כֹּחַkôach
כֹּחַ: a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, in list of unclean creeping things (Leviticus 11:30)
Pronunciation: ko'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3581
Meanings
כֹּחַ: see below כחח
כֹּחַ: strength, power
1. human strength
a. without strength, power (Judges 16:5; Judges 16:6; Judges 16:9)
b. ability, efficiency (1 Samuel 30:4; Deuteronomy 8:18; 2 Kings 19:3)
c. power (Joshua 17:17; Nahum 2:2; Habakkuk 1:11)
d. power (Amos 2:14; Isaiah 10:13; Deuteronomy 8:17)
e. power (Isaiah 40:29; Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1)
2. strength, of angels (Psalms 103:20)
3. power, of God (Jeremiah 10:12; Jeremiah 51:15; Jeremiah 32:17)
4. of animals (Job 39:11; Job 39:21; Job 40:16)
5. strength, produce, wealth (Genesis 4:12; Job 31:30; Hosea 7:9)
Where it appears
Appears 126 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:12 No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
- Genesis 31:6 You know how hard I have worked for your father,
- Genesis 49:3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, the child of my vigorous youth. You are first in rank and first in power.
- Exodus 9:16 But I have spared you for a purpose—to show you my power and to spread my fame throughout the earth.
- Exodus 15:6 “Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power. Your right hand, O Lord, smashes the enemy.
- Exodus 32:11 But Moses tried to pacify the Lord his God. “O Lord!” he said. “Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand?
See every passage
- Genesis 4:12, 31:6, 49:3
- Exodus 9:16, 15:6, 32:11
- Leviticus 11:30, 26:20
- Numbers 14:13, 14:17
- Deuteronomy 4:37, 8:17, 8:18, 9:29
- Joshua 14:11, 17:17
- Judges 6:14, 16:5, 16:6, 16:9, 16:15, 16:17, 16:19, 16:30
- 1 Samuel 2:9, 28:20, 28:22, 30:4
- 1 Kings 19:8
- 2 Kings 17:36, 19:3
- 1 Chronicles 26:8, 29:2, 29:12, 29:14
- 2 Chronicles 2:6, 13:20, 14:11, 20:6, 20:12, 22:9, 25:8, 26:13
- Ezra 2:69, 10:13
- Nehemiah 1:10, 4:10
- Job 3:17, 6:11, 6:12, 6:22, 9:4, 9:19, 23:6, 24:22, 26:2, 26:12, 30:2, 30:18, 31:39, 36:5, 36:19, 36:22, 37:23, 39:11, 39:21, 40:16
- Psalms 22:15, 29:4, 31:10, 33:16, 38:10, 65:6, 71:9, 102:23, 103:20, 111:6, 147:5
- Proverbs 5:10, 14:4, 20:29, 24:5, 24:10
- Ecclesiastes 4:1, 9:10
- Isaiah 10:13, 37:3, 40:9, 40:26, 40:29, 40:31, 41:1, 44:12, 49:4, 50:2, 63:1
- Jeremiah 10:12, 27:5, 32:17, 48:45, 51:15
- Lamentations 1:6, 1:14
- Daniel 1:4, 8:6, 8:7, 8:22, 8:24, 10:8, 10:16, 10:17, 11:6, 11:15, 11:25
- Hosea 7:9
- Amos 2:14
- Micah 3:8
- Nahum 1:3, 2:1
- Habakkuk 1:11
- Zechariah 4:6
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).