verb

Greekἐξισχύω (exischuō)

Biblang

exischuamō

Strong’sG1840

I have strength for, am perfectly able

stem exischu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

**† ἐξ-ισχύω

[in LXX: Si 7:6 *;]

to have strength enough, to be quite able: c. inf., Eph 3:18.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1840 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidex-is-khoo'-o

to have full strength, i.e. be entirely competent

Fromfrom G1537 and G2480;

King Jamesbe able.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐξισχύω [ῡ],
have strength enough, be able, ὥστε ποιεῖν Refs 1st c.BC+: with infinitive only, LXX+NT+1st c.AD+; ἐξίσχυσεν τὰ βιβλείδια ἀθετηθῆναι procured the rejection of the petition, Refs 3rd c.AD+: absolutely, prevail, Refs 1st c.BC+
II with genitive, τὸ δαιμόνιον παίδων ἐξισχῦον fate prevailing over the children, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III middle, of flames, gather force, Refs 4th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

able1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
exischuaveiaἐξισχύσητε	happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural	able	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	exischuamō	exischuame	exischuami	exischuama	exischuamē	exischuamelē
you 2nd person singular	exischuasō	exischuase	exischuasi	exischuasa	exischuasē	exischuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	exischuatō	exischuate	exischuati	exischuata	exischuatē	exischuatelē
we 1st person plural	exischuanō	exischuane	exischuani	exischuana	exischuanē	exischuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	exischuavō	exischuave	exischuavi	exischuava	exischuavē	exischuavelē
they 3rd person plural	exischualō	exischuale	exischuali	exischuala	exischualē	exischualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	exischuameiō	exischuameia	exischuameiē
you 2nd person singular	exischuaseiō	exischuaseia	exischuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	exischuateiō	exischuateia	exischuateiē
we 1st person plural	exischuaneiō	exischuaneia	exischuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	exischuaveiō	exischuaveia1×ἐξισχύσητε	exischuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	exischualeiō	exischualeia	exischualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	exischuasōr	exischuasar	exischuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	exischuatōr	exischuatar	exischuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	exischuavōr	exischuavar	exischuavēr
they 3rd person plural	exischualōr	exischualar	exischualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	exischuamoiō	exischuamoia
you 2nd person singular	exischuasoiō	exischuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	exischuatoiō	exischuatoia
we 1st person plural	exischuanoiō	exischuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	exischuavoiō	exischuavoia
they 3rd person plural	exischualoiō	exischualoia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	exischuarō	exischuari	exischuara	exischuarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	exischuarōntos	exischuarintos	exischuarantos	exischuarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

exischustem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

exischu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

exischuaveia“able”happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural1×

Ephesians 3:18“able”hina exischuaveia katalabera sun pantoi toi hagioi tinem …… power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length …