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)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

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

1 Chronicles 26:8 · HRd/Ncmsa

All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom with their sons and their brothers, able men in strength for the service: sixty-two of Obed-Edom.

1 Chronicles 29:2 · HNcmsc/Sp1cs

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

1 Chronicles 29:12 · HNcmsa

Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all! In your hand is power and might! It is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all!

1 Chronicles 29:14 · HNcmsa

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own.

1 Kings 19:8 · HR/Ncmsc

He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.

1 Samuel 2:9 · HR/Ncmsa

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.

1 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.