Hebrew Terms
There are three parts to this study.
Two cover the Hebrew terms and one covers the Greek terms.
You'll want to look at all three.
Here are the links to the three parts:
- Power - Part 1 - Hebrew
- Power - Part 2 - Hebrew
- Power - Part 3 - Greek
Each of the parts presents the original language word as given by Strong's Concordance. I have also included the words from which the term was derived so you can see how the meaning was determined. There are special insights to be gained from many of the root words, so please don't overlook them.
Please remember that everything after the (:--) in Strong's definitions is a word by which the term is actually translated in the King James Version. it is not part of the definition.
H3027 –yad – used 1663 times
3027. dÎy yad, yawd; a primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows):
—(+ be) able, x about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, x bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, x by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, x enough, + fellowship, force, x from, hand(-staves, -y work), x he, himself, x in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, x mine, ministry, near, x of, x order, ordinance, x our, parts, pain, power, x presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, x thee, x by them, x themselves, x thine own, x thou, through, x throwing, + thumb, times, x to, x under, x us, x wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, x with (him, me, you), work, + yield, x yourselves.
Because of the extremely common usage no examples are provided.
H3201 – yakol – used 200 times
3201. lOkÎy yakol, yaw-kole´; or (fuller) lwøkÎy yakowl, yaw-kole´; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might):
—be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Gen. 13:16 And I am establishing your seed itself את
like the dust of the land,
so that, if a man is able to count the dust itself את of the land,
so also may your seed be counted.
Genesis 29:8: But
they said,
“We are not able to until all the flocks are gathered
and they have rolled the stone itself את from the mouth of the well.
Then
we water the sheep.”
Genesis 30:8: And Rachel said,
“The wrestlings of The Elohim.
I have wrestled with my sister and I have indeed prevailed.”
And
she called his name Naphtali.
Genesis 32:25 :And he saw that he did not prevail against him.
And he struck him in the hollow of his thigh
and dislocated the hollow of of Ya'akob’s hip
as
he wrestled with him.
Genesis 32:28: And he said,
“Your name will no longer be called Ya’akob,
but instead, Yisra’el,
because you have prevailed with an elohim and with men,
Genesis 44:22: And we said to my master,
‘The young man is not able to leave his father himself את.
Were he to leave his father himself את will
die.'
Exodus 9:11: And the diviners were not able to stand
before the face of Moshe because there were boils,
on the diviners and
on all the Egyptians.
Exodus 18:18: Wear out, you will wear out,
both you yourself את and these people who are with you
because the matter is too heavy for you.
You are not able to do it by yourself.
Exodus 18:23: If you will do this word itself את
and The Elohim directs you, then you will be able to stand.
And also, each of these people will
go to their place in peace.”
Exodus 33:20: However, He said,
“You are not able to see My face itself את,
because no human being can see Me and live.”
Exodus 40:35: And Moshe was not able to go into The Tent of Appointment
because the cloud settled on
it,
and the splendor of YAHWEH filled The Dwelling Place itself את.
Numbers 11:14: I am not able by myself to carry
this entire people itself את
because it is too heavy for
me!
Numbers 13:30: But Caleb hushed the people themselves את before Moshe.
And he said, "Go up!
Go up and possess it itself את!
Indeed, we are able!
We are able to do it!"
Numbers 22:6: And now please go curse for me this people itself את
because it is more mighty than me!
Perhaps I will be able to strike against it
and drive it out from the land.
Indeed I know that whomever you yourself bless את
is blessed, whomever you curse is cursed !"
Deuteronomy 1:9: And I spoke to you at that time saying,
‘I am not able to carry by
myself you yourselves. את
Joshua 7:12: And the children of Yisra’el will not be able to stand
before the face of their adversaries.
They will turn their backs before the faces of their adversaries
because they are devoted to
destruction.
I am no longer going to be
with you
if you do not destroy that which is devoted to
destruction from your midst.
Joshua 17:12: But the children of Menashe were not able to occupy
those cities themselves את
And they permitted the Kena’anites to
dwell in that land.
1 Samuel 6:20: And the men of Bet Shemesh said,
“Who is able to stand before the face of YAHWEH, The Elohim,
this set apart One?
And to whom will He go up from upon us?”
1 Samuel 17:9: If he is able to fight with me myself את
and he kills me then we will be your servants.
But if I overcome him and kill him
then you will be our servants.
And you will serve us ourselves את."
1 Samuel 26:25: And Sha’ul said to David,
“Blessed are you yourself את, my son David!
Also you will do, you will do.
And you are able, you are able!”
And David went on his way.
And Sha’ul returned to his place.
The phrasing "You will
do, you will do.
And you are able, you are able!" is an odd phrasing.
The
double mention intends emphasis.
That much is clear. But the intent of the
words is not as clear.
What's given is the literal terminology, but this is
likely a Hebraism
that is not understood today.
2 Kings 16:5: Then Retzin, King of Aram,
and Pekah, son of Remalyahu, King of Yisra’el,
came up to Yerushalaim to battle.
And they laid siege against Ahaz.
But they were not able to consume him.
Jeremiah 1:19: And they will fight against you.
But they will not prevail against you
because I Myself will be with you yourself את
for the sake of delivering you!”
- An utterance of YAHWEH -
Jeremiah 5:22: Will you yourselves את not revere
Me?’
- An utterance of YAHWEH -
‘Will you not writhe in pain before My face,
Who has placed the sand as the boundary for the sea,
an eternal decree?
And it does not pass over it.
And it agitates violently.
But it does not prevail.
And its waves roar but they do not pass over it.
Hosea 12:4: He had power against the messenger.
And he prevailed.
He wept and sought His favor.
He found Him at Bet El.
And there He spoke with us,
Jonah 1:13: But the men rowed
for the sake of bringing the ship to dry
land.
But they were not able
because the sea was moving,
and it was storming against them.
H4475 - memshala – used 17 times
4475. hDlÎvVmRm memshalah, mem-shaw-law´;
feminine of 4474; rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler:
- dominion, government, power, to rule.
4474. lÎvVmIm mimshal, mim-shawl´; from 4910; a ruler or (abstractly) rule:
- dominion, that ruled.
4910. lÅvDm mashal, maw-shal´; a primitive root; to rule:
- (have, make to have) dominion, governor, x indeed, reign,
(bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Genesis 1:16: And The Elohim made
the two great lights themselves את,
the greater light itself את
to have dominion over the day,
and the lesser light itself את
to have dominion over the night,
and the stars themselves את.
1 Kings 9:19: and all the storage cities themselves את
that Shelomoh had,
and cities for chariots themselves את.
and cities for horsemen themselves את,
and the delight of Shelomoh himself את
that he desired to build in Yerushalaim,
and in The Lebanon, and in all the land of his
rule.
Psalms 103:22: Bless
YAHWEH, all His works,
in all the
places of His dominion!
Bless YAHWEH Himself את, my life!
Psalms 145:13: Your kingdom
is a kingdom
for all of
eternity!
And Your dominion is in every generation,
every
generation!
Isaiah 22:21: And I will clothe him with your robe.
And I will strengthen him with your belt.
And I will give your authority into his hand.
And he will be a father to the inhabitants of Yerushalaim
and to the house of Yahudah.
Jeremiah 34:1: The word which existed toward Yirm’yah
from YAHWEH Himself את,
and Nebukadne'tzar, King of Babel,
and all his forces,
and all the kingdoms of the earth of the dominion of his hand,
and all the people were fighting against Yerushalaim
and all its cities saying,
Daniel 11:5: And the king of the south will be strong, and one of his princes;
and he will be strong above him, and have dominion;
his dominion will be a great dominion.
Micah 4:8: And you, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion,
unto you will it come, even the first dominion;
the kingdom will come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
H4910 – mashal – used 89 times
4910. lÅvDm mashal, maw-shal´; a primitive root; to rule:
- (have, make to have) dominion, governor, x indeed, reign,
(bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Genesis 3:16: To the woman He said,
“I increase, increase, your pain, also your pregnancy.
With pain you will bring forth children.
Yet your longing (sexual) will be for your man.
And he will have authority over you.”
Genesis 37:8: And his brothers said to him,
“Will you indeed reign over us?
Will you indeed have dominion over us?”
And they hated he himself את even more
because of his dreams and
because of his words.
Genesis 45:8: And now, it was not you that sent me myself here את,
but The Elohim.
And He has appointed me as father to Pharaoh,
and sovereign of all his house.
And He has made me ruler in
all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 45:26: And they told him, saying,
“Yoseph is still alive, and he is governor over
all the land of Egypt.”
2 Samuel 23:3: The Elohim of Yisra’el
has said to me, The Rock of Yisra’el has spoken to me,
'One ruling justly with men,
ruling
with reverence for The Elohim,
1 Kings 4:21: And Shelomoh was ruling
in all the kingdoms from The River
to the land of the Philistines,
and as far as the border of Egypt.
They were bringing tribute.
And they served Shelomoh himself את
all the days of his life.
2 Chronicles 20:6: And he said, “YAHWEH,
The Elohim of our fathers,
are not You
Yourself את He, The Elohim in The
Heavens?
And You Yourself את are ruling
among all
the kingdoms of the nations?
And in Your
hand is power and might.
And no one can
stand himself against You?
Psalms 8:6: You cause him to have dominion
concerning the works of Your hands.
You have placed everything under his feet,
Psalms 22:28: Indeed the kingdom belongs to YAHWEH!
And He is ruling among the nations!
Psalms 66:7: Who will be ruling in His power to eternity!
His eyes are
on the nations,
keeping
watch of the rebellious.
There will
be no cause for them to exalt themselves!
Selah.
Psalms 106:41: And He gave
them into the hand of the nations.
And those hating
them ruled among them.
Proverbs 12:24: The hand of the diligent will rule.
But the lazy will be for forced labor.
Proverbs 22:7: The rich has dominion concerning the destitute.
And one borrowing is servant to
the one lending.
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 29:2: When the just are many the people
rejoice.
But when the morally wrong rule
the people groan.
Isaiah 40:10: Behold!
The Sovereign YAHWEH is coming with a strong hand
and His arm will rule for Him.
Behold! His compensation is with He Himself את
and His wages are before His face.
Lamentations 5:8: Slaves have ruled over us.
No one is delivering us from
their hand.
Daniel 11:3: And a mighty king will stand up
that will rule with great dominion
and do according to his will.
4 And when he will stand up
his kingdom shall be broken
and will be divided toward the four winds of heaven;
and not to his posterity,
nor according to his dominion which he ruled:
for his kingdom will be plucked up,
even for others beside those.
5 And the king of the south will be strong,
and one of his princes;
and he will be strong above him and have dominion;
his dominion will be a great dominion.
Micah 5:2: But you, Bethlehem Ephratah,
though you are little among the thousands of Yahudah,
yet out of you will He come forth to Me
who is to be ruler in Israel;
whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
H5794 – az – used 27 times
5794. zAo {az, az; from 5810; strong, vehement, harsh:
—fierce, + greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
5810. zÅzDo {azaz, aw-zaz´; a primitive root; to be stout (literally or figuratively):
—harden, impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.
Genesis 49:7: Cursed be their anger because it was fierce,
and their rage because it is cruel!
I will divide them in Ya’akob and
scatter them in Yisra’el
Deuteronomy 28:50: a nation fierce of countenance
which does no regard the elderly
and
does not show favor to the young!
Psalms 18:17: He delivered me from my strong enemy,
and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Psalms 59:3: For, lo, they lie in wait for my life.
The mighty are gathered against me;
not for my transgression, nor for my sin, Oh YAHWEH.
Isaiah 19:4: And I will deliver over the Egyptians themselves את
into the hand of a cruel sovereign.
And a harsh king will rule over them.”
- An utterance of Sovreign YAHWEH of Assemblies
-
Isaiah 25:3: For this reason powerful people honor You.
Cities of ruthless nations fear You
Isaiah 43:16: Thus said YAHWEH,
The One making a way in the sea,
and a path through fierce waters,
Daniel 8:23: And in the latter time of their kingdom,
when the transgressors are come to the full,
a king of fierce countenance
and understanding dark sentences will stand up.
H5797 – oz, owz - used 99 times
5797. zOo {oz, oze; or (fully) zwøo {owz, oze; from 5810;
strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise):
- boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.
5810. zÅzDo 'azaz, aw-zaz´; a primitive root; to be stout (literally or figuratively):
- harden, impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.
Exodus 15:2: My strength and my might, YAH!
And He is deliverance for me.
This is my El, and I will dwell with Him,
The Elohim of my father, and
I will exalt Him.
Leviticus 26:19: And I will break your mighty arrogance itself את!
And I will set your skies themselves את like iron
and your land itself את like copper.
1 Samuel 2:10: YAHWEH breaks down His adversaries.
Against him from the skies He thunders.
YAHWEH corrects the ends of the earth.
And He gives strength to His king.
And He exalts the horn of His anointed.”
mashiyach - anointed; specifically, The Messiah.
1 Chronicles 16:11: Seek YAHWEH and His strength.
Seek His face continually.
1 Chronicles 16:27: Majesty and
splendor are before His face!
Power and joy
are in His place!
Job 12:16: With Him are strength and sound wisdom.
Those being deceived
and those deceiving are His.
Psalms 8:2: From the mouths of children and infants
You have established a foundation of power
in order that Your oppressors are caused to cease,
the adversary and the avenger.
Psalms 21:13: Be exalted, YAHWEH, by Your
strength!
We will sing!
And we will sing praise of Your power!
Psalms 28:7-8: YAHWEH is
my strength and my shield!
My heart
has trusted in Him
and I have
been helped!
And my
heart rejoices!
And by my
song I will cause Him praise!
28:8 YAHWEH is the strength of His people!
Even a
stronghold of deliverances of His anointed is He!
Psalms 46:1: The Elohim
is our refuge and strength,
a help in
distress, quickly found.
Psalms 59:16: But I
myself,
I will sing
of Your power,
even shout
for joy at dawn of Your kindness
because You
have been my defense,
even a refuge
in the day of my distress!
Psalms 61:3: Indeed You have been my refuge,
za tower of strength in the face of the adversary.
For You have been a shelter for me,
and a strong tower from the enemy.
Psalms 62:11: The Elohim
has spoken once.
Twice I
have heard this,
that strength belongs to The Elohim.
Psalms 84:5: Happy is
the human being
whose strength is in You!
Highways
are in their heart.
Psalms 96:6: Magnificence
and majesty are before His face!
Strength and beauty are in His Sanctuary!
Proverbs 21:22: A city of mighty men
the wise one has climbed.
And he has caused to come down
the strength of its confidence.
Proverbs 24:5: The valiant man is wise with
strength.
And a man of knowledge is
courageous with power.
Isaiah 12:2: Behold! The El is my deliverance!
I will trust and not be afraid
because YAH, YAHWEH is my strength and my song!
And He is my deliverance.”
Jeremiah 16:19: YAHWEH, my strength and my fortress
and my refuge in the day of distress,
the nations will come to You
from the ends of the earth.
And they will say,
“Only lies have our forefathers inherited, emptiness,
and there is no benefit in them!”
Ezekiel 33:28: And I will set the land itself את
as a desolation and a ruin!
The arrogance of her strength will be ended!
And the mountains of Yisra'el will be devastated, with
no one passing over!
H6184 – ariyts – used 20 times
6184. XyîrDo {ariyts, aw-reets´; from 6206; fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical:
—mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.
6206. XArDo {arats, aw-rats´; a primitive root;
to awe or (intransitive) to dread; hence, to harass:
- be affrighted (afraid, dread, feared, terrified),
break, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, shake terribly.
Job 27:13: This is the portion
of a morally wrong human being with The El
and the inheritance of the ruthless
which they will
receive from The Almighty:
Psalms 86:14: Elohim, the arrogant have risen against me.
And an
assembly of ruthless men have sought my life.
And they
have not placed You before them.
Isaiah 25:3-5: For this reason powerful people honor You.
Cities of ruthless nations fear You
4 because You are a refuge for the weak,
a refuge for the poor in his distress,
a shelter from the storm,
a shade from the heat,
because the breath of the ruthless
is like a storm, a wall.
5 Like heat in a desert
You subdue the noise of foreigners,
drought like the shade of a cloud.
The song of the ruthless is brought down.
Isaiah 29:20: Indeed the ruthless one will disappear.
And the scoffer will be consumed.
And all who watch for mischief will be cut
off,
Isaiah 49:25: Indeed according to this said YAHWEH,
“Even the captives of the mighty will be taken
away.
And the prey of the ruthless will escape.
And with your contenders themselves את I will contend.
And your children themselves את I will set free.
Jeremiah 15:21: And I will deliver you from the
hand
of those doing wrong!
And I will ransom you from the hand of the ruthless!”
Jeremiah 20:11: But YAHWEH is with me myself את
like a mighty awesome one!
For this reason those pursuing me will falter.
And they will not prevail.
They will be greatly put to shame
because they have not acted wisely, a disgrace forever.
It will not be forgotten.
Ezekiel 28:7: For this reason behold!
I am bringing against you strangers, ruthless nations!
And they will draw their swords against the beauty of
your wisdom!
And they will defile your splendor!
H7980 – shalat – used 8 times
7980. fAlÎv shalat, shaw-lat´; a primitive root; to dominate,
i.e. govern; by implication, to permit:
- (bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.
Nehemiah 5:15: But the former governors that had been before me
were chargeable unto the people,
and had taken of them bread and wine,
beside forty shekels of silver;
yea, even their servants bare rule over the people:
but so did not I, because of the reverence of YAHWEH.
Psalms 119:133: Establish
my footsteps with Your word!
And do not let
any worthless thing
have
dominion over me!
Ecclesiastes 2:19: And who knows whether he
will be wise or be a fool?
Yet he will be master over all my labor
with which I have labored
and with which I have been wise beneath the sun.
This also is futility!
Ecclesiastes 5:19: Also,
every human being to whom The Elohim
has given riches and wealth,
and has permitted him to eat because of them,
and to receive his portion itself את
and rejoice in his labor,
this is a gift of The Elohim Himself.
Ecclesiastes 8:9: All of this itself את I have observed.
I gave my heart itself את
to every action which has been done beneath the sun.
There is a time in which
a human being has ruled against another human being
to his own hurt.
H8633 – toqeph – used 3 times
8633. P®q;Ot toqeph, to´-kef; from 8630; might or (figuratively) positiveness:
—authority, power, strength.
8630. PAq;Dt taqaph, taw-kaf´; a primitive root; to overpower:
—prevail (against).
Esther 9:29: Then Esther the queen,
the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew,
wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
Esther 10:2: And all the acts of his power and of his might,
and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai,
whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Daniel 11:17: He will also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus will he do: and he will give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she will not stand on his side, neither be for him.
H8592 –ta`atsumah – used only once
8591. oAo;Dt ta{a{, taw-ah´; a primitive root; to cheat; by analogy, to maltreat:
—deceive, misuse.
Psalms 68:35: The Elohim is awesome!
From Your set
apart places
The El of
Yisra’el is He Who is giving strength
and power to His people.
Blessed be The
Elohim!
Be sure to continue with Part 3, Greek Terms.
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