiant warriors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:3 -

So Joshua rose up with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose thirty thousand men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:7 - So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, and all the valiant warriors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:11 - “I am still as strong today as I was on the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and coming in.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:17 - But Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only,
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 6:12 - And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, “The LORD is with you, valiant warrior.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - And the LORD [fn]looked at him and said, “Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 -

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a [fn]valiant warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. And Gilead had fathered Jephthah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - So the governors of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and [fn]how we can overpower him so that we may bind him to humble him. Then we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:6 - So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and [fn]how you can be bound to humble you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - Now she had men prepared for an ambush in an inner room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he tore the tendons to pieces just like a thread of flax is torn apart when it [fn]comes too close to fire. So his strength was not discovered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:14 - So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven locks of his [fn]hair with the web]. And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the web.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 -

Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have toyed with me these three times and have not told me where your great strength is.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - And she made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to humble him, and his strength left him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - And Samson said, “Let [fn]me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed outwards powerfully, so that the house fell on the governors and all the people who were in it. And the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed during his lifetime.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:1 -

Now Naomi had [fn]a relative of her husband, a [fn]man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 -

“He watches over the feet of His godly ones,

But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness;

For not by might shall a person prevail.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 -

“Those who contend with the LORD will be terrified;

Against them He will thunder in the heavens,

The LORD will judge the ends of the earth;

And He will give strength to His king,

And will exalt the [fn]horn of His anointed.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 -

Then Saul immediately fell full length to the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel’s words; there was no strength in him either, because he had eaten no [fn]food all day and all night.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - “So now you too, please listen to the voice of your servant, and let me serve you a piece of bread, and eat it, so that you will have strength when you go on your way.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:4 - Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of juniper wood, and with [fn]lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 -

“He rescued me from my strong enemy,

From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - So the king said to Joab the commander of the army, who was with him, “Roam about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and conduct a census of the people, so that I may know the number of the people.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:4 - Nevertheless, the king’s order prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army left the presence of the king to conduct a census of the people of Israel.

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