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Lexicon :: Strong's H3581 - kōaḥ

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כֹּחַ
Transliteration
kōaḥ
Pronunciation
ko'-akh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be firm
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 973.1

Strong’s Definitions

כֹּחַ kôach, ko'-akh; or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ kôwach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard:—ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 126x

The KJV translates Strong's H3581 in the following manner: strength (58x), power (47x), might (7x), force (3x), ability (2x), able (2x), able (with H6113) (1x), chameleon (1x), fruits (1x), powerful (1x), substance (1x), wealth (1x), weary (with H3019) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 126x
The KJV translates Strong's H3581 in the following manner: strength (58x), power (47x), might (7x), force (3x), ability (2x), able (2x), able (with H6113) (1x), chameleon (1x), fruits (1x), powerful (1x), substance (1x), wealth (1x), weary (with H3019) (1x).

  1. strength, power, might

    1. human strength

    2. strength (of angels)

    3. power (of God)

    4. strength (of animals)

    5. strength, produce, wealth (of soil)

  2. a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, which is unclean

    1. perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֹּחַ kôach, ko'-akh; or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ kôwach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard:—ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
STRONGS H3581: Abbreviations
† I. כֹּחַ noun [masculine] a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, in list of unclean creeping things Leviticus 11:30; Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate AV chameleon; on various opinions see Di.

†II. כֹּחַ and (†Daniel 11:6) כּוֺחַ noun masculineDeuteronomy 4:37 strength, power (Late Hebrew id.); — כ׳ absolute Deuteronomy 8:18 +; construct Numbers 14:17 +; suffix כֹּחִי Genesis 31:6 +; כֹּחֲךָ Judges 16:6 +, כֹּחֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 5:10, כֹּחֶ֑כָה Proverbs 24:10, etc.; always singular; —
1. human strength:
a. physical, of Samson Judges 16:5, 6, 9, 15, 17, 19, 30; strength in toil Isaiah 44:12 (זְרוֺעַ כֹּחוֺ), Isaiah 44:12; Leviticus 26:20; Nehemiah 4:4; of manly vigour (in procreation) אַתָּה כֹּחִי וְרֵאשִׁית אוֺנִי Genesis 49:3 (poem in J; said to Reuben); vigour in general Joshua 14:11 (twice in verse) (JE), Judges 6:14; 1 Samuel 28:22; Job 6:11, 12; Psalm 31:11; Psalm 38:11; Psalm 71:9; Psalm 102:24; Proverbs 20:29; as sustained by food 1 Kings 19:8; lack of such vigour is לֹאכֹֿחַ Job 26:2, compare מִכֹּחַ Jeremiah 48:45 without strength; בְּלֹאכֿ׳ Lamentations 1:6; יְגִיעֵיכֿ׳ Job 3:17; כֹּחַ לֹאהָֿיָה בוֺ 1 Samuel 28:20, compare Daniel 10:8, 17; in Psalm 22:16 read חִכִּי, so Ew Ol Che and others; specifically of power of voice Isaiah 40:9.
b. more inclusively, ability, efficiency: followed by infinitive, ability to weep 1 Samuel 30:4; to get wealth Deuteronomy 8:18; to bring forth (a child; in figure) 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3; followed by לַעֲמֹד Daniel 1:4; Ezra 10:13, compare Daniel 11:15; without infinitive 1 Chronicles 29:2; Ezra 2:69; of efficiency in battle 2 Chron 14:10; 2 Chronicles 20:12; 26:13; for porter's service in temple אִישׁחַֿיִל בַּכֹּחַ לַעֲבֹדָה 1 Chronicles 26:8; ability or efficiency in general Genesis 31:6; Proverbs 24:5, 10; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 9:10, so probably כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם Job 30:2; עָצַר כֹּחַ (late, compare עצר) retain ability or strength, followed by infinitive; לְהִתְנַדֵּב נַעְצֹר כ׳ 1 Chronicles 29:14 that we should retain (have) ability to make freewill-oferings; to build 2 Chron 2:5; with negative, without infinitive, Daniel 10:8, 16 (compare Daniel 11:6, c).
c. power of a people, or king, Joshua 17:17; Nahum 2:2; Habakkuk 1:11; Isaiah 49:4 (of servant of י׳), Lamentations 1:14; Daniel 8:22, 24a, also Daniel 8:24b (si vera lectio, see Bev), Daniel 11:25 (|| לֵבָב); with עָצַר 2 Chronicles 13:20; 22:9; Daniel 11:6 (הַזְּרוֺעַ לֹא תַעְצֹר כ׳, compare b); in Hosea 7:9 figurative of body seems combined with that of land yielding produce (see 5 below)
d. power opposed to that of God Amos 2:14; Isaiah 10:13 (יָדִי כ׳), Deuteronomy 8:17; 1 Samuel 2:9; Zechariah 4:6; Job 36:19; Psalm 33:16.
e. power conferred by God Isaiah 40:29, compare Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1; of prophetic power Micah 3:8.
2. strength of angels Psalm 103:20.
3. power of God: in creation Jeremiah 10:12; Jeremiah 51:15 (see also Jeremiah 32:17 below), Psalm 65:7; in governing the world 1 Chronicles 29:12; 2 Chronicles 20:6; Psalm 29:4; in acts of deliverance and judgment Exodus 9:16; Exodus 15:6; Exodus 32:11; Numbers 14:13, 17 (JE), Isaiah 50:2; 2 Chronicles 25:8; Job 9:19; Job 24:22; Job 26:12; Job 30:18; Job 36:22; in combination כֹּחַ גָּדוֺל Deuteronomy 4:37; || יָד חֲזָקָה Exodus 32:11(JE), Nehemiah 1:10; || זְרוֺעַ נְטוּיָה Deuteronomy 9:29; 2 Kings 17:36; Jeremiah 27:5; Jeremiah 32:17; he is רַבכֹּֿחַ Psalm 147:5; compare רֹב כֹּחוֺ Isaiah 63:1; Job 23:6; also גדולכֹּֿחַ Nahum 1:3; אַמִּיץ כֹּחַ Isaiah 40:26; Job 9:4, שַׂגִּיאכֹֿחַ Job 37:23; כֹּחַ מַעֲשָׂיו Psalm 111:6 the power of his works; בַּכֹּחַ קוֺל י׳ Psalm 29:4 (of thunder); specifically of his wisdom (rather peculiarly, Elihu) כַּבִּיר כֹּחַ לֵב Job 36:5 mighty in strength of mind.
4. of animals: wild ox Job 39:11, horse Job 39:21, hippopotamus Job 40:16, bullock Proverbs 14:4; he-goat Daniel 8:6 ram Daniel 8:7.
5. strength, of soil i.e. produce, Genesis 4:12 (J), Job 31:30; (Hosea 7:9 see 1. c above); = wealth (compare חַילִ) Proverbs 5:10; Job 6:22.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:12; 31:6; 31:6; 49:3

Exodus

9:16; 15:6; 32:11; 32:11

Leviticus

11:30; 26:20

Numbers

14:13; 14:17; 14:17

Deuteronomy

4:37; 4:37; 8:17; 8:18; 8:18; 9:29

Joshua

14:11; 17:17

Judges

6:14; 16:5; 16:6; 16:6; 16:9; 16:15; 16:17; 16:19; 16:30

1 Samuel

2:9; 28:20; 28:22; 30:4

1 Kings

19:8

2 Kings

17:36; 19:3

1 Chronicles

26:8; 29:2; 29:12; 29:14

2 Chronicles

2:5; 13:20; 14:10; 20:6; 20:12; 22:9; 25:8; 26:13

Ezra

2:69; 10:13

Nehemiah

1:10; 4:4

Job

3:17; 6:11; 6:12; 6:22; 9:4; 9:19; 23:6; 24:22; 26:2; 26:12; 30:2; 30:18; 31:30; 36:5; 36:19; 36:22; 37:23; 39:11; 39:21; 40:16

Psalms

22:16; 29:4; 29:4; 31:11; 33:16; 38:11; 65:7; 71:9; 102:24; 103:20; 111:6; 147:5

Proverbs

5:10; 5:10; 14:4; 20:29; 24:5; 24:10; 24:10

Ecclesiastes

4:1; 9:10

Isaiah

10:13; 37:3; 40:9; 40:26; 40:29; 40:31; 41:1; 44:12; 44:12; 49:4; 50:2; 63:1

Jeremiah

10:12; 27:5; 32:17; 32:17; 48:45; 51:15

Lamentations

1:6; 1:14

Daniel

1:4; 8:6; 8:7; 8:22; 8:24; 8:24; 10:8; 10:8; 10:16; 10:17; 11:6; 11:6; 11:6; 11:15; 11:25

Hosea

7:9; 7:9

Amos

2:14

Micah

3:8

Nahum

1:3; 2:2

Habakkuk

1:11

Zechariah

4:6

H3581

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Strong's Number H3581 matches the Hebrew כֹּחַ (kōaḥ),
which occurs 127 times in 121 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 4:12–Job 6:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - “When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6 - “You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 -

“Reuben, you are my [fn]firstborn;

My might, the beginning of my strength and vigor,

Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power [that should have been your birthright].

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - “But indeed for this very reason I have allowed you to live, in order to show you My power and in order that My name may be proclaimed throughout all the earth.

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“Your right hand, O LORD, is glorious in power;

Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:30 - the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand reptile, and the chameleon.

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

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But Moses said to the LORD, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought up these people from among them,

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - “And because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants who followed them, and brought you from Egypt with His Presence, with His great and awesome power,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:17 - “Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:18 - “But you shall remember [with profound respect] the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore (solemnly promised) to your fathers, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:29 - ‘Yet they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You have brought out by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:11 - “I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so is my strength now, for war and for going out and coming in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:17 - Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - So the [five] lords (governors) of the Philistines came to her and said to her, “Persuade him, and see where his great strength lies and [find out] how we may overpower him so that we may bind him to subdue him. And each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:6 - So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies and with what you may be bound and subdued.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - Now she had men lying in ambush in an inner room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he broke the cords as a [fn]string of tow breaks when it touches fire. So [the secret of] his strength was not discovered.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - Then [finally] he told her everything that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never been used 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - She made Samson sleep on her knees, and she called a man and had him shave off the seven braids of his head. Then she began to abuse Samson, and his strength left him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he stretched out with all his might [collapsing the support pillars], and the house fell on the lords and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.

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“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones,

But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness;

For a man shall not prevail by might.

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Then Saul immediately fell full length on the earth [floor of the medium’s house], and was very afraid because of Samuel’s words; [fn]and he was thoroughly exhausted because he had not eaten all day and all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - “So now, please listen to the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you, and eat, so that you may have strength when you go on your way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:4 - Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until [fn]they were too exhausted to weep [any longer].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:8 - So he got up and ate and drank, and with the strength of that food he traveled forty days and nights to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:36 - “But the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This is a day of distress and anxiety, of punishment and humiliation; for children have come to [the time of their] birth and there is no strength to rescue them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:8 - All these were sons of Obed-edom [in whose house the ark was kept], they and their sons and relatives, strong and able men for the service—sixty-two from Obed-edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 - “So with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, silver for the things of silver, bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, as well as onyx stones and stones to be inlaid, stones of antimony (a brittle, silvery-white metal) and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:12 - “Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all. In Your hand is power and might; and it is in Your hands to make great and to give strength to everyone.

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“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - “But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens and [even] the highest heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I to build a house for Him, except [as a place] to burn incense before Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:20 - Jeroboam did not recover strength again during the time of [the reign of] Abijah. And the LORD struck him and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - Asa called out to the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and the weak; so help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in and rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:6 - and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven? And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, there is no one able to take a stand against You.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:12 - “O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless against this great multitude which is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - Jehu also searched for Ahaziah, who was hiding in Samaria; he was captured, brought to Jehu, and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “After all, he is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So the house of Ahaziah had no one left to retain the power to rule over the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:8 - “But if you do go [in spite of this warning], be strong and courageous for battle; yet God will cause you to stumble and fall before the enemy, for God has power to help and to cause people to stumble.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could wage war with great power, to help the king against the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:69 - They gave according to their ability to the treasury for the work, 61,000 drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly [linen] garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - “But there are many people and it is the season of heavy rain; so we are unable to stand outside. Nor can the task be done in a day or two, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:10 - “Now they are Your servants and Your people whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand.

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Then [the leaders of] Judah said,

“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,

And there is much rubble;

We ourselves are unable

To rebuild the wall.”

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“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,

And there the weary are at rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:11 -

“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?

And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:12 -

“Is my strength and endurance that of stones,

Or is my flesh made of bronze?


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