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Lexicon

כֹּחַ

ko.achreptileHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine126 occurrences28 books121 verses

Definition

or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Traditional renderings: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כֹּחַ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

126 total
  1. Job 6:12כֹּ֣חַ · Is my strength; כֹּחִ֑י · like that
    Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
  2. Job 6:22וּ֝מִכֹּחֲכֶ֗ם · from your wealth
    Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
  3. Job 9:4כֹּ֑חַ · in strength
    God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
  4. Job 9:19לְכֹ֣חַ · it is a matter of strength
    If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
  5. Job 23:6כֹּ֭חַ · power
    Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
  6. Job 24:22בְּכֹח֑וֹ · Yet by His power
    Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
  7. Job 26:2כֹ֑חַ
    “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
  8. Job 26:12בְּ֭כֹחוֹ · By His power
    By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
  9. Job 30:2כֹּ֣חַ · was the strength
    What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?
  10. Job 30:18כֹּ֭חַ · force
    With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
  11. Job 31:39כֹּ֭חָהּ · its produce
    …if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
  12. Job 36:5כֹּ֣חַֽ · in strength
    Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
  13. Job 36:19כֹֽחַ׃
    Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
  14. Job 36:22בְּכֹח֑וֹ · in His power
    Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
  15. Job 37:23כֹ֑חַ · in power
    The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
  16. Job 39:11כֹּח֑וֹ · strength
    Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
  17. Job 39:21בְּכֹ֑חַ · in his strength
    He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
  18. Job 40:16כֹח֣וֹ · the strength
    See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
  19. Psalm 22:15כֹּחִ֗י · My strength
    My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
  20. Psalm 29:4בַּכֹּ֑חַ · [is] powerful
    The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.
  21. Psalm 31:10כֹחִ֑י · my strength
    For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
  22. Psalm 33:16כֹּֽחַ׃ · strength
    No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
  23. Psalm 38:10כֹחִ֑י · my strength
    My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
  24. Psalm 65:6בְּכֹח֑וֹ · by Your power
    You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
  25. Psalm 71:9כֹּ֝חִ֗י · when my strength
    Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
  26. Psalm 102:23כֹּחוֹ · my strength
    He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
  27. Psalm 103:20כֹ֭חַ · in strength
    Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
  28. Psalm 111:6כֹּ֣חַ · the power
    He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
  29. Psalm 147:5כֹּ֑חַ · in power
    Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
  30. Proverbs 5:10כֹּחֶ֑ךָ · on your wealth
    …lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
  31. Proverbs 14:4בְּכֹ֣חַ · through the strength
    Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
  32. Proverbs 20:29כֹּחָ֑ם · is their strength
    The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
  33. Proverbs 24:5כֹּֽחַ׃ · his strength
    A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
  34. Proverbs 24:10כֹּחֶֽכָה׃ · [is] your strength
    If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
  35. Ecclesiastes 4:1כֹּ֔חַ · the power [lay]
    Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
  36. Ecclesiastes 9:10בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ · with all your might
    Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  37. Isaiah 10:13בְּכֹ֤חַ · By the strength
    For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
  38. Isaiah 37:3וְכֹ֥חַ · strength
    …to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
  39. Isaiah 40:9בַכֹּ֙חַ֙
    Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
  40. Isaiah 40:26כֹּ֔חַ · strength
    Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
  41. Isaiah 40:29כֹּ֑חַ · power
    He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
  42. Isaiah 40:31כֹ֔חַ · their strength
    But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
  43. Isaiah 41:1כֹ֑חַ · their strength
    “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
  44. Isaiah 44:12כֹּח֔וֹ · with his strong; כֹּ֔חַ · and loses his strength
    The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
  45. Isaiah 49:4כֹּחִ֣י · My strength
    But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
  46. Isaiah 50:2כֹ֖חַ · the strength
    Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
  47. Isaiah 63:1כֹּח֑וֹ · of His strength
    Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
  48. Jeremiah 10:12בְּכֹח֔וֹ · by His power
    The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.