3581

kōaḥ כֹּחַAreptile, Bstrength’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be firm
Variants: כֹּחַ, כֹּחַ

kōaḥ n, m
A1) a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, which is unclean
 1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown
B1) strength, power, might
 1a) human strength
 1b) strength (of angels)
 1c) power (of God)
 1d) strength (of animals)
 1e) strength, produce, wealth (of soil)

Mentioned in Genesis 31:6, 4:12, 49:3 Exodus 15:6, 9:16, 32:11 Codex Leviticus 11:30, 26:20 Numbers 14:17, 14:13 Deuteronomy 4:37, 8:18, 8:17, 9:29 Joshua 14:11, 17:17 Judges 16:17, 16:15, 16:5, 16:19, 6:14, 16:6, 16:9, 16:30 1 Samuel 30:4, 2:9, 28:20, 28:22 1 Kings 19:8 2 Kings 19:3, 17:36 Isaiah 10:13, 40:31, 63:1, 40:26, 40:29, 41:1, 37:3, 44:12, 50:2, 49:4, 40:9 Jeremiah 27:5, 32:17, 48:45, 10:12, 51:15 Hosea 7:9 Amos 2:14 Micah 3:8 Nahum 2:2 Habakkuk 1:11 Zechariah 4:6 Psalms 147:5, 38:11, 65:7, 33:16, 71:9, 31:11, 103:20, 111:6, 22:16, 102:24, 29:4 Proverbs 14:4, 24:5, 20:29, 5:10, 24:10 Job 30:2, 24:22, 6:12, 40:16, 30:18, 23:6, 31:39, 36:5, 36:22, 9:4, 39:11, 9:19, 6:22, 6:11, 36:19, 26:2, 3:17, 39:21, 26:12, 37:23 Lamentations 1:14, 1:6 Ecclesiastes 4:1, 9:10 Daniel 10:16, 10:17, 8:6, 8:7, 1:4, 11:15, 11:6, 10:8, 8:22, 11:25, 8:24 Ezra 10:13, 2:69 Nehemiah 4:4, 1:10 1 Chronicles 29:2, 26:8, 29:14, 29:12 2 Chronicles 20:6, 13:20, 22:9, 25:8, 26:13, 14:10, 20:12, 2:5

2014 — 2024 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Implemented as part of the research project at the ENS by M.Seveleu-Dubrovnik, PhD.
About | Listen audio | In other languages: .