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)

“worthy”

also renders hikanós (G2425), cháris (G5485), kalós (G2570), ʼîysh (H376), bên (H1121), chayil (H2428)

“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)

“principal”

also renders exochḗ (G1851), ʼâb (H1), 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/Aampa

Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

2 Chronicles 23:20 · HTd/Aampa

He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from Yahweh’s house. They came through the upper gate to the king’s house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.

Exodus 15:10 · HAampa

You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Ezekiel 17:23 · HAamsa

I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.

Ezekiel 32:18 · HAampa

“Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.

Isaiah 10:34 · HR/Aamsa

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

Isaiah 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.