Ischyrós — G2478

Definition

adjective

forcible (literally or figuratively)

1. of living beings
2. of inanimate things

Usually translated as

mighty, strong, mightier, stronger, boisterous, powerful, valiant

Origin

from G2479

• ischýs (G2479)

Occurrences

Ischyrós occurs 27 times in 25 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (3), Mark (2), Luke (4), 1 Corinthians (4), 2 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (3), 1 John (1), Revelation (7)

• Matthew 3:11 — I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier (ἰσχυρότερός) than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
• Matthew 12:29 — Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s (ἰσχυροῦ) house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
• Matthew 12:29 — Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man (ἰσχυρὸν)? and then he will spoil his house.
• Matthew 14:30 — But when he saw the wind boisterous (ἰσχυρὸν), he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
• Mark 1:7 — And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier (ἰσχυρότερός) than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
• Mark 3:27 — No man can enter into a strong man’s (ἰσχυροῦ) house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
• Mark 3:27 — No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man (ἰσχυρὸν); and then he will spoil his house.
• Luke 3:16 — John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier (ἰσχυρότερός) than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
• Luke 11:21 — When a strong man (ἰσχυρὸς) armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
• Luke 11:22 — But when a stronger (ἰσχυρότερός) than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
• Luke 15:14 — And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty (ἰσχυρὸς) famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
• 1 Corinthians 1:25 — Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger (ἰσχυρότερον) than men.
• 1 Corinthians 1:27 — But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty (ἰσχυρά);
• 1 Corinthians 4:10 — We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong (ἰσχυροί); ye are honourable, but we are despised.
• 1 Corinthians 10:22 — Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger (ἰσχυρότεροι) than he?
• 2 Corinthians 10:10 — For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful (ἰσχυραί); but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
• Hebrews 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong (ἰσχυρᾶς) crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
• Hebrews 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong (ἰσχυρὰν) consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
• Hebrews 11:34 — Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant (ἰσχυροί) in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
• 1 John 2:14 — I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong (ἰσχυροί), and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
• Revelation 5:2 — And I saw a strong (ἰσχυρὸν) angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
• Revelation 10:1 — And I saw another mighty (ἰσχυρὸν) angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
• Revelation 18:8 — Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong (ἰσχυρὸς) is the Lord God who judgeth her.
• Revelation 18:10 — Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty (ἰσχυρά) city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
• Revelation 18:21 — And a mighty (ἰσχυρὸς) angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
• Revelation 19:6 — And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty (ἰσχυρῶν) thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
• Revelation 19:18 — That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men (ἰσχυρῶν), and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.