koach: ability Original Word: כֹּ֫חַ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: koach
Phonetic Spelling: (ko'-akh)
Short Definition: ability
I. כֹּחַ noun [masculine] a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, in list of unclean creeping things Leviticus 11:30; ᵐ5 ᵑ9 AV chameleon; on various opinions see Di. II. כֹּחַ see below כחח. II. כֹּחַ and ( Daniel 11:6) כּוֺחַ noun masculineDeuteronomy 4:37 strength, power (Late Hebrew id.); — ׳כ absolute Deuteronomy 8:18 +; construct Numbers 14:17 +; suffix כֹּחִי Genesis 31:6 +; כֹּחֲךָ Judges 16:6 +, כֹּחֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 5:10, כֹּחֶ֑כָה Proverbs 24:10, etc.; always singular; — 1 human strength: a. physical, of Samson Judges 16:5,6,9,15,17,19,30; strength in toil Isaiah 44:12 (זְרוֺעַ כֹּחוֺ), Isaiah 44:12; Leviticus 26:20; Nehemiah 4:4; of manly vigour (in procreation) אַתָּה כֹּחִי וְרֵאשִׁית אוֺנִי Genesis 49:3 (poem in J; said to Reuben); vigour in General Joshua 14:11 (twice in verse) (JE), Judges 6:14; 1 Samuel 28:22; Job 6:11,12; Psalm 31:11; Psalm 38:11; Psalm 71:9; Psalm 102:24; Proverbs 20:29; as sustained by food 1 Kings 19:8; lack of such vigour is לֹאכֹֿחַ Job 26:2, compare מִכֹּחַ Jeremiah 48:45 without strength; ׳בְּלֹאכֿ Lamentations 1:6; ׳יְגִיעֵיכֿ Job 3:17; כֹּחַ לֹאהָֿיָה בוֺ 1 Samuel 28:20, compare Daniel 10:8,17; in Psalm 22:16 read חִכִּי, so Ew Ol Che and others; specifically of power of voice Isaiah 40:9. b. more inclusively, ability, efficiency: followed by infinitive, ability to weep 1 Samuel 30:4; to get wealth Deuteronomy 8:18; to bring forth (a child; in figure) 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3; followed by לַעֲמֹד Daniel 1:4; Ezra 10:13, compare Daniel 11:15; without infinitive 1 Chronicles 29:2; Ezra 2:69; of efficiency in battle 2 Chron 14:10; 2 Chronicles 20:12; 26:13; for porter's service in temple אִישׁחַֿיִל בַּכֹּחַ לַעֲבֹדָה 1 Chronicles 26:8; ability or efficiency in General Genesis 31:6; Proverbs 24:5,10; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 9:10, so probably כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם Job 30:2; עָצַר כֹּחַ (late, compare עצר) retain ability or strength, followed by infinitive; לְהִתְנַדֵּב ׳נַעְצֹר כ 1 Chronicles 29:14 that we should retain (have) ability to make freewill-oferings; to build 2 Chron 2:5; with negative, without infinitive, Daniel 10:8,16 (compare Daniel 11:6, c). c. power of a people, or king, Joshua 17:17; Nahum 2:2; Habakkuk 1:11; Isaiah 49:4 (of servant of ׳י), Lamentations 1:14; Daniel 8:22,24 a, also Daniel 8:24 b (si vera lectio, see Bev), Daniel 11:25 ("" לֵבָב); with עָצַר2Chronicles 13:20; 22:9; Daniel 11:6 (הַזְּרוֺעַ ׳לֹא תַעְצֹר כ, compare b); in Hosea 7:9 figurative of body seems combined with that of land yielding produce (see 5 below) d. power opposed to that of God Amos 2:14; Isaiah 10:13 (יָדִי ׳כ), Deuteronomy 8:17; 1 Samuel 2:9; Zechariah 4:6; Job 36:19; Psalm 33:16. e. power conferred by God Isaiah 40:29, compare Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1; of prophetic power Micah 3:8. 2 strength of angels Psalm 103:20. 3 power of God: in creation Jeremiah 10:12; Jeremiah 51:15 (see also Jeremiah 32:17 below), Psalm 65:7; in governing the world 1 Chronicles 29:12; 2Chronicles 20:6; Psalm 29:4; in acts of deliverance and judgment Exodus 9:16; Exodus 15:6; Exodus 32:11; Numbers 14:13,17 (JE), Isaiah 50:2; 2Chronicles 25:8; Job 9:19; Job 24:22; Job 26:12; Job 30:18; Job 36:22; in combination כֹּחַ גָּדוֺל Deuteronomy 4:37; "" יָד חֲזָקָה Exodus 32:11(JE), Nehemiah 1:10; "" זְרוֺעַ נְטוּיָה Deuteronomy 9:29; 2 Kings 17:36; Jeremiah 27:5; Jeremiah 32:17; he is רַבכֹּֿחַ Psalm 147:5; compare רֹב כֹּחוֺ Isaiah 63:1; Job 23:6; also גדולכֹּֿחַ Nahum 1:3; אַמִּיץ כֹּחַ Isaiah 40:26; Job 9:4, שַׂגִּיאכֹֿחַ Job 37:23; כֹּחַ מַעֲשָׂיו Psalm 111:6 the power of his works; בַּכֹּחַ ׳קוֺל י Psalm 29:4 (of thunder); specifically of his wisdom (rather peculiarly, Elihu) כַּבִּיר כֹּחַ לֵב 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 Proverbs 14:4; he-goat Daniel 8:6 ram Daniel 8:7. 5 strength, of soil i.e. produce, Genesis 4:12 (J), Job 31:30; (Hosea 7:9 see 1. c above); = wealth (compare חַילִ) Proverbs 5:10; Job 6:22.
ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, powerful, strength, Or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard -- ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
bə·ḵō·ḥōw — 7 Occ.
ḵō·aḥ — 12 Occ.
ḵō·ḥî — 3 Occ.
ḵō·ḥōw — 2 Occ.
kə·ḵō·ḥām — 1 Occ.
kə·ḵō·ḥî — 1 Occ.
kō·aḥ — 36 Occ.
kōḥ — 1 Occ.
kō·ḥă·ḵā — 2 Occ.
kō·ḥă·ḵem — 1 Occ.
kō·ḥām — 1 Occ.
kō·ḥe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
kō·ḥe·ḵāh — 1 Occ.
kō·ḥî — 12 Occ.
kō·ḥōw — 11 Occ.
lə·ḵō·aḥ — 1 Occ.
mik·kō·aḥ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·ḵō·ḥî — 1 Occ.
ū·mik·kō·ḥă·ḵem — 1 Occ.
ḇak·kō·aḥ — 1 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 3581
125 Occurrences
bak·kō·aḥ — 3 Occ.
bə·ḵō·aḥ — 8 Occ.
bə·ḵō·ḥă·ḵā — 5 Occ.
bə·ḵō·ḥî — 1 Occ.
bə·ḵō·ḥōw — 7 Occ.
ḵō·aḥ — 12 Occ.
ḵō·ḥî — 3 Occ.
ḵō·ḥōw — 2 Occ.
kə·ḵō·ḥām — 1 Occ.
kə·ḵō·ḥî — 1 Occ.
kō·aḥ — 36 Occ.
kōḥ — 1 Occ.
kō·ḥă·ḵā — 2 Occ.
kō·ḥă·ḵem — 1 Occ.
kō·ḥāh — 2 Occ.
kō·ḥām — 1 Occ.
kō·ḥe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
kō·ḥe·ḵāh — 1 Occ.
kō·ḥî — 12 Occ.
kō·ḥōw — 11 Occ.
lə·ḵō·aḥ — 1 Occ.
mik·kō·aḥ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·ḵō·ḥî — 1 Occ.
ū·mik·kō·ḥă·ḵem — 1 Occ.
ḇak·kō·aḥ — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵō·aḥ — 5 Occ.
ḇə·ḵō·ḥă·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ḇə·ḵō·ḥōw — 2 Occ.
wə·hak·kō·aḥ — 1 Occ.
Genesis 4:12
BIB: תֹסֵ֥ף תֵּת־ כֹּחָ֖הּ לָ֑ךְ נָ֥ע
NAS: yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant
KJV: yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive
INT: longer yield strength vagrant wandererGenesis 31:6
BIB: כִּ֚י בְּכָל־ כֹּחִ֔י עָבַ֖דְתִּי אֶת־
NAS: your father with all my strength.
KJV: know that with all my power I have served
INT: with all my strength have served your father Genesis 49:3
BIB: בְּכֹ֣רִי אַ֔תָּה כֹּחִ֖י וְרֵאשִׁ֣ית אוֹנִ֑י
NAS: you are my firstborn; My might and the beginning
KJV: thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning
INT: are my firstborn you my might and the beginning of my strength Exodus 9:16
BIB: הַרְאֹתְךָ֣ אֶת־ כֹּחִ֑י וּלְמַ֛עַן סַפֵּ֥ר
NAS: to show you My power and in order
KJV: for to shew [in] thee my power; and that my name
INT: order to show my power order to proclaim Exodus 15:6
BIB: יְהוָ֔ה נֶאְדָּרִ֖י בַּכֹּ֑חַ יְמִֽינְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה
NAS: is majestic in power, Your right hand,
KJV: is become glorious in power: thy right hand,
INT: LORD is majestic power hand LORD Exodus 32:11
BIB: מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּכֹ֥חַ גָּד֖וֹל וּבְיָ֥ד
NAS: with great power and with a mighty
KJV: with great power, and with a mighty
INT: the land of Egypt power great and with Leviticus 11:30
BIB: וְהָאֲנָקָ֥ה וְהַכֹּ֖חַ וְהַלְּטָאָ֑ה וְהַחֹ֖מֶט
NAS: and the gecko, and the crocodile, and the lizard,
KJV: And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard,
INT: and the gecko and the crocodile and the lizard and the sand Leviticus 26:20
BIB: וְתַ֥ם לָרִ֖יק כֹּחֲכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־ תִתֵּ֤ן
NAS: Your strength will be spent uselessly,
KJV: And your strength shall be spent
INT: will be spent uselessly your strength will not yield Numbers 14:13
BIB: כִּֽי־ הֶעֱלִ֧יתָ בְכֹחֲךָ֛ אֶת־ הָעָ֥ם
NAS: will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought
KJV: this people in thy might from among
INT: for brought your strength people this Numbers 14:17
BIB: יִגְדַּל־ נָ֖א כֹּ֣חַ אֲדֹנָ֑י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: I pray, let the power of the Lord
KJV: And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord
INT: be great pray the power of the Lord according Deuteronomy 4:37
BIB: וַיּוֹצִֽאֲךָ֧ בְּפָנָ֛יו בְּכֹח֥וֹ הַגָּדֹ֖ל מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
NAS: you from Egypt by His great power,
KJV: with his mighty power out of Egypt;
INT: brought personally power his great Egypt Deuteronomy 8:17
BIB: וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ כֹּחִי֙ וְעֹ֣צֶם יָדִ֔י
NAS: in your heart, 'My power and the strength
KJV: in thine heart, My power and the might
INT: may say your heart my power and the strength of my hand Deuteronomy 8:18
BIB: הַנֹּתֵ֥ן לְךָ֛ כֹּ֖חַ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת חָ֑יִל
NAS: for it is He who is giving you power to make
KJV: for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get
INT: who is giving power to make wealth Deuteronomy 9:29
BIB: אֲשֶׁ֤ר הוֹצֵ֙אתָ֙ בְּכֹחֲךָ֣ הַגָּדֹ֔ל וּבִֽזְרֹעֲךָ֖
NAS: out by Your great power and Your outstretched
KJV: by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out
INT: whom have brought power your great arm Joshua 14:11
BIB: אוֹתִי֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה כְּכֹ֥חִי אָ֖ז וּכְכֹ֣חִי
NAS: sent me; as my strength was then,
KJV: sent me: as my strength [was] then, even so [is] my strength
INT: sent Moses my strength was then my strength Joshua 14:11
BIB: כְּכֹ֥חִי אָ֖ז וּכְכֹ֣חִי עָ֑תָּה לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
NAS: was then, so my strength is now,
KJV: me: as my strength [was] then, even so [is] my strength now, for war,
INT: my strength was then my strength is now war Joshua 17:17
BIB: רַ֣ב אַתָּ֗ה וְכֹ֤חַ גָּדוֹל֙ לָ֔ךְ
NAS: and have great power; you shall not have
KJV: and hast great power: thou shalt not have one
INT: numerous you power great shall not Judges 6:14
BIB: וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לֵ֚ךְ בְּכֹחֲךָ֣ זֶ֔ה וְהוֹשַׁעְתָּ֥
NAS: in this your strength and deliver
KJV: Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save
INT: and said Go your strength this and deliver Judges 16:5
BIB: וּרְאִי֙ בַּמֶּה֙ כֹּח֣וֹ גָד֔וֹל וּבַמֶּה֙
NAS: his great strength [lies] and how
KJV: wherein his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail
INT: and see where strength his great and how Judges 16:6
BIB: לִ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲךָ֣ גָד֑וֹל וּבַמֶּ֥ה
NAS: your great strength is and how
KJV: me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength [lieth], and wherewith thou mightest be bound
INT: Please where strength your great is and how Judges 16:9
BIB: וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע כֹּחֽוֹ׃
NAS: fire. So his strength was not discovered.
KJV: the fire. So his strength was not known.
INT: was not discovered his strength Judges 16:15
BIB: לִּ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲךָ֥ גָדֽוֹל׃
NAS: me where your great strength is.
KJV: me wherein thy great strength [lieth].
INT: told where strength your great Judges 16:17
BIB: וְסָ֣ר מִמֶּ֣נִּי כֹחִ֔י וְחָלִ֥יתִי וְהָיִ֖יתִי
NAS: I am shaved, then my strength will leave
KJV: if I be shaven, then my strength will go
INT: will go then my strength will become and be like Judges 16:19
BIB: לְעַנּוֹת֔וֹ וַיָּ֥סַר כֹּח֖וֹ מֵעָלָֽיו׃
NAS: to afflict him, and his strength left
KJV: to afflict him, and his strength went
INT: to afflict left and his strength and Judges 16:30
BIB: פְּלִשְׁתִּים֒ וַיֵּ֣ט בְּכֹ֔חַ וַיִּפֹּ֤ל הַבַּ֙יִת֙
NAS: And he bent with all his might so that the house
KJV: And he bowed himself with [all his] might; and the house
INT: the Philistines bent his might fell the house 125 Occurrences
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