אַדִּיר

ʼaddîyr · Hebrew · Strong's H117 · 27 occurrences

The KJV renders 22 different Hebrew and Greek words as “mighty”

What it means

wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful

from H142 (אָדַר);

How the KJV renders it

excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty, noble, principal, worthy

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“mighty”

also renders dynástēs (G1413), krataiós (G2900), mégas (G3173), ischyrós (G2478), dynatós (G1415), bíaios (G972), ʼâbîyr (H46), ʼabbîyr (H47), ʼûwl (H193), ʼayil (H352), ʼêythân (H386), ʼâphîyq (H650), gibbâr (H1401), gâdôwl (H1419), châzâq (H2389), kabbîyr (H3524), ʻaz (H5794), ʻâtsûwm (H6099), ʻârîyts (H6184), rab (H7227), taqqîyph (H8624)

“goodly”

also renders lamprós (G2986), ʼeder (H145), ʼaddereth (H155), hôwd (H1935), châmad (H2530), chemdâh (H2532), ṭôwb (H2895), machmâd (H4261), pᵉʼêr (H6287), tsᵉbîy (H6643)

“excellent”

also renders megaloprepḗs (G3169), bâchar (H977), gâdal (H1431), yâqâr (H3368), yattîyr (H3493), qar (H7119), rôʼsh (H7218), saggîyʼ (H7689)

“glorious”

also renders éndoxos (G1741), hâdar (H1921), hôwd (H1935), kâbôwd (H3519), tsᵉbîy (H6643)

“noble”

also renders bârîyach (H1281), gâdôwl (H1419), yaqqîyr (H3358), nâgîyd (H5057), nâdîyb (H5081)

“worthy”

also renders hikanós (G2425), cháris (G5485), kalós (G2570), bên (H1121), chayil (H2428)

“principal”

also renders exochḗ (G1851), rôʼsh (H7218), sôwrâh (H7795)

“famous”

also renders yâdaʻ (H3045), qârîyʼ (H7148)

Where it appears

27 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 25 verses shown.

1 Samuel 4:8 HTd/Aampa2 Chronicles 23:20 HTd/AampaExodus 15:10 HAampaEzekiel 17:23 HAamsaEzekiel 32:18 HAampaIsaiah 10:34 HR/AamsaIsaiah 33:21 HAamsaJudges 5:13 HR/AampaJudges 5:25 HAampaJeremiah 14:3 HC/Aampc/Sp3mpJeremiah 25:34 HAampcJeremiah 25:35 HR/AampcJeremiah 25:36 HAampcJeremiah 30:21 HAamsc/Sp3msNahum 2:5 HAampc/Sp3msNahum 3:18 HAampc/Sp2msNehemiah 3:5 HC/Aampc/Sp3mpNehemiah 10:29 HAampc/Sp3mpPsalm 8:1 HAamsaPsalm 8:9 HAamsaPsalm 16:3 HC/AampcPsalm 76:4 HAamsaPsalm 93:4 HAampaPsalm 136:18 HAampaZechariah 11:2 HAampa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew 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.