King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1765
Transliteration: enischyō
Phonetic Spelling: (en-is-khoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strengthen
Meaning: to strengthen
ἐνισχύω; 1 aorist ἐνισχυσα; (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127));
Word Summary
enischyō: to strengthen
Original Word: ἐνισχύωTransliteration: enischyō
Phonetic Spelling: (en-is-khoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strengthen
Meaning: to strengthen
Strong's Concordance
strengthen. From en and ischuo; to invigorate (transitively or reflexively) -- strengthen.
see GREEK en
see GREEK ischuo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1765: ἐνισχύωἐνισχύω; 1 aorist ἐνισχυσα; (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127));
1. intransitive, to grow strong, to receive strength: Acts 9:19 (here WH Tr marginal reading ἐνισχυθη); (Aristotle, Theophrastus, Diodorus, the Sept.).
2. transitive, to make strong, to strengthen (2 Samuel 22:40; Sir. 50:4; Hippocrates leg., p. 2, 26 ὁ χρόνος ταῦτα πάντα ἐνισχυει); to strengthen one in soul, to inspirit: Luke 22:43 (L brackets WH reject the passage).