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Power
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Power names 2 things on this site
- Power, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Power Made Perfect in Weakness, a featured study.2 Corinthians 12:7-10 as the summit of a canon-long thread: the cross as God's power, not many mighty called, Gideon's 300, David's sling, treasure in earthen vessels, boasting in weaknesses: and a…
Verses
273 results- Verse1 Peter 5:11To Him be the power forever and ever. Amen.
- VersePsalms 77:15With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
- VerseJob 26:12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
- VerseIsaiah 40:29He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- VersePsalms 65:6You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
People
3 results- PersonStephenOne of the Seven, full of grace and power; his Acts 7 defense retold Israel's story and its resisted prophets; the church's first martyr, whose death Saul of Tarsus approved.
- PersonSimon MagusThe sorcerer at Samaria who believed and was baptized, then offered the apostles money for the power to give the Holy Spirit — and gave his name to the sin of simony.
- PersonUzziahJudah's powerful king (2 Chr 26), struck with leprosy for usurping the priesthood; the year of his death frames Isaiah's throne vision (Isa 6:1) and his reign dates Amos…
Places
2 resultsWords (Strong's)
- WordH7983 שִׁלְטוֹן · shilṭôwn (Hebrew){power.}. The Hebrew word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordG1415 δυνατός · dynatós (Greek)powerful or capable (literally or figuratively). The Greek word stands 32 times in the original text.
- WordH3028 יַד · yad (Hebrew){a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)}. The Hebrew word stands 17 times in the original text.
- WordH3709 כַּף · kaph (Hebrew)the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree). The Hebrew word stands 192 times in the…
- WordG1411 δύναμις · dýnamis (Greek)force (literally or figuratively). The Greek word stands 119 times in the original text.
Concepts
1 resultThemes
4 results- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeWisdomWisdom in Scripture (Hebrew *hokmah*, H2451) is skilled living before God, not accumulated information. Its first appearances are not proverbs but craftsmen: the wise-hearted…
- ThemeCreationScripture opens with a claim, not an argument: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen 1:1). The Genesis account moves in an ordered six-day sequence…
- ThemeKingdom of God"The kingdom of God" names not a place first but a reign — God's kingly rule breaking in, which then produces a people and a realm who live under it. The storyline starts long…
Topics
1 resultProphecies
5 results- ProphecyFull of Wisdom and PowerThe Messiah would possess the fullness of God's Spirit.
- ProphecyWalks on WaterOnly God treads on the waves; the Messiah would demonstrate divine power.
- ProphecyDeath Swallowed Up in VictoryIsaiah prophesied that God would personally defeat death and remove its power. Paul cites this as prophetic grounding for Christ's resurrection as the firstfruits and the…
- ProphecySurrounded by EnemiesPowerful enemies would surround the dying Messiah.
- ProphecyTwo Witnesses in JerusalemTwo prophets will minister in Jerusalem for 3.5 years with supernatural powers.
Featured studies
11 results- StudyPower Made Perfect in Weakness2 Corinthians 12:7-10 as the summit of a canon-long thread: the cross as God's power, not many mighty called, Gideon's 300, David's sling, treasure in earthen vessels, boasting in weaknesses: and a…
- StudyMatthew 6:13: "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory"The ending everyone says out loud is missing from the earliest manuscripts of Matthew, but it is not a modern flourish either: the church was already praying a doxology at the end of the Lord's…
- StudyThe TongueDeath and life are in the power of the tongue: Proverbs' speech-ethics kept as a two-column ledger, with the disciplines that guard the mouth and James 3 as the terminus.
- Study2 Corinthians: the Study GuidePaul's most autobiographically exposed letter: comfort carried through affliction, glory outshining Moses' veil, the grace of giving, and power made perfect in weakness.
- Study1 Corinthians: the Study GuideChrist crucified (the wisdom and power of God) answering a divided, gifted, immature church: the report Paul heard (chs 1–6), the questions the Corinthians asked (chs 7–16, 'now concerning'), and…
Voices
3 results- VoiceThomas CranmerThomas Cranmer was a careful Cambridge scholar who never sought power and spent twenty-three years at the center of it, serving as Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII and…
- VoiceMalchionPaul of Samosata was bishop of Antioch and one of the most powerful men in Syria. He held civil office under Zenobia of Palmyra at the same time, went about with a bodyguard…
- VoiceArchelaus of CarrhaeIn the third century a Persian prophet named Mani announced a new religion. It taught two eternal powers, light and darkness, locked in a war that had produced the world; it…
Apocrypha (study resources)
160 results- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 10:2A study resource outside the 66-book canon, labelled as such.
- Study resourcePrayer of Manasseh 1:4whom all men fear, and tremble before thy power;
- Study resourceSirach 49:5Therefore he gave their power unto others, and their glory to a strange nation.
- Study resourceSirach 3:20For the power of the Lord is great, and he is honoured of the lowly.
- Study resourceSirach 43:29The Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his power.
Doorways
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H7983שִׁלְטוֹן shilṭôwn — {power.}G1415δυνατός dynatós — powerful or capable (literally or figuratively)H3028יַד yad — {a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)}H3709כַּף kaph — the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree)G1411δύναμις dýnamis — force (literally or figuratively)H3027יָד yâd — a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),