כֹּחַ

kôach · Hebrew · Strong's H3581 · 126 occurrences

The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “strength”

What it means

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ; from an unused root meaning to be firm;

How the KJV renders it

ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power, strength, substance, wealth

Where that flattens a distinction

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

“strength”

also renders krátos (G2904), endynamóō (G1743), ischýs (G2479), exousía (G1849), dýnamis (G1411), ʼûwl (H193), ʼôwn (H202), ʼĕyâl (H353), ʼĕyâlûwth (H360), ʼêythân (H386), ʼamtsâh (H556), dôbeʼ (H1679), chêzeq (H2391), chayil (H2428), chôçen (H2633), mâʻôwz (H4581), nitsbâh (H5326), Nêtsach (H5332), ʻôz (H5797), ʻetsem (H6106), ʻotsmâh (H6109), rahab (H7293), tᵉqôph (H8632), tôqeph (H8633)

“power”

also renders krátos (G2904), archḗ (G746), dynatós (G1415), ischýs (G2479), exousía (G1849), dýnamis (G1411), ʼêl (H410), chayil (H2428), chayil (H2429), chêçen (H2632), yad (H3028), memshâlâh (H4475), ʻaz (H5794), ʻôz (H5797), ʻizzûwz (H5808), shilṭôwn (H7983), tôqeph (H8633)

“substance”

also renders ousía (G3776), hypárchonta (G5224), hypóstasis (G5287), hýparxis (G5223), ʼôwn (H202), havvâh (H1942), hôwn (H1952), chayil (H2428), yêsh (H3426), matstsebeth (H4678), miqneh (H4735), qîym (H7009), qinyân (H7075), rᵉkûwsh (H7399)

“might”

also renders krátos (G2904), dýnamai (G1410), ischýō (G2480), ischýs (G2479), ʼôwn (H202), ʼêl (H410), gᵉbûwrâh (H1370), chayil (H2428), yâkôl (H3201), ʻôz (H5797), tᵉqôph (H8632)

“force”

also renders ʼedrâʻ (H153), ʼôwn (H202), châzaq (H2388), lâchats (H3905), maʼămâts (H3981), mâʻôwz (H4581), nâdach (H5080), ʻânâh (H6031)

“ability”

also renders euporéō (G2141), ischýs (G2479), dýnamis (G1411), nâsag (H5381)

“able”

also renders hikanós (G2425), dynatós (G1415), chayil (H2428)

“wealth”

also renders euporía (G2142), hôwn (H1952), ṭôwb (H2896)

Where it appears

126 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 26:8 HRd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 29:2 HNcmsc/Sp1cs1 Chronicles 29:12 HNcmsa1 Chronicles 29:14 HNcmsa1 Kings 19:8 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 2:9 HR/Ncmsa1 Samuel 28:20 HNcmsa1 Samuel 28:22 HNcmsa1 Samuel 30:4 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 2:6 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 13:20 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 14:11 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 20:6 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 20:12 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 22:9 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 25:8 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 26:13 HR/Ncmsc2 Kings 17:36 HR/Ncmsa2 Kings 19:3 HC/NcmsaAmos 2:14 HNcmsc/Sp3msDaniel 1:4 HNcmsaDaniel 8:6 HNcmsc/Sp3msDaniel 8:7 HNcmsaDaniel 8:22 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msDaniel 8:24 HNcmsc/Sp3msDaniel 10:8 HNcmsaDaniel 10:16 HNcmsaDaniel 10:17 HNcmsaDaniel 11:6 HNcmscDaniel 11:15 HNcmsaDaniel 11:25 HNcmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 4:37 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 8:17 HNcmsc/Sp1csDeuteronomy 8:18 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 9:29 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2msEcclesiastes 4:1 HNcmsaEcclesiastes 9:10 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2msExodus 9:16 HNcmsc/Sp1csExodus 15:6 HRd/NcmsaExodus 32:11 HR/NcmsaEzra 2:69 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mpEzra 10:13 HNcmsaGenesis 4:12 HNcmsc/Sp3fsGenesis 31:6 HNcmsc/Sp1csGenesis 49:3 HNcmsc/Sp1csHabakkuk 1:11 HNcmsc/Sp3msHosea 7:9 HNcmsc/Sp3msIsaiah 10:13 HR/NcmscIsaiah 37:3 HC/NcmsaIsaiah 40:9 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 40:26 HNcmsaIsaiah 40:29 HNcmsaIsaiah 40:31 HNcmsaIsaiah 41:1 HNcmsaIsaiah 44:12 HNcmsaIsaiah 49:4 HNcmsc/Sp1csIsaiah 50:2 HNcmsaIsaiah 63:1 HNcmsc/Sp3msJudges 6:14 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2msJudges 16:5 HNcmsc/Sp3ms

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.