STRONGS G2479:
ἰσχύς,
-ύος,
ἡ, (
ἴσχω [allied with
ἔσχον; to hold in check]) [from Hesiod down],
Sept. especially for
כֹּחַ,
חַיִל,
עֹז,
גְּבוּרָה;
ability, force, strength, might:
2 Peter 2:11 (joined with
δύναμις);
Revelation 5:12;
Revelation 7:12;
τὸ κράτος τῆς ἰσχύος,
power (over external things) afforded
by strength, Ephesians 1:19;
Ephesians 6:10, (
Isaiah 40:26);
ἡ δόξα τῆς ἰσχ. (see
δόξα, III. 3 b.
α. at the end),
2 Thessalonians 1:9;
κράζειν ἐν ἰσχύει, with strength, mightily,
Revelation 18:2 Rec.;
ἐξ ἰσχύος, of one's strength, to the extent of one's ability,
1 Peter 4:11; with
ὅλης added,
Mark 12:30,
33;
Luke 10:27 [here L text
T Tr WH read
ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ἰσχύϊ]. [
Synonym: see
δύναμις, at the end.]
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