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Lexicon :: Strong's G2480 - ischyō

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ἰσχύω
Transliteration
ischyō (Key)
Pronunciation
is-khoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:397,378

Strong’s Definitions

ἰσχύω ischýō, is-khoo'-o; from G2479; to have (or exercise) force (literally or figuratively):—be able, avail, can do(-not), could, be good, might, prevail, be of strength, be whole, + much work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G2480 in the following manner: can (could) (9x), be able (6x), avail (3x), prevail (3x), be whole (2x), cannot (with G3756) (1x), can do (1x), may (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G2480 in the following manner: can (could) (9x), be able (6x), avail (3x), prevail (3x), be whole (2x), cannot (with G3756) (1x), can do (1x), may (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to be strong

    1. to be strong in body, to be robust, to be in sound health

  2. to have power

    1. to have power as shown by extraordinary deeds

      1. to exert, wield power, to have strength to overcome

    2. to be a force, avail

    3. to be serviceable

    4. to be able, can

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰσχύω ischýō, is-khoo'-o; from G2479; to have (or exercise) force (literally or figuratively):—be able, avail, can do(-not), could, be good, might, prevail, be of strength, be whole, + much work.
STRONGS G2480:
ἰσχύω; imperfect ἴσχυον; future ἰσχύσω; 1 aorist ἴσχυσα; (ἰσχύς); the Sept. for חָזַק, אָמֵץ, עָצַם, etc.; to be strong, i. e.:
1. to be strong in body, to be robust, to be in sound health: οἱ ἰσχύοντες, as a substantive, Matthew 9:12; Mark 2:17 (Sophocles Tr. 234; Xenophon, Cyril 6, 1, 24; joined with ὑγιαίνειν, id. mem. 2, 7, 7).
2. to have power (from Aeschylus down), i. e.
a. to have a power evinced in extraordinary deeds, i. e. to exert, wield, power: so of the gospel, Acts 19:20; Hebraistically, to have strength to overcome: οὐκ ἴσχυσαν (A. V. prevailed not i. e.) succumbed, were conquered (so יָכֹל לֹא, Genesis 32:26 (25)), Revelation 12:8; κατά τίνος, against one, i. e. to use one's strength against one, to treat him with violence, Acts 19:16.
b. equivalent to to be of force, avail (German gelten): Hebrews 9:17; τί, Galatians 5:6, and Rec. in Galatians 6:15.
c. to be serviceable: εἰς τί (A. V. good for), Matthew 5:13.
d. followed by an infinitive to be able, can: Matthew 8:28; Matthew 26:40; Mark 5:4; (Mark 9:18 (infinitive to be supplied)); Mark 14:37; Luke 6:48; Luke 8:43; (Luke 13:24); Luke 14:6,29f; 16:3; 20:26; John 21:6; Acts 6:10; Acts 15:10; Acts 25:7; Acts 27:16 (Plutarch, Pomp. 58). with the accusative, πάντα, Philippians 4:13; πολύ, James 5:16. (Compare: ἐνισχύω, ἐξισχύω, ἐπισχύω, κατισχύω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
32:26
Matthew
5:13; 8:28; 9:12; 26:40
Mark
2:17; 5:4; 9:18; 14:37
Luke
6:48; 8:43; 13:24; 14:6; 14:29; 16:3; 20:26
John
21:6
Acts
6:10; 15:10; 19:16; 19:20; 25:7; 27:16
Galatians
5:6; 6:15
Philippians
4:13
Hebrews
9:17
James
5:16
Revelation
12:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2480 matches the Greek ἰσχύω (ischyō),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:13 - *Ye* are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28 - And there met him, when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, two possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs, exceeding dangerous, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:12 - But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:40 - And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:17 - And Jesus having heard it says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:4 - because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:18 - and wheresoever it seizes him it tears him, and he foams and gnashes his teeth, and he is withering away. And I spoke to thy disciples, that they might cast him out, and they could not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:37 - And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, dost thou sleep? Hast thou not been able to watch one hour?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; but a great rain coming, the stream broke upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:43 - And a woman who had a flux of blood since twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, could not be cured by any one,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:24 - Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:6 - And they were not able to answer him to these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:29 - in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30 - saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:3 - And the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for my lord is taking the stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:26 - And they were not able to take hold of him in his expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:6 - And he said to them, Cast the net at the right side of the ship and ye will find. They cast therefore, and they could no longer draw it, from the multitude of fishes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:10 - And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:10 - Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:16 - And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:20 - Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:7 - And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:16 - But running under the lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were with difficulty able to make ourselves masters of the boat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:6 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision; but new creation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:13 - I have strength for all things in him that gives me power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:17 - For a testament is of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:16 - Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The fervent supplication of the righteous man has much power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:8 - and he prevailed not, nor was their place found any more in the heaven.
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