Strong G2904κράτος
power
- Transliteration
- kratos
- Pronunciation
- krat'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Perhaps a primary word;
vigor [great] (literally or figuratively): - dominion might [-ily] power strength.
vigor [great] (literally or figuratively): - dominion might [-ily] power strength.
Detailed definition
κράτος, -εος (-ους), τό
[in LXX chiefly for עֹז, Job.12:16, Psa.90:11 al.;]
1. strength, esp. as in Hom., of bodily strength.
2. power, might: Heb.2:14; τὸ κ. τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, Eph.1:19 6:10 (Isa.40:26, Da TH Dan.4:27); τ. δόςης αὐτοῦ, Col.1:11; κατὰ κράτος, mightily, Act.19:20; a mighty deed, an act of power, Luk.1:51; in doxologies, 1Ti.6:16, 1Pe.4:11 5:11, Ju 25, Rev.1:6 5:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עֹז, Job.12:16, Psa.90:11 al.;]
1. strength, esp. as in Hom., of bodily strength.
2. power, might: Heb.2:14; τὸ κ. τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, Eph.1:19 6:10 (Isa.40:26, Da TH Dan.4:27); τ. δόςης αὐτοῦ, Col.1:11; κατὰ κράτος, mightily, Act.19:20; a mighty deed, an act of power, Luk.1:51; in doxologies, 1Ti.6:16, 1Pe.4:11 5:11, Ju 25, Rev.1:6 5:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2904 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- power6
- dominion4
- mightily1
- strength1
First verses
- Luke 1:51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
- Acts 19:20So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
- Ephesians 1:19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
- Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
- Colossians 1:11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
- 1 Timothy 6:16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
- Hebrews 2:14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
- 1 Peter 4:11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Peter 5:11To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- Jude 1:25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
- Revelation 1:6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- Revelation 5:13And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κράτος [ᾰ],
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect κάρτος, εος, τό, both in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus; _Aeolic dialect_)] κρέτος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 25)]:— strength, might, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] especially of bodily strength, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἔπεφνε δόλῳ, οὔ τι κράτεΐ γε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.142; ἔχει ἥβης ἄνθος, ὅ τε κ. ἐστὶ μέγιστον 13.484)], etc.; τὸ γὰρ αὖτε σιδήρου γε κ. ἐστίν this (i.e. τὸ βάψαι) is what gives strength to iron, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.393: generally, δικαία γλῶσσ᾽ ἔχει κ. μέγα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 80; μηχανῆς ἔστω κ. Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 207)]; κατὰ κράτος with all one's might or strength, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (πολιορκεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64; πολεμεῖν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 692d; ἐξελέγχεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.20)], etc.: frequently in phrase αἱρεῖν κατὰ κ. take by storm, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.119, etc.; also ἀνὰ κράτος διώκειν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.23; ἐλαύνειν [prev\. author] “An.” 1.8.1, etc.; ἀπὸ κράτους 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.34)]; πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος, opposed to λόγῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” 594.)]
2 personified, K. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Βία τε Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 12; K. καὶ Δίκη [prev\. author] “Ch.” 244)].
II power, τοῦ γὰρ κ. ἐστὶ μέγιστον, of Zeus, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.118, etc.; τοῦ γὰρ κ. ἔστ᾽ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.359, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.214; Ζηνὸς κ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.96, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” 527 (Lyric poetry); ἐκπίπτειν κράτους, of Zeus, [prev. work] 948; τὸ κ. τοῦ θεοῦ Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.Psa.61(62).11)], etc.: plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ὑποχείριος κράτεσιν ἀρσένων Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 393 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ant.” 485)]; especially of political power, rule, sovereignty, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (ὁ μαιόμενος τὸ μέγα κρέτος ὀντρέψει τάχα τὰν πόλιν Alcaeus Lyricus [{7-6th c.BC}] [same place]; τὸ κ. περιθεῖναί τινι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.129; ἐς τὸ πλῆθος φέρειν τὸ κ. [prev\. author] 3.81)]; τὸ πᾶν κ. ἔχειν to be all-powerful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] 7.3; ἀρχὴ καὶ κ. τυραννικόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 373)]; βασιλεὺς πρῶτος ἐν κράτει Ὀδρυσῶν ἐγένετο in real power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.29; later τὸ κ. τῶν Ῥωμαίων “POxy.” 41i2 (3rd-4th c.AD): in _plural_, κράτη καὶ θρόνους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 173, compare “OT” 586, etc.; θρόνων κράτη)] sovereign power, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Ant.” 166.)]
II.2 with genitive, power over, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τὸ Περσέων κ. ἔχοντα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.69; τὸ κ. εἶχε τῆς στρατιῆς [prev\. author] 9.42; πᾶν κ. ἔχων χθονός Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 425 (Lyric poetry); τῶν ἄλλων δαιμόνων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 949; δὸς κ. τῶν σῶν δόμων Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Choephori” 480; δωμάτων ἔχειν κ. Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Thesmophoriazusae” 871; τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης κ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143; μετὰ κράτους τῆς γῆς [prev\. author] 8.24)]; ὧν ἂν ᾖ τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς whoever have possession of the land, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] 4.98; κ. ἔχειν ἑαυτοῦ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Politicus” 273a)]: plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἀστραπᾶν κράτη νέμων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 201)] (Lyric poetry).
II.3 of persons, a power, an authority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Ἀχαιῶν δίθρονον κ. Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 109 (Lyric poetry), compare 619, “Th.” 127 (Lyric poetry).)]
III mastery, victory, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.509, 6.387, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.280; κ. ἄρνυσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 838 (Lyric poetry); νίκη καὶ κράτη Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 951)]; ἀέθλων κ. victory in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).4; νίκη καὶ κ. τῶν δρωμένων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 85)]; κ. ἀριστείας the meed of highest valour, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “Aj.” 443; νίκη καὶ κ. πολεμίων Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 962a; κ. πολέμου καὶ νίκη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.130)].
IV in Medicine texts, in plural, ligaments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mul.” 2.167.)]
IV.2 ={ταρσός}, back of the hand, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.144.)]
V [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for ten, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 59)].—This word and its derivations take two forms, κρατ- and καρτ-; the latter is mostly Epic dialect, as κάρτος, κάρτιστος, καρτύνω, but in κρατερός and καρτερός the reverse holds, see at {κρατερός} near the end; κρατέω, κρατύς have no form καρτ-. (κρατ- and καρτ- from kṛt-, weak form of κρετ-, compare κρέτος, κρέσσων.)
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect κάρτος, εος, τό, both in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus; _Aeolic dialect_)] κρέτος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 25)]:— strength, might, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] especially of bodily strength, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἔπεφνε δόλῳ, οὔ τι κράτεΐ γε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.142; ἔχει ἥβης ἄνθος, ὅ τε κ. ἐστὶ μέγιστον 13.484)], etc.; τὸ γὰρ αὖτε σιδήρου γε κ. ἐστίν this (i.e. τὸ βάψαι) is what gives strength to iron, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.393: generally, δικαία γλῶσσ᾽ ἔχει κ. μέγα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 80; μηχανῆς ἔστω κ. Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 207)]; κατὰ κράτος with all one's might or strength, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (πολιορκεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64; πολεμεῖν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 692d; ἐξελέγχεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.20)], etc.: frequently in phrase αἱρεῖν κατὰ κ. take by storm, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.119, etc.; also ἀνὰ κράτος διώκειν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.23; ἐλαύνειν [prev\. author] “An.” 1.8.1, etc.; ἀπὸ κράτους 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.34)]; πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος, opposed to λόγῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” 594.)]
2 personified, K. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Βία τε Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 12; K. καὶ Δίκη [prev\. author] “Ch.” 244)].
II power, τοῦ γὰρ κ. ἐστὶ μέγιστον, of Zeus, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.118, etc.; τοῦ γὰρ κ. ἔστ᾽ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.359, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.214; Ζηνὸς κ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.96, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” 527 (Lyric poetry); ἐκπίπτειν κράτους, of Zeus, [prev. work] 948; τὸ κ. τοῦ θεοῦ Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.Psa.61(62).11)], etc.: plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ὑποχείριος κράτεσιν ἀρσένων Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 393 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ant.” 485)]; especially of political power, rule, sovereignty, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (ὁ μαιόμενος τὸ μέγα κρέτος ὀντρέψει τάχα τὰν πόλιν Alcaeus Lyricus [{7-6th c.BC}] [same place]; τὸ κ. περιθεῖναί τινι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.129; ἐς τὸ πλῆθος φέρειν τὸ κ. [prev\. author] 3.81)]; τὸ πᾶν κ. ἔχειν to be all-powerful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] 7.3; ἀρχὴ καὶ κ. τυραννικόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 373)]; βασιλεὺς πρῶτος ἐν κράτει Ὀδρυσῶν ἐγένετο in real power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.29; later τὸ κ. τῶν Ῥωμαίων “POxy.” 41i2 (3rd-4th c.AD): in _plural_, κράτη καὶ θρόνους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 173, compare “OT” 586, etc.; θρόνων κράτη)] sovereign power, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Ant.” 166.)]
II.2 with genitive, power over, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τὸ Περσέων κ. ἔχοντα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.69; τὸ κ. εἶχε τῆς στρατιῆς [prev\. author] 9.42; πᾶν κ. ἔχων χθονός Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 425 (Lyric poetry); τῶν ἄλλων δαιμόνων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 949; δὸς κ. τῶν σῶν δόμων Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Choephori” 480; δωμάτων ἔχειν κ. Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Thesmophoriazusae” 871; τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης κ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143; μετὰ κράτους τῆς γῆς [prev\. author] 8.24)]; ὧν ἂν ᾖ τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς whoever have possession of the land, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] 4.98; κ. ἔχειν ἑαυτοῦ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Politicus” 273a)]: plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἀστραπᾶν κράτη νέμων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 201)] (Lyric poetry).
II.3 of persons, a power, an authority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Ἀχαιῶν δίθρονον κ. Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 109 (Lyric poetry), compare 619, “Th.” 127 (Lyric poetry).)]
III mastery, victory, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.509, 6.387, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.280; κ. ἄρνυσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 838 (Lyric poetry); νίκη καὶ κράτη Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 951)]; ἀέθλων κ. victory in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).4; νίκη καὶ κ. τῶν δρωμένων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 85)]; κ. ἀριστείας the meed of highest valour, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “Aj.” 443; νίκη καὶ κ. πολεμίων Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 962a; κ. πολέμου καὶ νίκη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.130)].
IV in Medicine texts, in plural, ligaments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mul.” 2.167.)]
IV.2 ={ταρσός}, back of the hand, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.144.)]
V [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for ten, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 59)].—This word and its derivations take two forms, κρατ- and καρτ-; the latter is mostly Epic dialect, as κάρτος, κάρτιστος, καρτύνω, but in κρατερός and καρτερός the reverse holds, see at {κρατερός} near the end; κρατέω, κρατύς have no form καρτ-. (κρατ- and καρτ- from kṛt-, weak form of κρετ-, compare κρέτος, κρέσσων.)