ischyros · strong

What it means

ischyros (ἰσχυρός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “strong”.

Mighty.

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. Having great strength or power; of things, very intense.

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

How it is translated

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

• strong ×12
• mighty ×9
• stronger than ×4
• stronger ×2
• loud ×1
• severe ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×3
• Luke×4
• 1 Corinthians×4
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Hebrews×3
• 1 John×1
• Revelation×9

• Matthew 3:11

  I immerse you in water for change of mind, but the one who comes after me is stronger than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.

• Matthew 12:29

  Or how can anyone enter into the strong man’s house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

• Matthew 14:30

  But seeing the strong wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

• Mark 1:7

  And he was proclaiming, saying, “After me comes the one stronger than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

• Mark 3:27

  But no one can enter into the strong man’s house and plunder his goods unless he first ties up the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

• Luke 3:16

  John answered, saying to all, “I immerse you in water; but the one stronger than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.

• Luke 11:21

  When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are in peace;

• Luke 11:22

  but when one stronger than he comes upon him and overpowers him, he takes away his full armor in which he had trusted and divides up his plunder.

• Luke 15:14

  And when he had spent everything, a severe famine came over that country, and he began to be in need.

• 1 Corinthians 1:25

  For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

• 1 Corinthians 1:27

  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong things;

• 1 Corinthians 4:10

  We are fools for the sake of the Messiah, but you are wise in the Messiah; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are dishonored.

• 1 Corinthians 10:22

  Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he, are we?

• 2 Corinthians 10:10

  For “The letters,” he says, “are weighty and strong, but the bodily presence is weak and the speech contemptible.”

• Hebrews 5:7

  In the days of his flesh, he offered prayers and pleas with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

• Hebrews 6:18

  so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge may have strong comfort to hold on to the hope set before us.

• Hebrews 11:34

  quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put to flight the armies of foreigners.

• 1 John 2:14

  I have written to you, children, because you have come to know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have come to know the one who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

• Revelation 5:2

  And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”

• Revelation 6:15

  And the kings of the earth and the great ones and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

• Revelation 10:1

  And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, and the rainbow was over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

• Revelation 18:2

  And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! And she has become a dwelling place of demons and a haunt of every unclean spirit, and a haunt of every unclean bird, and a haunt of every unclean and hated beast,

• Revelation 18:8

  Therefore in one day her plagues will come, death and grief and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who judged her.

• Revelation 18:10

  standing far off for fear of her torment, saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.”

• Revelation 18:21

  And one mighty angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will never be found again.

• Revelation 19:6

  And I heard what sounded like the voice of a great crowd and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord God the Almighty has begun to reign.

• Revelation 19:18

  so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of the mighty and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all, both free and slave, and small and great.”

And 2 more times.