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“mighty”; (2) of men, Mark 12:30, 33; Luke 10:27 (
RV
and
KJV
, “strength,” in all three
verses); 1 Pet. 4:11,
RV
, “strength” (
KJV
, “ability”: this belongs rather to No. 1). Either
“strength” or “might” expresses the true significance of
$
. See
ABILITY
,
POWER
,
STRENGTH
.¶
Notes:
(1) In Luke 9:43,
KJV
,
, “greatness, majesty,” is translated “mighty
power” (
RV
, “majesty”). (2) Cf.
(see
POWER
).
B. Adjectives.
1.
$
(
, 1415), “powerful, mighty” (akin to A, No. 1), is used, with that
significance, (1) of God, Luke 1:49, “mighty”; Rom. 9:22, “power” (here the neuter of
the adjective is used with the article, as a noun, equivalent to
$
); frequently with
the meaning “able” (see
ABLE
, C, No. 1); (2) of Christ, regarded as a prophet, Luke 24:19
(“in deed and word”); (3) of men: Moses, Acts 7:22 (“in his words and works”); Apollos,
18:24, “in the Scriptures”; of those possessed of natural power, 1 Cor. 1:26; of those
possessed of spiritual power, 2 Cor. 10:4. For the shades of meaning in the translation
“strong,” see Rom. 15:1; 2 Cor. 12:10; 13:9. For Rev. 6:15, see No. 2, below; see
STRONG
. See also
POSSIBLE
.
2.
$
(
*
$
, 2478), “strong, mighty” (akin to A, No. 2, and with
corresponding adjectival significance), is usually translated “strong”; “mighty” in Luke
15:14 (of a famine); Rev. 19:6 (of thunders); 19:18 (of men): in the following, where the
KJV
has “mighty,” the
RV
substitutes “strong,” 1 Cor. 1:27; Rev. 6:15 (
KJV
, “mighty
men”); 18:10, 21; Heb. 11:34,
RV
, “(waxed) mighty” (
KJV
, “valiant”). See
BOISTEROUS
,
POWERFUL
,
STRONG
(where the word is analyzed).
3.
$
(
*
$
, 2478*), “stronger, mightier,” the comparative degree of No.
2, is translated “mightier” in Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; “stronger” in Luke 11:22;
1 Cor. 1:25; 10:22. See
STRONG
.¶
4.
(
&
, 972), “violent” (from
, “force, violence, strength,” found in Acts
5:26; 21:35; 24:7; 27:41¶), occurs in Acts 2:2, of wind.¶
5.
(
$
, 2900), “strong, mighty” (akin to
, “strength,” relative
and manifested power: see
MIGHTILY
, below), is found in 1 Pet. 5:6, of the “mighty” hand
of God.¶
6.
(
, 3167) is rendered “mighty” in Acts 2:11,
RV
See
WONDERFUL
,
Note
(2).
Notes:
(1) In Luke 1:52,
KJV
,
$
, “a potentate, prince,” is translated “mighty”
(
RV
, “princes”). (2) In Rev. 6:13,
KJV
,
, “great,” is translated “mighty” (
RV
,
“great”), of a wind. (3) In Rev. 16:18,
KJV
,
$
, “so great” (when said of things), is
translated “so mighty” (
RV
, “so great”), of an earthquake.
C. Verb.
* Intensives, diminuitives, comparatives, or similar forms of other words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a single asterisk (for instance,
, from
is
1652*).