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Lexicon :: Strong's G2478 - ischyros

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ἰσχυρός

Transliteration

ischyros (Key)

Pronunciation

is-khoo-ros'

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Part of Speech

adjective

Root Word (Etymology)

From ἰσχύς (G2479)

Greek Inflections of ἰσχυρός [?]

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 Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

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Strong's Number G2478 matches the Greek ἰσχυρός (ischyros),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in 'Deu' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:38

Deu 4:38 - “driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day.

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Deu 7:1 - “When the LORD your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you,

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Deu 9:1 - “Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, and go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

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Deu 9:14 - ‘Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

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Deu 10:17 - “For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:23

Deu 11:23 - “then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess greater and mightier nations than yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:23

Deu 12:23 - “Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat.

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