Greek adjective · G2478
ἰσχυρός
ischyrosis-khoo-ros'
strong
29 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ischyrós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2478is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2478
forcible (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ischyros is rendered "strong". It stands 29 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Matthew 3:11ἰσχυρότερός
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's twenty-nine uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- strong10
- mighty4
- mightier3
- stronger3
- a mighty2
- strong man2
- charging1
- loud1
- of mighty1
- powerful1
- severe1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 29, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἰσχυρὸν4
- ἰσχυρὸς3
- ἰσχυρότερός3
- ἰσχυρά2
- ἰσχυροί2
- ἰσχυροὶ2
- ἰσχυροῦ2
- ἰσχυρῶν2
- ἰσχυρὰ1
- ἰσχυρᾷ1
- ἰσχυραί1
- ἰσχυρὰν1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular5A-ASM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4A-NPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4A-NSM-C
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3A-NSM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2A-GSM
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural1A-APN
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular1A-ASF
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1A-DSF
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1A-GPF
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1A-GPM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1A-GSF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1A-NPF
Matthew
four uses
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- ἰσχυρότερόςischuroterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mightier
Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
- ἰσχυροῦischurouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: strong
- ἰσχυρόνischuronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: strong
But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
- ἰσχυρὸνischuronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: charging
Mark
three uses
And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
- ἰσχυρότερόςischuroterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mightier
Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
- ἰσχυροῦischurouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: strong man
- ἰσχυρὸνischuronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: strong man
Luke
four uses
John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- ἰσχυρότερόςischuroterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mightier
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
- ἰσχυρὸςischurosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: strong
But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.
- ἰσχυρότεροςischuroterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: stronger
After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
- ἰσχυρὰischuraadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: severe
1 Corinthians
four uses
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
- ἰσχυρότερονischuroteronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: stronger
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- ἰσχυράischuraadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: strong
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
- ἰσχυροίischuroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: strong
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
- ἰσχυρότεροιischuroteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: stronger
2 Corinthians
one use
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
- ἰσχυραίischuraiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: strong
Hebrews
three uses
During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
- ἰσχυρᾶςischurasadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: loud
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- ἰσχυρὰνischuranadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: strong
quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
- ἰσχυροὶischuroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: mighty
1 John
one use
I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
- ἰσχυροίischuroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: strong
Revelation
nine uses
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
- ἰσχυρὸνischuronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: strong
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- ἰσχυροὶischuroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: powerful
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- ἰσχυρὸνischuronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: mighty
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
- ἰσχυρᾷischuraadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: a mighty
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
- ἰσχυρὸςischurosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mighty
In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
- ἰσχυράischuraadjective · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: strong
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
- ἰσχυρὸςischurosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a mighty
And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
- ἰσχυρῶνischuronadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: mighty
so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”
- ἰσχυρῶνischuronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of mighty
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.