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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.
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:22 -

“Have I said, ‘Give me something,’

Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth H3581,’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 -

“Wise in heart and mighty in power H3581,

Who has stiffened his neck against Him and been at peace?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:19 -

“If it is a matter of power H3581, behold, He is the mighty one!

And if it is a matter of justice, who can make [fn]Him testify?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:6 -

“Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power H3581?

No, surely He would pay attention to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 -

“But He drags off the mighty by His power H3581;

He rises, but no one believes in his life.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:2 -

“What a help you are to the one without power!

How you have saved the arm without strength!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12 -

“He quieted the sea with His power H3581,

And by His understanding He crushed Rahab.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:2 -

“Indeed, what good was the strength H3581 of their hands to me?

Vigor had perished from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:18 -

“By a great force H3581 my garment is distorted;

It seizes me about as the collar of my tunic.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 -

If I have eaten its [fn]fruit H3581 without money,

Or have caused [fn]its owners to lose their lives,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 -

“Behold, God is mighty but does not reject;

He is mighty in the power H3581 of His heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:19 -

“Will your [fn]cries keep you from distress,

Or all the forces of your power H3581?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 -

“Behold, God is exalted in His power H3581;

Who is a teacher like Him?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:23 -

“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;

He is exalted in power H3581

And He will not afflict justice and abundant righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:11 -

“Will you trust him because his power H3581 is great

And leave your labor to him?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:21 -

[fn]He paws in the valley and rejoices in his power H3581;

He goes out to meet the weapons.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 -

“Behold now, its power H3581 in its loins

And its vigor in the muscles of its belly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 -

My strength H3581 is dried up like a potsherd,

And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;

And You lay me [fn]in the dust of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:4 -

The voice of Yahweh is powerful H3581,

The voice of Yahweh is full of splendor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 -

For my life is worn down with sorrow

And my years with sighing;

My strength H3581 fails because of my iniquity,

And my bones waste away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:16 -

The king is not saved by a mighty army;

A warrior is not delivered by great strength H3581.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10 -

My heart throbs, my strength H3581 forsakes me;

And the light of my eyes, even [fn]that [fn]has gone from me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:6 -

Who establishes the mountains by His strength H3581,

Being girded with might;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:9 -

Do not cast me off in the time of old age;

Do not forsake me when my strength H3581 fails.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:23 -

He has afflicted my strength H3581 in the way;

He has shortened my days.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:20 -

Bless Yahweh, you His angels,

Mighty in strength H3581, who perform His word,

Obeying the voice of His word!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:6 -

Kaph

He has declared to His people the power H3581 of His works,

Lamedh

In giving them an inheritance of the nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:5 -

Great is our Lord and abundant in power H3581;

His discernment is [fn]infinite.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:10 -

Lest strangers be satisfied by your strength H3581

And by your painful labor, those in the house of a foreigner;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:4 -

Where no oxen are, the manger is clean,

But much revenue comes by the strength H3581 of the ox.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 -

The honor of young men is their strength H3581,

And the [fn]majesty of old men is their gray hair.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 -

A wise man is [fn]strong,

And a man of knowledge strengthens his power H3581.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 -

If you are slack in the day of trouble,

Your strength H3581 is in trouble.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 -

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power H3581, but they had no one to comfort them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 -

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might H3581; for there is no working or explaining or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13 - For he has said,

“By the power H3581 of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,

For I have understanding;

And I removed the boundaries of the peoples

And plundered their treasures,

And like a mighty man I brought down [fn]their inhabitants,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3 - And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, reproof, and rejection; for children have come to the point of breaking forth, but there is no strength H3581 to give birth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 -

Get yourself up on a high mountain,

O Zion, bearer of good news,

Raise up your voice powerfully H3581,

O Jerusalem, bearer of good news;

Raise it up, do not fear.

Say to the cities of Judah,

“Behold your God!”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 -

Lift up your eyes on high

And see who has created these stars,

The One who leads forth their host by number,

He calls them all by name;

Because of the greatness of His vigor and the [fn]strength of His power H3581,

Not one of them is missing.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:29 -

He gives power H3581 to the weary,

And to him who lacks vigor He increases might.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 -

Yet those who hope in Yahweh

Will gain new power H3581;

They will [fn]mount up with [fn]wings like eagles;

They will run and not get tired;

They will walk and not become weary.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 -

“Coastlands, listen to Me in silence,

And let the peoples gain new power H3581;

Let them come forward, then let them speak;

Let us draw near together for judgment.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 -

The man crafts iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, [fn]forming it with hammers and working it with his powerful H3581 arm. He also gets hungry and has no power H3581; he drinks no water and becomes weary.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 -

But I said, “I have toiled in vain;

I have spent My might H3581 for [fn]nothing and vanity;

Yet surely the justice due to Me is with Yahweh,

And My reward with My God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 -

“Why was there no man when I came?

When I called, why was there none to answer?

Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?

Or have I no power H3581 to deliver?

Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke;

I make the rivers a wilderness;

Their fish stink for lack of water

And die of thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 -

Who is this who comes from Edom,

With garments of [fn]glowing colors from Bozrah,

This One who is majestic in His clothing,

[fn]Marching in the greatness of His power H3581?

“It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 -

It is He who made the earth by His power H3581,

Who established the world by His wisdom;

And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - “I have made the earth, the men, and the animals which are on the face of the earth by My great power H3581 and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is right in My eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17 - ‘Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power H3581 and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 -

“In the shadow of Heshbon

Those who flee stand without strength H3581;

For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon

And a flame from the midst of Sihon,

And it has devoured the top of the head of Moab

And the scalps of [fn]those who rumble.


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