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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
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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 2 / 3 (Job 6:22–Jer 48:45)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:22 - Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? H3581

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: H3581 who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:19 - If I speak of strength, H3581 lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:6 - Will he plead against me with his great power? H3581 No; but he would put strength in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 - He draweth also the mighty with his power: H3581 he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:2 - How hast thou helped him that is without power? H3581 how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12 - He divideth the sea with his power, H3581 and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:2 - Yea, whereto might the strength H3581 of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:18 - By the great force H3581 of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - If I have eaten the fruits H3581 thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength H3581 and wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:19 - Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. H3581

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - Behold, God exalteth by his power: H3581 who teacheth like him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:23 - Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, H3581 and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:11 - Wilt thou trust him, because his strength H3581 is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:21 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: H3581 he goeth on to meet the armed men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - Lo now, his strength H3581 is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - My strength H3581 is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:4 - The voice of the LORD is powerful; H3581 the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 - For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength H3581 faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:16 - There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. H3581

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10 - My heart panteth, my strength H3581 faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:6 - Which by his strength H3581 setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:9 - Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength H3581 faileth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:23 - He weakened my strength H3581 in the way; he shortened my days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:20 - Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, H3581 that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 111:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:6 - He hath shewed his people the power H3581 of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:5 - Great is our Lord, and of great power: H3581 his understanding is infinite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:10 - Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; H3581 and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:4 - Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength H3581 of the ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength: H3581 and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 - A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. H3581

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 - If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength H3581 is small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; H3581 but they had no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 - Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; H3581 for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13 - For he saith, By the strength H3581 of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3 - And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength H3581 to bring forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 - O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; H3581 lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; H3581 not one faileth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:29 - He giveth power H3581 to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; H3581 they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: H3581 let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength H3581 of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength H3581 faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength H3581 for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power H3581 to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 - Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? H3581 I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - He hath made the earth by his power, H3581 he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power H3581 and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17 - Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power H3581 and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 - They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: H3581 but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

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