ἸΣΧΥΝ, ἰσχυν
ISCHYN, ischyn
Sounds Like: iss-KHOON
Translations: strength, power, might, ability
From the root: ἸΣΧΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to physical strength, power, or might. It can also denote ability or capacity to do something. It is often used in contexts describing the power of God or the strength of individuals.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2479 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 12:11
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 5:2
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 4:19
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:8, 2:70, 4:111, 7:155, 7:156, 18:263, 18:272
- Book 2 — 2:12, 2:16, 9:223, 12:272, 15:332
- Book 3 — 2:41, 15:322
- Book 4 — 2:16, 3:58, 5:98, 8:213
- Book 5 — 4:188, 8:311, 8:312
- Book 6 — 1:9, 1:12, 7:142, 14:338
- Book 7 — 2:57, 3:62, 10:234, 12:310
- Book 8 — 2:48, 3:63, 14:382, 15:419
- Book 9 — 1:8, 4:92, 12:248
- Book 10 — 10:209, 11:265
- Book 11 — 3:38, 3:44, 3:45, 3:48, 3:52, 3:56, 3:57
- Book 12 — 6:284, 7:315, 8:327, 9:356, 9:375, 9:376
- Book 13 — 7:89, 10:288
- Book 14 — 9:184, 15:400
- Book 16 — 10:314
- Book 17 — 2:45, 5:86, 5:126, 6:169
- Book 18 — 1:14, 8:286
- Book 19 — 1:66, 1:73, 2:208
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 7:16, 11:21, 12:6, 12:9, 16:9, 18:8
- Book Two — 16:38, 20:22, 21:54
- Book Three — 7:26
- Book Four — 3:33, 5:44, 6:17, 9:25, 9:35, 9:74, 10:14, 11:7
- Book Five — 8:13, 9:17, 11:19
- Book Six — 1:82, 4:25, 4:34, 8:29
- Book Seven — 6:23, 6:30, 10:11
Justin Martyr
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 9:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 4:12
- Exodus — 9:16, 32:18
- Deuteronomy — 3:24, 8:18, 32:13, 33:11, 33:27
- Joshua — 17:17
- 1 Samuel — 2:10
- 1 Chronicles — 16:28
- 2 Chronicles — 13:20
- Ezra (Alpha) — 8:91
- Esther — 10:2
- Judith — 9:8, 13:11, 13:19
- Tobit — 13:6
- 1 Maccabees — 3:35, 6:47
- Psalms — 28:11, 70:9, 77:61, 110:6
- Psalms of Solomon — 17:24
- Odes — 2:13, 3:10
- Proverbs — 29:44
- Job — 4:2, 6:25, 31:39, 36:19
- Wisdom — 10:2, 12:17
- Sirach — 9:2, 9:14, 14:13, 17:3, 28:10, 34:30, 38:5, 38:18, 38:30, 39:28, 46:9
- Isaiah — 3:1, 10:13, 23:11, 28:6, 33:13, 37:3, 40:29, 40:31, 41:1, 45:1, 49:4, 51:9, 52:1, 61:6
- Jeremiah — 20:5, 29:17
- Baruch — 1:12
- Ezekiel — 24:25, 30:15, 30:21, 32:12, 32:16, 32:18, 32:29, 32:31, 34:27
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 10:16, 11:1, 11:19
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:37, 4:34, 8:22, 11:6, 11:34
- Hosea — 7:9, 8:7
- Amos — 3:11, 5:9
- Micah — 3:8, 4:13
- Joel — 2:22
- Zechariah — 14:14
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 12:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Revelation — 5:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἸΣΧΥΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἸΣΧΥ — strength, power, might, force, ability
- ἸΣΧΥΙ — to strength, to power, to might, to ability, by strength, by power, by might, by ability
- ἸΣΧΥΚΟΣ — unknown
- ἸΣΧΥΣ — strength, power, might, force, ability, a strength, a power, a might
- ἸΣΧΥΣΕΣΙΝ — in strength, with strength, by strength, in power, with power, by power
- ἸΣΧΥΣΚΑΙ — strength and, power and, might and
- ΤΕἸΣΧΥΙ — (to) strength, (to) power, (to) might, (to) ability
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