ἰσχυρός ischuros

Greek word for “strong” · Strong’s G2478 · used 29 times in 27 verses

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Meaning

ἰσχυρός, -ά, -όν; (ἰσχύω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for ischuros in context, with how often each is used:

• strong 6
• mighty 5
• strong man 4
• mightier 3
• stronger 2
• strong man? 1
• charging 1
• one stronger 1
• severe 1
• loud 1
• powerful 1
• mighty is the 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 18 (4), Luke 11 (2), 1 Corinthians 1 (2), Revelation 19 (2), Matthew 3 (1), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 14 (1), Mark 1 (1), Mark 3 (1), Luke 3 (1)

Forms

• ἰσχυρὸν 4
• ἰσχυρότερός 3
• ἰσχυρὸς 3
• ἰσχυροῦ 2
• ἰσχυρά 2
• ἰσχυροί 2
• ἰσχυροὶ 2
• ἰσχυρῶν 2
• ἰσχυρόν 1
• ἰσχυρότερος 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ischuros more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πῦρ pur “fire” 5
• ἀσθενής asthenēs “weak” 4
• ὑπόδημα hupodēma “sandal” 3
• Βαβυλών Babulōn “Babylon” 3
• μωρός mōros “foolish” 3
• μέγας megas “great” 5
• διαρπάζω diarpazō “to rob” 2
• ἱκανός hikanos “sufficient” 3
• λύω luō “to loose” 3
• ἱμάς himas “leather strap” 2
• ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos “water” 3
• λιμός limos “hunger” 2

Key verses

The verses using ischuros that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:11 — I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with…
• 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…
• 1 Corinthians 4:10 — We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
• 1 Corinthians 10:22 — Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
• Hebrews 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and…
• Hebrews 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope…
• Hebrews 11:34 — Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the…
• Revelation 6:15 — And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid…
• Revelation 10:1 — And I saw another mighty 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…
• Revelation 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul…
• Revelation 18:21 — And a mighty 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,…
• 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 thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.