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κράτος (kratos)

κράτος (kratos) (Greek Lexicon • G2904 • strength, power, might): strength, power, might. Primary meaning: strength, power, might, mightily. Strong's: vigor ("great") (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: strength , esp. as in Hom., of bodily strength. It is closely linked with גְּבוּרָה (gebura) (Hebrew Lexicon • H1369 • might, power, heroic strength): might, power, heroic strength. Heroic strength, might, victory; power of God demonstrated in creation and in the historical redemption of Israel from Egypt .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Proverbs 31:17 : "She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms."; Job 6:12 : "Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?"; Psalms 28:8 : "The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.". Related canonical books and chapters: Psalms 18 ( Psalms • Chapter 18 (50 verses)), Proverbs 31 ( Proverbs • Chapter 31 (31 verses)), Psalms 144 ( Psalms • Chapter 144 (15 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

κράτος
kratos
G2904 Greek
strength, power, might

strength, power, might. Primary meaning: strength, power, might, mightily. Strong's: vigor ("great") (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: strength , esp. as in Hom., of bodily strength.

גְּבוּרָה
gebura
H1369 Hebrew
might, power, heroic strength

might, power, heroic strength. Heroic strength, might, victory; power of God demonstrated in creation and in the historical redemption of Israel from Egypt.

קָוָה
qawa
H6960 Hebrew
to wait eagerly, hope in, gather

to wait eagerly, hope in, gather. To bind together, wait eagerly with stretched-out neck; 'Those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength' (Isaiah 40:31).

צוּר
sur
H6697 Hebrew
rock, cliff, boulder, fortress

rock, cliff, boulder, fortress. Massive boulder, cliff; paramount metaphor for divine unchangeableness, refuge, and strength ('The Rock, His work is perfect', Deuteronomy 32:4).

ἐξουσία
exousia
G1849 Greek
liberty, power to act, right, authority

liberty, power to act, right, authority. Primary meaning: liberty, power to act, right, authority, jurisdiction. Strong's: privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence. Lexical nuances: prop., liberty or power to act , freedom to exercise the inward force or faculty expressed by δύναμις (q.v.): I Co 9:12 ; ἐ. ἔχειν , II Th 3:9 ; id. seq. inf., Jo 10:18 , I Co 9:4 , 5 ; c. gen. obj., Ro 9:21 ; seq. ἐπί , c. acc., Re 22:14 ; περί , I Co 7:37 . Later (cf. Milligan, Th. , 114; MM, Exp. , xiv), of the power of right, authority : Mt 21:33 , Mk 11:28 , Lk 20:2 ; of Messianic authorit...

נֵצַח
nesah
H5331 Hebrew
perpetuity, endurance, victory

perpetuity, endurance, victory. Eminence, endurance, everlastingness, perpetuity, truth; unwavering consistency of God ('The Glory of Israel will not lie', 1 Samuel 15:29).

קֶרֶן
qeren
H7161 Hebrew
horn, strength, royal dignity

horn, strength, royal dignity. Animal horn, altar corners; emblem of victorious power, regal dignity, and salvation: 'horn of David' (Psalm 132:17) and 'horn of my salvation' (Psalm 18:2).

δύναμις
dynamis
G1411 Greek
power, might, strength, ability, power, power, might

power, might, strength, ability, power, power, might. Primary meaning: power, might, strength, ability, power, power, might, force. Strong's: force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself). Lexical nuances: power, might, strength ; relatively, ability, power to perform: Mt 25:15 , Ac 3:2 , He 11:11 ; κατὰ δ. , II Co 8:3 ; παρὰ δ. , ib. ; ὑπὲρ δ. , II Co 1:8 ; of pecuniary ability, II Co 8:3 , Re 18:3 ; absol., power, might : Lk 24:49 , Ac 1:8 ; opp. to ἀσθένεια , I Co 15:43 ; ἡ δ. τ. ἁμαρτίας , I Co 15:56 ; of power in action, Ro 1:16 , 20 , I Co l:18 , Phl 3:10 , al. ἡ δ. τ. Θεοῦ , Mt 22:29 , Mk ...

Psalms 18
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Psalms • Chapter 18 (50 verses)

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from ... Mentions: David .

Proverbs 31
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Proverbs • Chapter 31 (31 verses)

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Psalms 144
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Psalms • Chapter 144 (15 verses)

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or th... Mentions: David .

Exodus 15
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Exodus • Chapter 15 (27 verses)

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, ... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Moab , Canaan , Philistia , Edom, Shur .

Psalms 46
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Psalms • Chapter 46 (11 verses)

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .

Job 26
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Job • Chapter 26 (14 verses)

But Job answered and said, How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

Isaiah 12
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Isaiah • Chapter 12 (6 verses)

And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my sal... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zion .

Psalms 8
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Psalms • Chapter 8 (9 verses)

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens, th...

Isaiah 41
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Isaiah • Chapter 41 (29 verses)

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over k... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Zion , Jerusalem .

דַּל
dal
H1800 Hebrew
low, poor, helpless, weak

low, poor, helpless, weak. Thin, lean, reduced in strength or resources; legal protection mandated in courts against bribery (Exodus 23:3).

Isaiah 30
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Isaiah • Chapter 30 (33 verses)

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: That walk to go down into Egypt , and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Phara... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Zoan , Hanes , Zion , Jerusalem .

Psalms 20
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Psalms • Chapter 20 (9 verses)

The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion ; Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zion .

Psalms 93
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Psalms • Chapter 93 (5 verses)

The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods ha...

Psalms 27
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Psalms • Chapter 27 (14 verses)

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart sha...

1 Esdras 4
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1 Esdras • Chapter 4 (63 verses)

Then the second, that had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say, O sirs, do not men excel in strength, that bear rule over the sea and land, and all things in them? But yet is the king stronger: and he is their lord, and has dominion over them; and in whatever he comma... Mentions: Jerusalem , Babylon , Phoenicia , Babylonia .

Psalms 21
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Psalms • Chapter 21 (13 verses)

The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold...

Psalms 110
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Psalms • Chapter 110 (7 verses)

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion : rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from... Mentions: Zion .

Daniel 11
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Daniel • Chapter 11 (45 verses)

Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia ; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he sha... Mentions: Esau ( Edom ), Moab , Ammon , Persia , Egypt , Kittim , Edom.

Isaiah 52
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Isaiah • Chapter 52 (15 verses)

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem , the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem : loose thyself from the bands o... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zion , Jerusalem, Egypt .

Psalms 81
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Psalms • Chapter 81 (16 verses)

Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob . Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Egypt , Meribah 1 .

2 Chronicles 1
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 1 (17 verses)

And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. Then Solomon spake unto all Israel , to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel , the chief of t... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel, Moses , Gibeon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Syria .

2 Chronicles 17
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 17 (19 verses)

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel . And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah , and set garrisons in the land of Judah , and in the cities of Ephraim , which Asa his father had taken. And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat , ... Mentions: Jehoshaphat, Jacob/Israel , Judah, Ephraim , Asa , Tob , Jerusalem .

Revelation 3
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Revelation • Chapter 3 (22 verses)

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for... Mentions: David , Sardis , Philadelphia , Jerusalem .

2 Chronicles 12
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 12 (16 verses)

And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem , because they had tr... Mentions: Rehoboam, Jacob/Israel , Judah , Solomon , Iddo , Egypt , Jerusalem , Naamah .

Isaiah 25
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Isaiah • Chapter 25 (12 verses)

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. ... Mentions: Moab .

2 Chronicles 23
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 23 (21 verses)

And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham , and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed , and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah , and Elishaphat the son of Zichri , into covenant with him. And they ... Mentions: Azariah (or Uzziah), Jeroham , Ishmael , Obed , Adaiah , Jerusalem , Baal .

Psalms 29
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Psalms • Chapter 29 (11 verses)

Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. Mentions: Lebanon , Sirion , Kadesh 1 .

Psalms 43
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Psalms • Chapter 43 (5 verses)

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? O send out thy light and thy truth: let them le...

Scripture Passages (24)

She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel , and his strength is in the clouds.

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

That walk to go down into Egypt , and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt !

Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish : for your strength is laid waste.

With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

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