Words the Bible translates as might
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ischusἰσχύςstrength a person or being simply has: might held in reserve, whether or not it is being used at the moment
- me'odמְאֹדmuchness pushed to the limit: the quality of being abundant or forceful, used almost always to mean very or exceedingly
- ko'aḥכֹּחַstrength: the capacity to act, endure, or prevail, in body, in resources, or in might
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- a kind of lizard: an unclean crawling creature in the dietary law
- ozעֹזstrength exerted on behalf of someone or against opposition: the power to prevail and protect, overwhelmingly God's
- kratosκράτοςprevailing might: strength as it actually wins out and shows itself in force
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- dominion: sovereign rule held and exercised, the right and power to reign
- gevurahגְּבוּרָהstrength to prevail: the power to overcome, and the mighty deeds that show it
- onאוֹןvigor: the productive strength held in a body, above all a man's prime, and by extension the property that strength piles up
- qav-qavקַוְקָוmightnot studied yet
- gevurahגְּבוּרָהmightnot studied yet
- tiqaphתְּקָףmightnot studied yet
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