Strong G2478ἰσχυρός
strong
- Transliteration
- ischuros
- Pronunciation
- is-khoo-ros'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G2479; forcible (literally or figuratively): - boisterous mighty (-ier) powerful strong (-er man) valiant.
Detailed definition
ἰσχυρός, -ά, -όν
(ἰσχύω), [in LXX for אֵל, גִּבּוֹר, עָצוּם, חָזַק, etc.;]
strong, mighty, powerful;
__(a) of persons, as to body or spirit: Mat.12:29, Mrk.3:27, Luk.11:21-22, 1Co.4:10 (opposite to ἀσθενής), Heb.11:34 (ἐν πολέμῳ), Rev.5:2 10:1 18:21 19:18; οἱ πλούσιοι κ. οἱ ἰ, Rev.6:15; τὰ ἰ. = oἱ ἰ. (cf. 4Ki.24:15), 1Co.1:27; of God (cf. Deu.10:17), Rev.18:8; compar., Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:7, Luk.11:22, 1Co.1:25 (τὸ ἀσθενὲς τ. θεοῦ) 1Co.10:22;
__(b) of things: λιμός, Luk.15:14; ἐπιστολαί ( βαρεῖαι κ. ἰ.), 2Co.10:10; κραυγή, Heb.5:7; φωνή, Rev.18:2; παράκλησις, Heb.6:18; πόλις, Rev.18:10; βρονταί, Rev.19:6.†
(AS)
(ἰσχύω), [in LXX for אֵל, גִּבּוֹר, עָצוּם, חָזַק, etc.;]
strong, mighty, powerful;
__(a) of persons, as to body or spirit: Mat.12:29, Mrk.3:27, Luk.11:21-22, 1Co.4:10 (opposite to ἀσθενής), Heb.11:34 (ἐν πολέμῳ), Rev.5:2 10:1 18:21 19:18; οἱ πλούσιοι κ. οἱ ἰ, Rev.6:15; τὰ ἰ. = oἱ ἰ. (cf. 4Ki.24:15), 1Co.1:27; of God (cf. Deu.10:17), Rev.18:8; compar., Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:7, Luk.11:22, 1Co.1:25 (τὸ ἀσθενὲς τ. θεοῦ) 1Co.10:22;
__(b) of things: λιμός, Luk.15:14; ἐπιστολαί ( βαρεῖαι κ. ἰ.), 2Co.10:10; κραυγή, Heb.5:7; φωνή, Rev.18:2; παράκλησις, Heb.6:18; πόλις, Rev.18:10; βρονταί, Rev.19:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2478 appears in 25 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mighty9
- strong8
- man4
- boisterous1
- powerful1
- stronger1
- valiant1
First verses
- Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
- Matthew 12:29Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
- Matthew 14:30But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
- Mark 1:7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
- Mark 3:27No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
- Luke 3:16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
- Luke 11:21When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
- Luke 11:22But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
- Luke 15:14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
- 1 Corinthians 1:25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
- 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
- 2 Corinthians 10:10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
- Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
- Hebrews 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Hebrews 11:34Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
- 1 John 2:14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
- Revelation 5:2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
- Revelation 10:1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἰσχῡρός, ά, όν,
(ἰσχύς) strong, especially of personal strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 945, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 290, etc.)]; of things, ἰ. βέλος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.4; ῥεύματα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.12)]; ἰ. χθών hard, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 310)]; of food, indigestible, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 50)]; of taste, strong, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.6.1)]; of armies, ἰσχυροτέρα φάλαγξ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.30)]; of places, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.6.11, etc.; τῆς χώρης τὸ -ότατον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76)]; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἰ., opposed to τὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἰ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 8.24)]; τὰ ἰσχυρότατα your strongest points, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.111)]; τὰ τῆς πόλεως ἰ. that in which the strength of the state lies, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.66)]; ὁρῶντες οὐδὲν ἰ. ἀπὸ τῶν Λεσβίων no show of strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.6)]; ἰ. τι πρὸς τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽ ἔχειν a strong point, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 130; -ότατον τεκμήριον “SIG” 685.84 (Crete, 2nd c.BC).)]
2 powerful, ἄλοχος Διός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 302; πόλις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 447; θεός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 946; ἰ. τὸ πολλόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.136; οἱ ἰ. ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.14)]: comparative -ότερος, ἐς πειθώ [NT+3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 51; ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος -ότερός μου ἐστίν NT.Matt.3.11.)]
3 forcible, violent, severe, σιτοδείη, ψύχη, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, 4.29; λιμός NT.Luke.15.14; ἀναγκαίη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.74)]; αἱ λίαν ἰ. τιμωρίαι violent, excessive, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.205)]; ὅρκος -ότατος, ἀνάγκαι -όταται, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.11, 6.25; νόσημα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 4; βήξ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49)]; γέλως, ἐπιθυμίαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 388e, 560b, etc.)]; νόμος ἰ. severe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.102, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 15.9; ἔχθρα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 233c)]; γνώμη -οτέρη more positive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41)]; τρόπῳ ᾧ ἂν δύνωνται -οτάτῳ Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23)]; κατὰ τὸ ἰσχυρόν by main force, opposed to δόλῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.201, compare 9.2.)]
4 of literary style, vigorous, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 22)]; also of syllables, strong, [Refs ([prev. work] 16; στάσεις λαμβάνειν ἰ. [prev. work] 22.)]
II adverb -ρῶς strongly, with all force, ἐγκεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69, etc.; φυλάττειν τινάς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.11.)]
II.2 very much, exceedingly, with adjectives, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.108)]; ἔθνος μέγα ἰ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 183; διώρυγες ἰ. βαθεῖαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” [1.7.15], etc.; ἰ. χλωρόν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 11)]; κίνησις νωθὴς ἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 503b9; ἰ. φιλοπλάτων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ind Sto.” 61: with Verbs, ἰ. ἥδεσθαι, ἀνιᾶσθαι, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.44; ἀπήγγειλεν ὅτι πάντα δοκοίη ἰ. τῷ εὐνούχῳ [prev. work] 5.3.15)]: comparative -οτέρως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 114, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.129)]; -ότερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.12, etc.: _superlative_, in answers, ἰσχυρότατά γε)] most certainly, [Refs ([prev. author] “Oec.” 1.15.)]
(ἰσχύς) strong, especially of personal strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 945, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 290, etc.)]; of things, ἰ. βέλος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.4; ῥεύματα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.12)]; ἰ. χθών hard, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 310)]; of food, indigestible, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 50)]; of taste, strong, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.6.1)]; of armies, ἰσχυροτέρα φάλαγξ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.30)]; of places, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.6.11, etc.; τῆς χώρης τὸ -ότατον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76)]; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἰ., opposed to τὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἰ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 8.24)]; τὰ ἰσχυρότατα your strongest points, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.111)]; τὰ τῆς πόλεως ἰ. that in which the strength of the state lies, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.66)]; ὁρῶντες οὐδὲν ἰ. ἀπὸ τῶν Λεσβίων no show of strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.6)]; ἰ. τι πρὸς τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽ ἔχειν a strong point, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 130; -ότατον τεκμήριον “SIG” 685.84 (Crete, 2nd c.BC).)]
2 powerful, ἄλοχος Διός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 302; πόλις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 447; θεός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 946; ἰ. τὸ πολλόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.136; οἱ ἰ. ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.14)]: comparative -ότερος, ἐς πειθώ [NT+3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 51; ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος -ότερός μου ἐστίν NT.Matt.3.11.)]
3 forcible, violent, severe, σιτοδείη, ψύχη, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, 4.29; λιμός NT.Luke.15.14; ἀναγκαίη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.74)]; αἱ λίαν ἰ. τιμωρίαι violent, excessive, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.205)]; ὅρκος -ότατος, ἀνάγκαι -όταται, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.11, 6.25; νόσημα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 4; βήξ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49)]; γέλως, ἐπιθυμίαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 388e, 560b, etc.)]; νόμος ἰ. severe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.102, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 15.9; ἔχθρα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 233c)]; γνώμη -οτέρη more positive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41)]; τρόπῳ ᾧ ἂν δύνωνται -οτάτῳ Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23)]; κατὰ τὸ ἰσχυρόν by main force, opposed to δόλῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.201, compare 9.2.)]
4 of literary style, vigorous, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 22)]; also of syllables, strong, [Refs ([prev. work] 16; στάσεις λαμβάνειν ἰ. [prev. work] 22.)]
II adverb -ρῶς strongly, with all force, ἐγκεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69, etc.; φυλάττειν τινάς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.11.)]
II.2 very much, exceedingly, with adjectives, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.108)]; ἔθνος μέγα ἰ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 183; διώρυγες ἰ. βαθεῖαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” [1.7.15], etc.; ἰ. χλωρόν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 11)]; κίνησις νωθὴς ἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 503b9; ἰ. φιλοπλάτων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ind Sto.” 61: with Verbs, ἰ. ἥδεσθαι, ἀνιᾶσθαι, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.44; ἀπήγγειλεν ὅτι πάντα δοκοίη ἰ. τῷ εὐνούχῳ [prev. work] 5.3.15)]: comparative -οτέρως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 114, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.129)]; -ότερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.12, etc.: _superlative_, in answers, ἰσχυρότατά γε)] most certainly, [Refs ([prev. author] “Oec.” 1.15.)]