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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 126 times in 121 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Jer 51:15–Zec 4:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:15 - It is He who made H6213 the earth H776 by His power, H3581
Who established H3559 the world H8398 by His wisdom, H2451
And by His understanding H8394 He stretched H5186 out the heavens. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:6 - All H3605 her majesty H1926
Has departed H3318 from the daughter H1323 of Zion; H6726
Her princes H8269 have become H1961 like deer H354
That have found H4672 no H3808 pasture; H4829
And they have [fn]fled H1980 without H3808 strength H3581
Before H6440 the pursuer. H7291

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:14 - “The yoke H5923 of my transgressions H6588 is bound; H8244
By His hand H3027 they are knit H8276 together. H8276
They have come H5927 upon my neck; H6677
He has made my strength H3581 [fn]fail. H3782
The Lord H136 has given H5414 me into the hands H3027
Of those against whom I am not able H3201 to stand. H6965

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths H3206 in whom H834 was no H369 H3605 defect, H3971 who were good-looking, H2896 H4758 showing H7919 intelligence H7919 in every H3605 branch of wisdom, H2451 endowed H3045 with understanding H995 and discerning H995 knowledge, H4093 and who H834 had ability H3581 for [fn]serving H5975 in the king’s H4428 [fn]court; H1964 and he ordered him to teach H3925 them the [fn]literature H5612 and language H3956 of the Chaldeans. H3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6 - He came H935 up to the ram H352 that had the two horns, H7161 which H834 I had seen H7200 standing H5975 in front H6440 of the [fn]canal, H180 and rushed H7323 at him in his mighty H3581 wrath. H2534

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - I saw H7200 him come H5060 beside H681 the ram, H352 and he was enraged H4843 at him; and he struck H5221 the ram H352 and shattered H7665 his two H8147 horns, H7161 and the ram H352 had H1961 no H3808 strength H3581 to withstand H5975 him. So he hurled H7993 him to the ground H776 and trampled H7429 on him, and there was none H3808 to rescue H5337 the ram H352 from his [fn]power. H3027

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And he will [fn]destroy H7843 to an extraordinary H6381 degree H6381
And prosper H6743 and perform H6213 his will;
He will [fn]destroy H7843 mighty H6099 men H6099 and [fn]the holy H6918 people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:8 - So I was left H7604 alone H905 and saw H7200 this H2088 great H1419 vision; H4759 yet no H3808 strength H3581 was left H7604 in me, for my [fn]natural H1935 color H1935 turned H2015 to [fn]a deathly H4889 pallor, H4889 and I retained H6113 no H3808 strength. H3581

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - “After H7093 some years H8141 they will form H2266 an alliance, H2266 and the daughter H1323 of the king H4428 of the South H5045 will come H935 to the king H4428 of the North H6828 to carry H6213 out [fn]a peaceful H4339 arrangement. H4339 But she will not retain H6113 her [fn]position H2220 of power, H3581 nor H3808 will he remain H5975 with his [fn]power, H2220 but she will be given H5414 up, along with those who brought H935 her in and the one who sired H3205 her as well as he who supported H2388 her in those times. H6256

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - “Then the king H4428 of the North H6828 will come, H935 cast H8210 up a siege H5550 ramp H5550 and capture H3920 a well-fortified H4013 city; H5892 and the forces H2220 of the South H5045 will not stand H5975 their ground, not even [fn]their choicest H4005 troops, H5971 for there H369 will be no H369 strength H3581 to make H5975 a stand. H5975

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:9 - Strangers H2114 devour H398 his strength, H3581
Yet he does not know H3045 it;
Gray H7872 hairs H7872 also H1571 are sprinkled H2236 on him,
Yet he does not know H3045 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:14 - “[fn]Flight H4498 will perish H6 from the swift, H7031
And the stalwart H2389 will not strengthen H553 his power, H3581
Nor H3808 the mighty H1368 man H1368 save H4422 his [fn]life. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:8 - On the other H199 hand H199 I am filled H4390 with power H3581—
With the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068—
And with justice H4941 and courage H1369
To make H5046 known H5046 to Jacob H3290 his rebellious H6588 act, H6588
Even to Israel H3478 his sin. H2403

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:3 - The LORD H3068 is slow H750 to anger H639 and great H1419 in power, H3581
And the LORD H3068 will by no H3808 means H5352 leave H5352 the guilty unpunished. H5352
In whirlwind H5492 and storm H8183 is His way, H1870
And clouds H6051 are the dust H80 beneath His feet. H7272

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Man H5341 the fortress, H4694 watch H6822 the road; H1870
[fn]Strengthen H2388 your back, H4975 [fn]summon H553 all H3966 your strength. H3581

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But they will be held H816 guilty, H816
They whose H2098 strength H3581 is their god.” H433

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