Strength, Strengthen
Strength, Strengthen
is rendered “strength” in the RV and AV of Rev 1:16; elsewhere the RV gives the word its more appropriate meaning “power,” for AV, “strength,” 1Co 15:56; 2Co 1:8; 2Co 12:9; Heb 11:11; Rev 3:8; Rev 12:10. See ABILITY, No. 1, POWER, No. 1.
ability, strength,” is rendered “strength” in Mar 12:30, Mar 12:33; Luk 10:27; in Rev 5:12, AV (RV, “might”). See ABILITY, No. 2, MIGHT.
“force, might,” is rendered “strength” in Luk 1:51, RV and AV; RV, “strength” (AV, “power”) in Eph 1:19; Eph 6:10. See DOMINION, No. 1, POWER, No. 4.
Note: In Rev 17:13, AV, exousia, “freedom of action,” is rendered “strength” (RV, “authority”).
“to make strong,” is rendered “increased … in strength” in Act 9:22; “to strengthen” in Phi 4:13; 2Ti 2:1, RV, “be strengthened;” 2Ti 4:17. See ENABLE, STRONG, B.
“to make strong,” is rendered “increased … in strength” in Act 9:22; “to strengthen” in Phi 4:13; 2Ti 2:1, RV, “be strengthened;” 2Ti 4:17. See ENABLE, STRONG, B.
akin to A, No. 2, “to have strength,” is so rendered in Mar 5:4, RV (AV, “could”); in Luk 16:3, RV, “I have not strength to” (AV, “I cannot”). See AVAIL.
akin to A, No. 2, a strengthened form of No. 3, is used in Luk 22:43; Act 9:19.
“to strengthen,” is rendered “to be strengthened” in Eph 3:16. See STRONG, B.
from sthenos, “strength,” occurs in 1Pe 5:10, in a series of future tenses, according to the best texts, thus constituting Divine promises.
Notes: (1) For ischuo, Heb 9:17, see AVAIL. (2) For sterizo, Luk 22:32, see ESTABLISH, No. 1. (3) For stereoo, Act 3:7, see ESTABLISH, No. 2. (4) Episterizo is found in some texts in Act 18:23, AV, “strengthening.” See CONFIRM, A, No. 2, ESTABLISH, No. 1. (5) For “without strength,” Rom 5:6, AV, see WEAK.