ἸΣΧΥΣ, ἰσχυς
ISCHYS, ischys
Sounds Like: iss-KHOOS
Translations: strength, power, might, force, ability, a strength, a power, a might
From the root: ἸΣΧΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a noun referring to strength, power, or might. It denotes inherent ability, physical or moral force, and capacity to act or endure. It can be used to describe the power of God, the strength of a nation, or the ability of an individual.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2479 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:151
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 39:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 41:1
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 25:2, 98:4, 102:1, 102:5, 103:9, 111:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 49:3
- Leviticus — 26:20
- Numbers — 14:17
- Deuteronomy — 8:17, 33:25
- Judges — 16:5, 16:6, 16:9, 16:15, 16:17, 16:19
- 1 Samuel — 28:20, 28:22, 30:4
- 2 Kings — 19:3
- 1 Chronicles — 16:27, 29:11, 29:12
- 2 Chronicles — 3:17, 20:6, 20:12
- Ezra (Alpha) — 4:40, 8:52
- Nehemiah — 4:10, 8:10
- Judith — 5:3
- 1 Maccabees — 3:19
- Psalms — 17:2, 21:16, 30:11, 37:11, 117:14, 146:5
- Odes — 9:44
- Proverbs — 8:14, 14:4, 15:6, 24:60, 27:24
- Ecclesiastes — 4:1
- Job — 5:5, 6:11, 6:12, 12:16, 16:6, 26:2, 30:2, 39:11, 40:11
- Wisdom — 2:11, 12:16
- Sirach — 40:26
- Isaiah — 1:31, 23:4, 29:2, 30:15, 33:11, 47:5, 49:5, 63:15
- Jeremiah — 15:10, 15:12, 16:19, 23:10
- Lamentations — 1:14
- Baruch — 3:14
- Ezekiel — 32:12, 32:20, 32:26
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 1:4, 3:44, 8:7, 8:24, 10:8, 10:17, 11:15, 11:25
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:44, 4:18, 8:7, 8:24, 10:8, 10:16, 10:17, 11:15, 11:25
- Hosea — 6:9
- Nahum — 1:3, 3:9
- Habakkuk — 1:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Revelation — 7:12
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
- ἸΣΧΥΝ — strength, power, might, ability
- 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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