Koach כֹּחַ

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Koach
כֹּחַ
Transliterationkoach
Strong's numberH3581 (H3581B, H3581A)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossstrength
Occurrences126 in 121 verses
Most frequent inJob (20)

Koach (Hebrew כֹּחַ, Strong's H3581) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “strength”. It occurs 126 times in 121 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3581B: strength

1) strength, power, might
1a) human strength
1b) strength (of angels)
1c) power (of God)
1d) strength (of animals)
1e) strength, produce, wealth (of soil)

H3581A: reptile

1) a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, which is unclean
1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVstrength (58), power (47), might (7), force (3), able (2), ability (2), chameleon (1), substance (1), fruits (1), powerful (1), wealth (1)
BSBpower (23), strength (23), my strength (10), his strength (7), his power (7), your strength (4), its produce (2), powerful (2), your wealth (2), their strength (2), my might (1), my power (1), and 33 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Koach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Daniel

Hosea

Amos

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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