Strong's Hebrew · H3581

H3581 kôach

כֹּחַ

ko'-akh

reptile

Looking for Greek G3581 xénos? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3581. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

kôach appears 126 times in Scripture, including Genesis 4:12 and Exodus 9:16. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

In the King James Version

ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.

Derivation

or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ; from an unused root meaning to be firm;

Appears 126 times in Scripture

Genesis 49:3

“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.”

Exodus 9:16

“But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Genesis 31:6

“You know that I have served your father with all my strength.”

Leviticus 26:20

“and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.”

Deuteronomy 8:17

“You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.””

Numbers 14:17

“So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:”

Exodus 32:11

“But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?”

Genesis 4:12

“When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.””

Exodus 15:6

“Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.”

Leviticus 11:30

“the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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