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Lexicon :: Strong's G2901 - krataioō

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κραταιόω
Transliteration
krataioō (Key)
Pronunciation
krat-ah-yo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:912,466

Strong’s Definitions

κραταιόω krataióō, krat-ah-yo'-o; from G2900; to empower, i.e. (passively) increase in vigor:—be strengthened, be (wax) strong.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2901 in the following manner: wax strong (2x), strengthen (1x), be strong (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2901 in the following manner: wax strong (2x), strengthen (1x), be strong (1x).

  1. to strengthen, make strong

  2. to be made strong, to increase in strength, to grow strong

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κραταιόω krataióō, krat-ah-yo'-o; from G2900; to empower, i.e. (passively) increase in vigor:—be strengthened, be (wax) strong.
STRONGS G2901:
κραταιόω, κραταιῷ: passive, present imperative 2 person plural κραταιοῦσθε imperfect 3 person singular ἐκραταιοῦτο; 1 aorist infinitive κραταιωθῆναι; (κράτος); only Biblical and ecclesiastical, for the classic κρατύνω; the Sept. mostly for חָזַק; in passive several times for אָמֵץ; to strengthen, make strong (Vulg.conforto (and in Ephesians 3:16conroboro)); passive to be made strong, to increase in strength, to grow strong: passive with the dative of respect, πνεύματι, Luke 1:80; Luke 2:40 (here G L T Tr WH omit πνεύματι); δυνάμει, Ephesians 3:16 (cf. ἰσχύειν τοῖς σωμασι, Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 7); ἀνδρίζεσθε, κραταιοῦσθε, i. e. show yourselves brave (A. V. be strong), 1 Corinthians 16:13 (ἀνδρίζεσθε καί κραταιούσθω ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν, Psalm 30:25 (Ps. 31:25); κραταιοῦσθε καί γίνεσθε εἰς ἄνδρας, 1 Samuel 4:9; ἀνδρίζου καί κραταιωθῶμεν, 2 Samuel 10:12).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
4:9
2 Samuel
10:12
Luke
1:80; 2:40
1 Corinthians
16:13
Ephesians
3:16; 3:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2901 matches the Greek κραταιόω (krataioō),
which occurs 58 times in 55 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Jdg 3:10–Psa 139:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10 - The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9 - “Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:16 - Then Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David in the woods and strengthened his hand in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - “Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives,
And in their death they were not divided;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were stronger than lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:7 - “Now therefore, let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:1 - Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11 - Then he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the people of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:12 - “Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - And the messenger said to David, “Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field; then we drove them back as far as the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.’ So encourage him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - However, he would not heed her voice; and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 - He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me;
For they were too strong for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 - The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘He who rules over men must be just,
Ruling in the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:22 - And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, for in the spring of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:23 - Then the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger than they.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:25 - “and you shall muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:6 - Now it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, that the priests had not repaired the damages of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7 - So King Jehoash called Jehoiada the priest and the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damages of the temple? Now therefore, do not take more money from your constituency, but deliver it for repairing the damages of the temple.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:12 - and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to repair the damage of the house of the LORD, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:14 - But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the LORD with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - “to carpenters and builders and masons—and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:4 - Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:4 - Now when Jehoram was established over the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself and killed all his brothers with the sword, and also others of the princes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1 - In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and made a covenant with the captains of hundreds: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8 - In the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the temple,[fn] he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself so that he might fight with him, and did not heed the words of Necho from the mouth of God. So he came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy; for the LORD made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28 - and has extended mercy to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. So I was encouraged, as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me; and I gathered leading men of Israel to go up with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:18 - And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. So they said, “Let us rise up and build.” Then they set their hands to this good work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:9 - For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.” Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:19 - Will your riches,
Or all the mighty forces,
Keep you from distress?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - “Behold, God is exalted by His power;
Who teaches like Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:19 - Arise, O LORD,
Do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged in Your sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:14 - Wait on the LORD;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:24 - Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19 - But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong;
And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will see them?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those who hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 - You divided the sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:15 - And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:17 - Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:13 - You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:11 - For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:4 - Seek the LORD and His strength;
Seek His face evermore!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 - He increased His people greatly,
And made them stronger than their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 117:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 117:2 - For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
And the truth of the LORD endures forever.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:6 - Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.

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