Words the Bible translates as power
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 20 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- cheirχείρthe hand: the body part, and by extension the power, agency, and ownership that a hand stands for
- yadיָדthe hand: the part of the body that grasps and works, and by extension the power, the doing, and the reach that a hand stands for
- dunamisδύναμιςpower: the strength or ability to do something, especially God's effective power at work
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- a mighty work: a deed that openly displays power, a miracle
- a power: a being or cosmic force that possesses power, including the heavenly bodies and spiritual powers
- meaning: the force a sound or word carries, what it signifies
- ischusἰσχύςstrength a person or being simply has: might held in reserve, whether or not it is being used at the moment
- archēἀρχήruler or realm of authority: those who hold power, or the office and sphere they hold
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- beginning: the point in time where something starts
- origin: the source from which something comes, the one in whom it starts
- corner or end: the outermost edge of a physical object
- elאֵלpower, ability: the strength one has to do something
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- God: the supreme divine being, or by extension any being treated as a god
- exousiaἐξουσίαrightful authority: the freedom or power to act that has been granted, so the action is legitimate and cannot rightly be challenged
- 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
- zero'aזְרוֹעַstrength or power, pictured as the arm that wields it; often military or political might
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- the arm of a person or creature, the limb from shoulder to hand
- the shoulder or foreleg of an animal given as a priestly portion
- the arm of the LORD: God's own power, especially to rescue and to judge
- qerenקֶרֶןhorn: an animal's horn, and by extension anything that projects outward as a sign of strength, from altar corners and oil flasks to kings, hilltops, and rays of light
- kratosκράτοςdominion: sovereign rule held and exercised, the right and power to reign
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- prevailing might: strength as it actually wins out and shows itself in force
- gevurahגְּבוּרָהstrength to prevail: the power to overcome, and the mighty deeds that show it
- yadיַדhand: the physical hand, and by extension the power, control, or safekeeping that a hand stands for
- memshalahמֶמְשָׁלָהrule or dominion: the authority to govern, and the realm over which it is exercised
- energeiaἐνέργειαpower actually at work: the active operation of a power beyond the human, producing a real effect rather than sitting in reserve.
- toqephתֹּקֶףpowernot studied yet
- shiltonשִׁלְטוֹןpowernot studied yet
- ma'amatsמַאֲמָץpowernot studied yet
- ta'atsumahתַּעֲצֻמָהpowernot studied yet
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