ischys · strength

What it means

ischys (ἰσχύς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “strength”.

Might.

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. A person's vigor, or God's power.

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

How it is translated

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

• strength ×9
• might ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Mark×2
• Luke×1
• Ephesians×2
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×1
• Revelation×2

• Mark 12:30

  and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

• Mark 12:33

  and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

• Luke 10:27

  And he answered and said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

• Ephesians 1:19

  and what the surpassing greatness of his power is toward us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,

• Ephesians 6:10

  Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the might of his strength.

• 2 Thessalonians 1:9

  They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

• 1 Peter 4:11

  If anyone speaks, let him speak as speaking the words of God; if anyone serves, let him serve as from the strength that God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus the Messiah, to whom belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

• 2 Peter 2:11

  whereas angels, though they are greater in strength and power, do not bring against them a blasphemous judgment.

• Revelation 5:12

  saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered to receive the power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

• Revelation 7:12

  saying, “Amen! The blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honor and the power and the strength be to our God to the ages of the ages! Amen.”