Strong, Stronger

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Strong, Stronger

1. dunatos
2. ischuros
3. ischuroteros

1. endunamoo
2. krataioo
3. stereoo

dunatos "powerful, mighty," is translated "strong," in Rom_15:1, where the "strong" are those referred to in Rom_14, in contrast to "the weak in faith," those who have scruples in regard to eating meat and the observance of days; 2_Cor_12:10, where the strength lies in bearing sufferings in the realization that the endurance is for Christ's sake; 2_Cor_13:9, where "ye are strong" implies the good spiritual condition which the Apostle desires for the church at Corinth in having nothing requiring his exercise of discipline (contrast ischuros in 1_Cor_4:10). See dunatos_under_ABLE, MIGHTY, POSSIBLE, POWER.

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ischuros "strong, mighty," is used of
(a) persons:

1. God, Rev_18:8;
   
2. angels, Rev_5:2; Rev_10:1; Rev_18:21;
   
3. men, Matt_12:29 (twice) and parallel passages; Heb_11:34, AV, "valiant" (RV, "mighty"); Rev_6:15 (in the best texts; some have dunatos); Rev_19:18, "mighty;" metaphorically,
   
4. the church at Corinth, 1_Cor_4:10, where the Apostle reproaches them ironically with their unspiritual and self-complacent condition;
   
5. of young men in Christ spiritually strong, through the Word of God, to overcome the evil one, 1_John_2:14; of

(b) things:

1. wind, Matt_14:30 (in some mss.), "boisterous;"
   
2. famine, Luke_15:14;
   
3. things in the mere human estimate, 1_Cor_1:27;
   
4. Paul's letters, 2_Cor_10:10;
   
5. the Lord's crying and tears, Heb_5:7;
   
6. consolation, Heb_6:18;
   
7. the voice of an angel, Rev_18:2 (in the best texts; some have megas, "great");
   
8. Babylon, Rev_18:10;
   
9. thunderings, Rev_19:6. See BOISTEROUS, MIGHTY.

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ischuroteros the comparative degree of ischuros, is used
(a) of Christ, Matt_3:11; Mark_1:7; Luke_3:16;
(b) of "the weakness of God," as men without understanding regard it, 1_Cor_1:25;
(c) of a man of superior physical strength, Luke_11:22;
(d) in 1_Cor_10:22, in a rhetorical question, implying the impossibility of escaping the jealousy of God when it is kindled.

Notes:
(1) For "strong delusion," 2_Thess_2:11, AV, see plane_under_ERROR.
(2) For "strong (meat)," Heb_5:12,14, AV, see SOLID.

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endunamoo "to make strong" (en, "in," dunamis, "power"), "to strengthen," is rendered "waxed strong" in Rom_4:20, RV (AV, "was strong"); "be strong," Eph_6:10; "were made strong," Heb_11:34. See ENABLE, endunamoo_under_STRENGTH.

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krataioo "to strengthen" (akin to kratos, "strength"), is rendered
(a) "to wax strong," Luke_1:80; Luke_2:40;
(b) "be strong," 1_Cor_16:13, lit., "be strengthened;"
(c) "to be strengthened," Eph_3:16

(Passive Voice in each place). See STRENGTHEN.

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stereoo see stereoo_under_ESTABLISH.

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