Strong G2480ἰσχύω
be strong
- Transliteration
- ischuō
- Pronunciation
- is-khoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2479; to have (or exercise) force (literally or figuratively): - beable avail can do ([-not]) could be good might prevail be of strength be whole + much work.
Detailed definition
ἰσχύω
(ἰσχύς), [in LXX for חָזַק, גִּבּוֹר, עָצַם, etc.;]
1. to be strong in body: Mat.9:12, Mrk.2:17.
2. to be powerful, have power, prevail: Act.19:20, Rev.12:8; before κατά, with genitive of person(s), Act.19:16; with inf., to be able (MM, Exp., xv): Mat.8:28 26:40, Mrk.5:4 9:18 (inf. understood) Mrk.14:37, Luk.6:48 8:43 13:24 14:6, 29-30 16:3 20:26, Jhn.21:6, Act.6:10 15:10 25:7 27:16; with accusative, Php.4:13, Jas.5:16; of things, to avail, be serviceable (MM, Exp., l.with): Mat.5:13, Gal.5:6, Heb.9:17 (cf. ἐν-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-ισχύω).†
(AS)
(ἰσχύς), [in LXX for חָזַק, גִּבּוֹר, עָצַם, etc.;]
1. to be strong in body: Mat.9:12, Mrk.2:17.
2. to be powerful, have power, prevail: Act.19:20, Rev.12:8; before κατά, with genitive of person(s), Act.19:16; with inf., to be able (MM, Exp., xv): Mat.8:28 26:40, Mrk.5:4 9:18 (inf. understood) Mrk.14:37, Luk.6:48 8:43 13:24 14:6, 29-30 16:3 20:26, Jhn.21:6, Act.6:10 15:10 25:7 27:16; with accusative, Php.4:13, Jas.5:16; of things, to avail, be serviceable (MM, Exp., l.with): Mat.5:13, Gal.5:6, Heb.9:17 (cf. ἐν-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-ισχύω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2480 appears in 29 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be8
- can7
- able4
- availeth3
- prevail3
- whole2
- cannot1
- couldest1
- do1
- good1
- have1
- may1
First verses
- Matthew 5:13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
- Matthew 8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
- Matthew 9:12But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
- Matthew 26:40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
- Mark 2:17When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- Mark 5:4Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
- Mark 9:18And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
- Mark 14:37And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
- Luke 6:48He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Luke 8:43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
- Luke 13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
- Luke 14:6And they could not answer him again to these things.
- Luke 14:29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
- Luke 14:30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
- Luke 16:3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
- Luke 20:26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
- John 21:6And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
- Acts 6:10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
- Acts 15:10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
- Acts 19:16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἰσχ-ύω
(ἰσχύς), [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 279)]: imperfect ἴσχυον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 357, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.18)]: future ἰσχύσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1607, etc.)]: aorist ἴσχῡσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 502, etc.)]: perfect ἴσχῡκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.165, 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 17.34)]:—passive, aorist κατ-ισχύθην [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.87)]: (ἰσχύς):—to be strong in body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 234; ὅπως ὑγιαίνοιεν καὶ ἰσχύοιεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.24; ὃς μέγιστον ἴσχυσε στρατοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 502; ἰ. τοῖς σώμασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.7; τοῦ σώματος ἰσχύοντος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.93)]; ἴσχυόν τ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐμαυτοῦ, i.e. I had all my strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 357)]; ἰ. ἐκ νόσου to be recovering, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.18.)]
2 to be powerful, prevail, μηδὲν μεῖον ἰ. Διός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 510, etc.)]; πλέον, μεῖζον ἰ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1188, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1607)]; later ἰ. πρός τινα prevail against, [LXX (LXX.Psa.12(13).4)]; ἐπί τινας[LXX (LXX.1Mac.10.49)]; ἰ. τινί to be strong in a thing, σοφία ἀνὴρ ὑπὲρ ἀνδρὸς ἰσχύει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 61; θράσει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 903; ἐν τῇ ποιητικῇ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.9; ἰ. τινὶ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46; ἰ. ἐκ πονηρίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.9)]; ὅθεν ἰσχύομεν, ᾗπερ ἰσχύουσι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143, 2.13)]; ἰ. παρά τινι have power or influence with one, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.47, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.2, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 38.20, etc.)]
2.b of things, prevail, ὅρκος οὔτι Ζηνὸς ἰ. πλέον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 621; τἀληθὲς γὰρ ἰσχῦον τρέφω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 356)]; τὸ δίκαιον ἐν πᾶσιν ἰ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.59)]; have force, ἃ ὡρίσω σὺ δίκαια, ταὐτὰ.. καὶ κατὰ σοῦ προσήκει τοῖς ἄλλοις ἰσχύειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.241, compare 25.71; ὁ λόγος δόξειεν ἂν ἰσχύειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280a28)]; νομὴ ἄδικος οὐδὲν ἰ. is of no force, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 286.7 (2nd c.AD))]; ἰσχῦόν τι something permanent, probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.7U.)]: c.infinitive, ὁ καιρὸς ἰσχύει.. πράττειν [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17.9, cf. LXX.2Ch.2.6(5), +others, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 58; οὐκ ἰ. ἀρτιστομεῖν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.2.28, cf. NT.Mark.5.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 33.22, etc.)]
3 to be worth or equivalent to, ἡ μνᾶ ἰσχύει λίτρας δύο καὶ ἥμισυ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.7.1, compare “PGnom.” 106, 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 134)]; αἱ ψῆφοι τάλαντον ἰσχύουσιν (probably to be read instead of ἴσχουσιν) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.26.13.)]
4 active, condense, νεφέλας [LXX (LXX.Sir.43.15.)]
4.b ἄρτον πᾶσαν ἡδονὴν ἰσχύοντα making strong.. ,[LXX (LXX.Wis.16.20)] (in se habentem, Vulg.).
5 -ύοντες ἀστέρες those in dominating positions, Serapion in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).226. [ῡ in Batrachomyomachia [same place], Trag. and Comedy texts, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1409, “OT” 356, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 357, “Av.” 488, 1606)]; later, ῠ sometimes in present and imperfect, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.166 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus), 211 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).])]
(ἰσχύς), [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 279)]: imperfect ἴσχυον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 357, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.18)]: future ἰσχύσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1607, etc.)]: aorist ἴσχῡσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 502, etc.)]: perfect ἴσχῡκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.165, 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 17.34)]:—passive, aorist κατ-ισχύθην [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.87)]: (ἰσχύς):—to be strong in body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 234; ὅπως ὑγιαίνοιεν καὶ ἰσχύοιεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.24; ὃς μέγιστον ἴσχυσε στρατοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 502; ἰ. τοῖς σώμασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.7; τοῦ σώματος ἰσχύοντος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.93)]; ἴσχυόν τ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐμαυτοῦ, i.e. I had all my strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 357)]; ἰ. ἐκ νόσου to be recovering, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.18.)]
2 to be powerful, prevail, μηδὲν μεῖον ἰ. Διός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 510, etc.)]; πλέον, μεῖζον ἰ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1188, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1607)]; later ἰ. πρός τινα prevail against, [LXX (LXX.Psa.12(13).4)]; ἐπί τινας[LXX (LXX.1Mac.10.49)]; ἰ. τινί to be strong in a thing, σοφία ἀνὴρ ὑπὲρ ἀνδρὸς ἰσχύει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 61; θράσει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 903; ἐν τῇ ποιητικῇ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.9; ἰ. τινὶ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46; ἰ. ἐκ πονηρίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.9)]; ὅθεν ἰσχύομεν, ᾗπερ ἰσχύουσι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143, 2.13)]; ἰ. παρά τινι have power or influence with one, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.47, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.2, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 38.20, etc.)]
2.b of things, prevail, ὅρκος οὔτι Ζηνὸς ἰ. πλέον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 621; τἀληθὲς γὰρ ἰσχῦον τρέφω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 356)]; τὸ δίκαιον ἐν πᾶσιν ἰ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.59)]; have force, ἃ ὡρίσω σὺ δίκαια, ταὐτὰ.. καὶ κατὰ σοῦ προσήκει τοῖς ἄλλοις ἰσχύειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.241, compare 25.71; ὁ λόγος δόξειεν ἂν ἰσχύειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280a28)]; νομὴ ἄδικος οὐδὲν ἰ. is of no force, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 286.7 (2nd c.AD))]; ἰσχῦόν τι something permanent, probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.7U.)]: c.infinitive, ὁ καιρὸς ἰσχύει.. πράττειν [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17.9, cf. LXX.2Ch.2.6(5), +others, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 58; οὐκ ἰ. ἀρτιστομεῖν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.2.28, cf. NT.Mark.5.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 33.22, etc.)]
3 to be worth or equivalent to, ἡ μνᾶ ἰσχύει λίτρας δύο καὶ ἥμισυ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.7.1, compare “PGnom.” 106, 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 134)]; αἱ ψῆφοι τάλαντον ἰσχύουσιν (probably to be read instead of ἴσχουσιν) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.26.13.)]
4 active, condense, νεφέλας [LXX (LXX.Sir.43.15.)]
4.b ἄρτον πᾶσαν ἡδονὴν ἰσχύοντα making strong.. ,[LXX (LXX.Wis.16.20)] (in se habentem, Vulg.).
5 -ύοντες ἀστέρες those in dominating positions, Serapion in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).226. [ῡ in Batrachomyomachia [same place], Trag. and Comedy texts, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1409, “OT” 356, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 357, “Av.” 488, 1606)]; later, ῠ sometimes in present and imperfect, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.166 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus), 211 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).])]