ἰσχύω (ἰσχύς), [in LXX for חָזַק, גִּבּוֹר, עָצַם, etc. ;] 1. to be strong in body: Mat.9:12, Mrk.2:17. 2. to be powerful, have power, prevail: Act.19:20, Rev.12:8; before κατά, with genitive of person(s), Act.19:16; with inf., to be able (MM, Exp., xv): Mat.8:28 26:40, Mrk.5:4 9:18 (inf. understood) Mrk.14:37, Luk.6:48 8:43 13:24 14:6, 29-30 16:3 20:26, Jhn.21:6, Act.6:10 15:10 25:7 27:16; with accusative, Php.4:13, Jas.5:16; of things, to avail, be serviceable (MM, Exp., l.with): Mat.5:13, Gal.5:6, Heb.9:17 (cf. ἐν-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-ισχύω).† (AS)
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G2480 — ἰσχύω
ischuō · be strong · Greek
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Matthew 5:13 · ἰσχύειYe are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.Matthew 8:28 · ἰσχύεινAnd when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.Matthew 9:12 · ἰσχύοντεςBut when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.Matthew 26:40 · ἰσχύσατεAnd he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?Mark 2:17 · ἰσχύοντεςAnd when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.Mark 5:4 · ἴσχυενbecause that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had strength to tame him.Mark 9:18 · ἴσχυσαν.¶and wheresoever it taketh him, it dasheth him down: and he foameth, and grindeth his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast it out; and they were not able.Mark 14:37 · ἴσχυσαςAnd he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?Luke 6:48 · ἴσχυσενhe is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.Luke 8:43 · ἴσχυσενAnd a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,Luke 13:24 · ἰσχύσουσιν.Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.Luke 14:6 · ἴσχυσανAnd they could not answer again unto these things.Luke 14:29 · ἰσχύοντοςLest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,Luke 14:30 · ἴσχυσενsaying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.Luke 16:3 · ἰσχύω,And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.Luke 20:26 · ἴσχυσανAnd they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.John 21:6 · ἴσχυονAnd he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.Acts 6:10 · ἴσχυονAnd they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake.Acts 15:10 · ἰσχύσαμενNow therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?Acts 19:16 · ἴσχυσενAnd the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.Acts 19:20 · ἴσχυεν.¶So mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed.Acts 25:7 · ἴσχυονAnd when he was come, the Jews that had come down from Jerusalem stood round about him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove;Acts 27:16 · ἰσχύσαμενAnd running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:Galatians 5:6 · ἰσχύειFor in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.Philippians 4:13 · ἰσχύωI can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.Hebrews 9:17 · ἰσχύειFor a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.James 5:16 · ἰσχύειConfess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.Revelation 12:8 · ἴσχυσεν,and they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven.