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ἐνέργεια
enérgeia · Greek · Strong's G1753 · 8 occurrences
The KJV renders 22 different Hebrew and Greek words as “strong”
What it means
efficiency ("energy")
from G1756 (ἐνεργής);
How the KJV renders it
operation, strong, working
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“strong”
also renders mégas (G3173), stereós (G4731), dynatós (G1415), ʼabbîyr (H47), ʼêythân (H386), bâtsar (H1219), gibbôwr (H1368), gerem (H1634), châzâq (H2389), chayil (H2428), chăçîyn (H2626), kabbîyr (H3524), mibtsâr (H4013), mâtsôwr (H4692), ʻaz (H5794), ʻôz (H5797), ʻizzûwz (H5808), ʻâtsûwm (H6099), ʻatstsumâh (H6110), ʻârîyts (H6184), taqqîyph (H8624)
“working”
also renders enérgēma (G1755)
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
8 occurrences in the Greek text.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 N-ASF2 Thessalonians 2:11 N-ASFColossians 1:29 N-ASFColossians 2:12 N-GSFEphesians 1:19 N-ASFEphesians 3:7 N-ASFEphesians 4:16 N-ASFPhilippians 3:21 N-ASF
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.