Word Summary
ischys: strength, might
Original Word: ἰσχύςTransliteration: ischys
Phonetic Spelling: (is-khoos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: strength, might
Meaning: strength, might
Strong's Concordance
ability, might, power, strength.
From a derivative of is (force; compare eschon, a form of echo); forcefulness (literally or figuratively) -- ability, might(-ily), power, strength.
see GREEK echo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2479: ἰσχύςἰσχύς,
ἰσχύος,
ἡ (
ἴσχω (allied with
ἔσχον; to hold in check)) (from
Hesiod down), the
Sept. especially for
כֹּחַ,
חַיִל,
עֹז,
גְּבוּרָה;
ability, force, strength, might:
2 Peter 2:11 (joined with
δύναμις);
Revelation 5:12;
Revelation 7:12;
τό κράτος τῆς ἰσχύος,
power (over external things) afforded
by strength, Ephesians 1:19;
Ephesians 6:10 (
Isaiah 40:26);
ἡ δόξα τῆς ἰσχύος (see
δόξα, III. 3 b.
α. at the end),
2 Thessalonians 1:9;
κράζειν ἐν ἰσχύει, with strength, mightily,
Revelation 18:2 Rec.;
ἐξ ἰσχύος, of one's strength, to the extent of one's ability,
1 Peter 4:11; with
ὅλης added,
Mark 12:30, 33;
Luke 10:27 (here
L text
T Tr WH read
ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ἰσχύι). (Synonym: see
δύναμις, at the end.)