STRONGS NUMBER G2479


Word Summary
ischys: strength, might
Original Word: ἰσχύς
Transliteration: 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: ἰσχύς

ἰσχύς, ἰσχύος, (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); 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.)