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Lexicon :: Strong's G2478 - ischyros

Aa
ἰσχυρός
Transliteration
ischyros (Key)
Pronunciation
is-khoo-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
29x in 17 unique form(s) TR
27x in 15 unique form(s) LXX
112x in 29 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:397,378

Strong’s Definitions

ἰσχυρός ischyrós, is-khoo-ros'; from G2479; forcible (literally or figuratively):—boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G2478 in the following manner: mighty (10x), strong (9x), strong man (5x), boisterous (1x), powerful (1x), valiant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G2478 in the following manner: mighty (10x), strong (9x), strong man (5x), boisterous (1x), powerful (1x), valiant (1x).

  1. strong, mighty

    1. of living beings

      1. strong either in body or in mind

      2. of one who has strength of soul to sustain the attacks of Satan, strong and therefore exhibiting many excellences

    2. on inanimate things

      1. strong, violent, forcibly uttered, firm, sure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰσχυρός ischyrós, is-khoo-ros'; from G2479; forcible (literally or figuratively):—boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant.
STRONGS G2478:
ἰσχυρός, ἰσχυρά, ἰσχυρόν (ἰσχύω) (from Aeschylus down), the Sept. mostly for אֵל, גִּבּור, חָזָק, עָצוּם, and Chaldean תַּקִּיף; strong, mighty;
a. of living beings: strong either in body or in mind, Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:27; Luke 11:21; Revelation 5:2; Revelation 10:1; Revelation 18:21; ἐν πολέμῳ, mighty i. e. valiant, Hebrews 11:34, cf. Revelation 19:18; of one who has strength of soul to sustain the assaults of Satan, 1 John 2:14; universally strong, and therefore exhibiting many excellences, 1 Corinthians 4:10 (opposed to ἀσθενής); comparitive, Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; mighty, — of God, 1 Corinthians 1:25; Revelation 18:8 (Deuteronomy 10:17; 2 Macc. 1:24, etc.); of Christ raised to the right hand of God, 1 Corinthians 10:22; of those who wield great influence among men by their rank, authority, riches, etc., τά ἰσχυρά equivalent to τούς ἰσχυρούς (on the neuter cf. Winer's Grammar, § 27, 5), 1 Corinthians 1:27 (οἱ ἰσχυροί τῆς γῆς, 2 Kings 24:15); joined with πλούσιοι, Revelation 6:15 (Rec. οἱ δυνατοί).
b. of inanimate things: strong equivalent to violent, ἄνεμος, Matthew 14:30 (T WH omit ἰσχυρόν); forcibly uttered, φωνή, Revelation 18:2 (Rec. μεγάλη) (Exodus 19:19); κραυγή, Hebrews 5:7; βρονταί, Revelation 19:6; λιμός, great, Luke 15:14; ἐπιστολαί (stern (forcible)), 2 Corinthians 10:10; strong equivalent to firm, sure, παράκλησις, Hebrews 6:18; fitted to withstand a forcible assault, πόλις, well fortified, Revelation 18:10 (τεῖχος, 1 Macc. 1:33; Xenophon, Cyril 7, 5, 7; πύργος, Judges 9:51). (Cf. δύναμις, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
19:19
Deuteronomy
2; 10:17
Judges
9:51
2 Kings
24:15
Matthew
3:11; 12:29; 14:30
Mark
1:7; 3:27
Luke
3:16; 11:21; 15:14
1 Corinthians
1:25; 1:27; 4:10; 10:22
2 Corinthians
10:10
Hebrews
5:7; 6:18; 11:34
1 John
2:14
Revelation
5:2; 6:15; 10:1; 18:2; 18:8; 18:10; 18:21; 19:6; 19:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2478 matches the Greek ἰσχυρός (ischyros),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 - Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:29 - Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:30 - But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:27 - But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 - John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:21 - When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:22 - But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:25 - Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:27 - But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:10 - We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:22 - Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:10 - For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:7 - Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18 - So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:14 - I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:2 - And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:1 - And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:8 - For this reason in one day will her troubles come, death and sorrow and need of food; and she will be completely burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who is her judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - Watching from far away, for fear of her punishment, saying, Sorrow, sorrow for Babylon, the great town, the strong town! for in one hour you have been judged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:21 - And a strong angel took up a stone like the great stone with which grain is crushed, and sent it into the sea, saying, So, with a great fall, will Babylon, the great town, come to destruction, and will not be seen any more at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:6 - And there came to my ears the voice of a great army, like the sound of waters, and the sound of loud thunders, saying, Praise to the Lord: for the Lord our God, Ruler of all, is King.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - So that you may take for your food the flesh of kings, and of captains, and of strong men, and of horses and of those who are seated on them, and the flesh of all men, free and unfree, small and great.
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