noun · feminine
ischuas
Strong’sG2479
strength, power
stem ischu-10 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books4 of 10 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.
ἰσχύς, -ύος, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for כֹּחַ, also for חַיִל, עֹז, גְּבוּרָה, etc.;]
SYN.: δύναμις (q.v., and cf. ICC, Phl 4:13); κράτος (cf. M, Th., I, 1:9).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2479 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidis-khoos'
compare ἔσχον, a form of G2192); forcefulness (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom a derivative of ἰς (force;
King Jamesability, might(-ily), power, strength.
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
[see. entry near the end], ύος, ἡ, strength of body, Refs 8th c.BC+; of places, ἰσχὺς γῆς Refs 5th c.BC+; of a fortified place, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 might, power, θεοῦ, θεῶν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅπου γὰρ ἰ. συζυγοῦσι καὶ δίκη might and right, Refs; φύσεως ἰ., of Themistocles, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ μέγα ἐλθεῖν ἰσχύος to a great height of power, Refs; ἰ. μάχης fighting power, Refs; ἡ τῶν νόμων ἰ. Refs 4th c.AD+; validity, Refs 3rd c.AD+
3 brute force, κατ᾽ ἰσχύν perforce, opposed to δόλῳ, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 motive force, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ κινοῦσα ἰ. Refs
5 in Lit. Crit., vigour of style, Refs 1st c.BC+
II in Tactics, the main body of troops, οὔπω ἡ ἰ. πάρεστιν Refs 5th c.BC+. [ῠ in genitive, etc.: in nominative and accusative singular ῠ in Refs 5th c.BC+: ῡ in Trag. and Comedy texts, Refs 5th 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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ischuas1×ἰσχὺς | ischuais |
| object accusative | ischuan1×ἰσχὺν | ischuain |
| direct address vocative | ischuar | ischuair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ischuau6×ἰσχύος | ischuaiu |
| to, for dative | ischua2×ἰσχύϊ | ischuai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ischua 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
ischuas“might”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 7:12“might”… timas kai tas dunamias kai tas ischuas to theo nu eis toin aiōnoin …… thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and …
ischuan“strength”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 5:12… dunamian kai plouton kai sofian kai ischuan kai timan kai doxan kai eulogian.… power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
ischuau“strength”of, belonging togenitive singular6×
Mark 12:30… dianoiau su kai ek holau tau ischuau su.… your mind and with all your strength.’
Mark 12:33… tau sunesiau kai ek holau tau ischuau kai tem agaparō ton plēsion hōs …… your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as …
Ephesians 1:19… kata tan energeian teu krateu tau ischuau autou… with the working of His mighty strength,
Ephesians 6:10“might”… kurio kai en te krate tau ischuau autou.… strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
2 Thessalonians 1:9“power”… kuriou kai apo tau doxau tau ischuau autou,… the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
1 Peter 4:11… theou; ei tinos diakonatō, hōs ek ischuau hau chorēgatō tos theos; hina en …… serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all …
ischua“might”to, fordative singular2×
Luke 10:27… psucha su kai en hola ta ischua su kai en hola ta dianoia …… your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and …
2 Peter 2:11“might”hopou angelois ischua kai dunamia megoterois arōntois ouk feralō …Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous …