Word

כֹּחַ

kôach · H3581 · Hebrew · 126 occurrences

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MonitorSnakes and lizards1 verse

Meanings

strength, power, ability

State in which humans, animals or deities have the ability to perform actions, or to prevail in, or endure situations that require the exertion or mustering of effort or force

Examples
Genesis 31:6 “You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
Genesis 49:3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, My might and the beginning of my strength, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
Exodus 9:16 “But indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name throughout the earth.
strength > crops

Literally: strength; hence: the products of the field that people have produced with their strength and ability

Examples
Genesis 4:12 “When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth.”
Job 31:39 If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or have caused its owners to lose their lives,
strength > wealth

Literally: strength; hence: the possessions that people have gathered through their strength and ability

Examples
Job 6:22 “Have I said, ‘Give me something,’ Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’
monitor lizard

Either: a greyish brown lizard, powerful but slow-moving, except when escaping danger; carnivorous, eating a wide variety of prey, including insects, mice, snakes, birds’ eggs, nestlings, and carrion from animal carcasses; lives in desert and savannah semidesert regions; or: similar in appearance, but lives near rivers and in thicker vegetation; eats turtle and crocodile eggs; varanus niloticus; both are considered unclean, not fit for eating

Examples
Leviticus 11:30 the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand reptile, and the chameleon.

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

68 occurrences in 17 groups

הוּhis 22
יmy 18
ךָyour 10
Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

9 occurrences in 2 groups

גָּדוֹלgreat, large 8
זֶהthis 1

What it doesIt is the subject

18 occurrences in 14 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 3
Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15

What is done to itIt is the object

22 occurrences in 11 groups

עָצָרto restrain, to shut up, to stop 6
נָתַןto give, to put, to set 3
אָמַץto be strong 3
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רָאָהto see 1

What it is said to bePredicate

26 occurrences in 13 groups

אַיִןthere is no, not 9
גָּדוֹלgreat, large 3
יָדhand, power 3
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

4 occurrences in 4 groups

כֹּחַstrength 1
קוֹלvoice, sound 1
רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 1
תִּפְאָרָהglory, beauty 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

37 occurrences in 4 groups

בin/on/with 51
מִןfrom 4
כlike/as 4
לto/for 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

9 occurrences in 6 groups

רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 4
זְרוֹעַarm, strength 1
חֵמָהwrath, fury 1
יָגִיעַweary 1
מַאֲמָץeffort 1
אַמִּיץstrong 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

ἰσχύς ischýs · G2479 · capability, strength: Greek ἰσχύς (ischýs, G2479) ('strength, might, force') is the standard Septuagint rendering of the target Hebrew term (glossed 'strength/force'), covering the same range of physical and metaphorical might, ability, and forceful capacity; this consistent translation practice across the corpus supports it as a genuine cross-linguistic equivalent.
ἰσχύω ischýō · G2480 · to be able to, to have the strength to, to be very capable of: Hebrew כֹּחַ denotes the abstract noun for strength, power, or force as a possessed capacity or resource; Greek ἰσχύω is the corresponding verb denoting the exercise or manifestation of strength/force in action.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Strong002001001063: The noun is the common word for strength or power, as when Jacob served Laban with all his strength in Genesis 31:6, and the LORD's power destroys the enemy in Exodus 15:6.
Crops001003001003002: The noun can name the produce or yield of the ground, as when the ground no longer yields its strength (its produce) to Cain in Genesis 4:12.
Rich002001001050: The noun's glossed sense "substance, wealth" describes material riches or resources amassed through strength or ability.
Small Animals001001002003: The noun's glossed sense "chameleon" names a small reptile, one of the unclean creeping things listed in Leviticus 11:30.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3581. koach I. כֹּחַ noun [masculine] a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, in…

H3581. koach
I. כֹּחַ noun [masculine] a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, in list of unclean creeping things Lev 11:30; ᵑ9 ᵐ5 AV chameleon; on various opinions see Di.
II. כֹּחַ see below כחח.
II. כֹּחַ and ( Dan 11:6) כּוֺחַ noun masculineDeu 4:37 strength, power (Late Hebrew id.); — ׳כ absolute Deu 8:18 +; construct Num 14:17 +; suffix כֹּחִי Gen 31:6 +; כֹּחֲךָ Jdg 16:6 +, כֹּחֶ֑ךָ Pro 5:10, כֹּחֶ֑כָה Pro 24:10, etc.; always singular; —
1 human strength:
a. physical, of Samson Jdg 16:5-6, Jdg 16:9, Jdg 16:15, Jdg 16:17, Jdg 16:19, Jdg 16:30; strength in toil Isa 44:12 (כֹּחוֺ זְרוֺעַ), Isa 44:12; Lev 26:20; Neh 4:4; of manly vigour (in procreation) אוֺנִי וְרֵאשִׁית כֹּחִי אַתָּה Gen 49:3 (poem in J; said to Reuben); vigour in General Jos 14:11 (twice in verse) (JE), Jdg 6:14; 1Sa 28:22; Job 6:11-12, Psa 31:11; Psa 38:11; Psa 71:9; Psa 102:24; Pro 20:29; as sustained by food 1Ki 19:8; lack of such vigour is לֹאכֹֿחַ Job 26:2, compare מִכֹּחַ Jer 48:45 without strength; ׳בְּלֹאכֿ Lam 1:6; ׳יְגִיעֵיכֿ Job 3:17; בוֺ לֹאהָֿיָה כֹּחַ 1Sa 28:20, compare Dan 10:8, Dan 10:17; in Psa 22:16 read חִכִּי, so Ew Ol Che and others; specifically of power of voice Isa 40:9.
b. more inclusively, ability, efficiency: followed by infinitive, ability to weep 1Sa 30:4; to get wealth Deu 8:18; to bring forth (a child; in figure) 2Ki 19:3 = Isa 37:3; followed by לַעֲמֹד Dan 1:4; Ezr 10:13, compare Dan 11:15; without infinitive 1Ch 29:2; Ezr 2:69; of efficiency in battle 2Ch 14:10; 2Ch 20:12; 2Ch 26:13; for porter's service in temple לַעֲבֹדָה בַּכֹּחַ אִישׁחַֿיִל 1Ch 26:8; ability or efficiency in General Gen 31:6; Pro 24:5, Pro 24:10; Ecc 4:1; Ecc 9:10, so probably יְדֵיהֶם כֹּחַ Job 30:2; כֹּחַ עָצַר (late, compare עצר) retain ability or strength, followed by infinitive; כ ׳נַעְצֹר לְהִתְנַדֵּב 1Ch 29:14 that we should retain (have) ability to make freewill-oferings; to build 2Ch 2:5; with negative, without infinitive, Dan 10:8, Dan 10:16 (compare Dan 11:6, c).
c. power of a people, or king, Jos 17:17; Nah 2:2; Hab 1:11; Isa 49:4 (of servant of ׳י), Lam 1:14; Dan 8:22, Dan 8:24 a, also Dan 8:24 b (si vera lectio, see Bev), Dan 11:25 (|| לֵבָב); with עָצַר2Ch 13:20; 2Ch 22:9; Dan 11:6 (כ תַעְצֹר ׳לֹא הַזְּרוֺעַ, compare b); in Hos 7:9 figurative of body seems combined with that of land yielding produce (see 5 below)
d. power opposed to that of God Amo 2:14; Isa 10:13 (׳כ יָדִי), Deu 8:17; 1Sa 2:9; Zec 4:6; Job 36:19; Psa 33:16.
e. power conferred by God Isa 40:29, compare Isa 40:31; Isa 41:1; of prophetic power Mic 3:8.
2 strength of angels Psa 103:20.
3 power of God: in creation Jer 10:12; Jer 51:15 (see also Jer 32:17 below), Psa 65:7; in governing the world 1Ch 29:12; 2Ch 20:6; Psa 29:4; in acts of deliverance and judgment Exo 9:16; Exo 15:6; Exo 32:11; Num 14:13, Num 14:17 (JE), Isa 50:2; 2Ch 25:8; Job 9:19; Job 24:22; Job 26:12; Job 30:18; Job 36:22; in combination גָּדוֺל כֹּחַ Deu 4:37; || חֲזָקָה יָד Exo 32:11(JE), Neh 1:10; || נְטוּיָה זְרוֺעַ Deu 9:29; 2Ki 17:36; Jer 27:5; Jer 32:17; he is רַבכֹּֿחַ Psa 147:5; compare כֹּחוֺ רֹב Isa 63:1; Job 23:6; also גדולכֹּֿחַ Nah 1:3; כֹּחַ אַמִּיץ Isa 40:26; Job 9:4, שַׂגִּיאכֹֿחַ Job 37:23; מַעֲשָׂיו כֹּחַ Psa 111:6 the power of his works; י ׳קוֺל בַּכֹּחַ Psa 29:4 (of thunder); specifically of his wisdom (rather peculiarly, Elihu) לֵב כֹּחַ כַּבִּיר Job 36:5 mighty in strength of mind.
4 of animals: wild ox Job 39:11, horse Job 39:21, hippopotamus Job 40:16, bullock Pro 14:4; he-goat Dan 8:6 ram Dan 8:7.
5 strength, of soil i.e. produce, Gen 4:12 (J), Job 31:30; (Hos 7:9 see
1. c above); = wealth (compare חַילִ) Pro 5:10; Job 6:22.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Small Animals1 occurrence Crops2 occurrences Rich1 occurrence Strong120 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0