ischyō · be strong, be able

What it means

ischyō (ἰσχύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be strong, be able”.

Be valid, be of use.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To have the strength or the capacity to do something.
2. To be strong or valid, or to win out.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• able ×10
• could not ×4
• strong enough ×3
• I can do ×1
• It is good ×1
• Those who are well ×1
• could ×1
• force ×1
• healthy ×1
• prevail ×1
• others ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×4
• Luke×8
• John×1
• Acts×6
• Galatians×1
• Philippians×1
• Hebrews×1
• James×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 5:13

  “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be salted? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown out and trampled by people.

• Matthew 8:28

  And when he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two men possessed by demons met him, coming out of the tombs, so violent that no one could pass along that road.

• Matthew 9:12

  But he, hearing it, said, “The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill.

• Matthew 26:40

  And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, “So you were not able to keep watch with me one hour?

• Mark 2:17

  And hearing it, Jesus says to them, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

• Mark 5:4

  because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

• Mark 9:18

  and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I told your disciples to drive it out, and they were not strong enough.”

• Mark 14:37

  And he comes and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to keep watch one hour?

• Luke 6:48

  he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood came, the river burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

• Luke 8:43

  And a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on doctors and could not be healed by anyone,

• Luke 13:24

  “Strive to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

• Luke 14:6

  And they could not reply to these things.

• Luke 14:29

  Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to mock him,

• Luke 14:30

  saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

• Luke 16:3

  And the manager said within himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking away the management from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

• Luke 20:26

  And they were not able to catch him in any saying in front of the people; and marveling at his answer, they fell silent.

• John 21:6

  And he said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and they were no longer able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

• Acts 6:10

  And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.

• Acts 15:10

  Now then, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

• Acts 19:16

  And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered both and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

• Acts 19:20

  So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.

• Acts 25:7

  And when he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges which they could not prove,

• Acts 27:16

  And running under the shelter of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get control of the boat.

• Galatians 5:6

  For in the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is worth anything, but faith working through love.

• Philippians 4:13

  I can do all things in the one who strengthens me.

• Hebrews 9:17

  For a covenant is firm at death, since it is never in force while the one who made it is alive.

• James 5:16

  So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The supplication of a righteous person is very powerful in its working.

• Revelation 12:8

  and they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them any longer in heaven.