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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 28 times in 28 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:13 - "You are the salt of the eretz, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28 - When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass by that way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:12 - When Yeshua heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:40 - He came to the talmidim, and found them sleeping, and said to Rock, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:17 - When Yeshua heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

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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 apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:18 - and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your talmidim to cast it out, and they weren't able."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:37 - He came and found them sleeping, and said to Rock, "Shim`on, are you sleeping? Couldn't you 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. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:43 - A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:24 - "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell 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 - They couldn't answer him regarding these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:29 - Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30 - saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:3 - "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:26 - They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:6 - He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." They cast it therefore, and now they weren't able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:10 - They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:10 - Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the talmidim which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:16 - The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:20 - So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:7 - When he had come, the Yehudim who had come down from Yerushalayim stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:16 - Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:6 - For in Messiah Yeshua neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:13 - I can do all things through Messiah, who strengthens me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:17 - For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:16 - Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:8 - They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
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