Usually translated as
strength, power, might, able, force, ability, chameleon, fruits, powerful, substance, wealth
Occurrences
Kôach occurs 126 times in 121 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (3), Leviticus (2), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (2), Judges (8), 1 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (8), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (2), Job (20), Psalms (11), Proverbs (5), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (11), Jeremiah (5), Lamentations (2), Daniel (11), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Micah (1), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 4:12 — When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength (כֹּחָ֖הּ); a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
- Genesis 31:6 — And ye know that with all my power (כֹּחִ֔י) I have served your father.
- Genesis 49:3 — Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might (כֹּחִ֖י), and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
- Exodus 9:16 — And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power (כֹּחִ֑י); and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
- Exodus 15:6 — Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power (בַּכֹּ֑חַ): thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
- Exodus 32:11 — And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power (בְּכֹ֥חַ), and with a mighty hand?
- Leviticus 11:30 — And the ferret, and the chameleon (וְהַכֹּ֖חַ), and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
- Leviticus 26:20 — And your strength (כֹּחֲכֶ֑ם) shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
- Numbers 14:13 — And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might (בְכֹחֲךָ֛) from among them;)
- Numbers 14:17 — And now, I beseech thee, let the power (כֹּ֣חַ) of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
- Deuteronomy 4:37 — And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power (בְּכֹח֥וֹ) out of Egypt;
- Deuteronomy 8:17 — And thou say in thine heart, My power (כֹּחִי֙) and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
- Deuteronomy 8:18 — But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power (כֹּ֖חַ) to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
- Deuteronomy 9:29 — Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power (בְּכֹחֲךָ֣) and by thy stretched out arm.
- Joshua 14:11 — As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength (כְּכֹ֥חִי) was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
- Joshua 14:11 — As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength (וּכְכֹ֣חִי) now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
- Joshua 17:17 — And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power (וְכֹ֤חַ): thou shalt not have one lot only:
- Judges 6:14 — And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might (בְּכֹחֲךָ֣), and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
- Judges 16:5 — And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength (כֹּח֣וֹ) lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
- Judges 16:6 — And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength (כֹּחֲךָ֣) lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
- Judges 16:9 — Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength (כֹּחֽוֹ) was not known.
- Judges 16:15 — And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength (כֹּחֲךָ֥) lieth.
- Judges 16:17 — That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength (כֹחִ֔י) will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
- Judges 16:19 — And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength (כֹּח֖וֹ) went from him.
- Judges 16:30 — And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might (בְּכֹ֔חַ); and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
- 1 Samuel 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength (בְכֹ֖חַ) shall no man prevail.
- 1 Samuel 28:20 — Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength (כֹּ֙חַ֙) in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
- 1 Samuel 28:22 — Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength (כֹּ֔חַ), when thou goest on thy way.
- 1 Samuel 30:4 — Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power (כֹּ֖חַ) to weep.
- 1 Kings 19:8 — And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength (בְּכֹ֣חַ) of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
- 2 Kings 17:36 — But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power (בְּכֹ֧חַ) and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
- 2 Kings 19:3 — And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength (וְכֹ֥חַ) to bring forth.
- 1 Chronicles 26:8 — All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength (בַּכֹּ֖חַ) for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2 — Now I have prepared with all my might (כֹּחִ֞י) for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
- 1 Chronicles 29:12 — Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power (כֹּ֣חַ) and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
- 1 Chronicles 29:14 — But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able (כֹּ֔חַ) to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
- 2 Chronicles 2:6 — But who is able (כֹּ֙חַ֙) to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
- 2 Chronicles 13:20 — Neither did Jeroboam recover strength (כֹּֽחַ) again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11 — And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power (כֹּ֔חַ): help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
- 2 Chronicles 20:6 — And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power (כֹּ֣חַ) and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
- 2 Chronicles 20:12 — O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might (כֹּ֔חַ) against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
- 2 Chronicles 22:9 — And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power (כֹּ֖חַ) to keep still the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 25:8 — But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power (כֹּ֛חַ) to help, and to cast down.
- 2 Chronicles 26:13 — And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power (בְּכֹ֣חַ), to help the king against the enemy.
- Ezra 2:69 — They gave after their ability (כְּכֹחָ֗ם) unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
- Ezra 10:13 — But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able (כֹּ֖חַ) to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
- Nehemiah 1:10 — Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power (בְּכֹחֲךָ֣), and by thy strong hand.
- Nehemiah 4:10 — And Judah said, The strength (כֹּ֣חַ) of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
- Job 3:17 — There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary (כֹֽחַ) be at rest.
- Job 6:11 — What is my strength (כֹּחִ֥י), that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?