280 occurrences

'Mighty' in the Bible

The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

Verse ConceptsGiantsAntediluviansBefore The FloodWarriorsMarital SexAngels As Sons Of GodMarital Sex BetweenAngels Interacting With PeoplePeople Have HonourInterracial MarriageSame Sex Marriageheroes

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Verse ConceptsThe Mighty MenFirst OnesPowerful Individuals

He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsHuntingRecreationLike People In CharacterOld Sayingsfearless

And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWrestlingPeople With Apt Names

But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthArmsGod, Power OfGod, The RockGod, Titles And Names OfRefugeShepherds, As Kings And LeadersChrist, The ShepherdSoftnessMighty One

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalFilling PlacesBirth ControlPeople Multiplyingfruitfulness

And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Verse ConceptsGod Doing GoodPeople Multiplying

And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's ForeknowledgeStrength Of God

Entreat Jehovah; for there hath been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Verse ConceptsPray For UsPraying For SinnersMore Than Enough

Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodLeadSinkingGod Dispensing Wind

Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

Verse ConceptsMeltingGroups Trembling

And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGrace, In OtMoses, Significance OfPleasing GodPrayer, Described AsStrength Of GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptWhy Does God Do This?Seeking The Favour Of GodEclipse

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

Verse ConceptsFavouritismethics, socialequalityJudging OthersLaw, OtLawsuitsPrejudiceRespect, For Human BeingsJusticeCivil GovernmentPartialityJudging RightlyInjusticeMighty in its influenceRespectMaking DecisionsRespecting Authority

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyInvitationsSorcery And MagicCursing IsraelPeople Blessing

O Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy mighty acts?

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivinePower Of God, DescribedMiracles Showing God's PowerBeginning Of SalvationNo One Is Like GodNo Other Acts Like Godgreatness

Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivineArm Of God

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, As RedeemerHand Of GodHolidayRememberingCaptivity, Of IsraelAbusive ParentsArm Of GodGod's HandGroups Of SlavesKeeping The SabbathGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt: and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

Verse ConceptsempiresOppression, God's Attitude ToGod's HandGroups Of SlavesGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGod, Power OfHand Of GodOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtGod's HandGod Swearing BlessingsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod's Love For Israel

the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so shall Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid.

Verse ConceptsArm Of GodGod's HandStrength Of GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And I prayed unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, As RedeemerGod, Majesty OfGod, Power OfPeople Of God, In OtRedemption, In Everyday LifeAbundance, SpiritualGod's HandGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtDiscipline Child

And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

Verse ConceptsNationalismNomadsWanderersPeople MultiplyingFew Peoplesyriawandering

and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders;

Verse ConceptsArm Of GodGod's HandStrength Of GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanAweSpectators

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them;

Verse ConceptsRiver CrossingsPeople HelpingBeyond JordanRules About Young People

that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah your God for ever.

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelReverence, And God's NatureFear Of GodGod's HandFear God!Knowing God's Character

And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfAttackingGod's Activity In IsraelWarfare, Examples OfThose God Gave Into Their Hands

So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.

that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

Verse ConceptsCityLargenessFearing Other People

So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.

The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he knoweth; and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah (save thou us not this day,)

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfGod, The LordMighty One

Then came down a remnant of the nobles and the people; Jehovah came down for me against the mighty.

Verse ConceptsNoblesSurvivors Of The Nationsdominion

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilAngels, Ministry To UnbelieversCursing The UngodlyNo Helpcurses

And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.

Verse ConceptsHeraldGod AppearingGod With Specific Peoplefearlessheroesgideon

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

Verse ConceptsIllegitimate ChildrenHarlots

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

Verse ConceptsClansRelativesWealthy PeopleRelationships And DatingFamily Conflict

The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

Verse ConceptsStumblingreinforcement

Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.

Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.

And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

Verse ConceptsConscriptionThe Mighty Men

Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Abilities OfMusical Instruments, types ofInstrumentalistsGod With Specific PeopleWarStress And Hard TimesSpeechHandsome Men

Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!

Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingDrawbacks To Man's Power

Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicaldewLack Of RainAnointing Things

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And the sword of Saul returned not empty.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArchers, MenPeople OvercomingKilling Many People

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.

Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingDrawbacks To Man's PowerKilling Named Individuals

And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

Verse ConceptsWarriorsEarthly Armies

And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

Verse ConceptsGuardsStoningThrowing Stones

Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Verse ConceptsMiddle AgeBearsBereavementFierce MenReady For War

And even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.

Verse ConceptsFear Of Enemies

And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod Saving From EnemiesOvercoming Enemies

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.

Verse ConceptsThe Mighty MenSeven To Nine HundredKilling Many People

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.

Verse ConceptsThree Men

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConsecrationDrawing WaterPouring WaterBreaking Forthrisk

And he said, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this:'shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

Verse ConceptsPeople Consuming BloodRiskingrisk

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two'sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

Verse ConceptsPitsSnowStrength, HumanChampionsKilling Wild AnimalsDeliverance From LionsCold WeatherHoles In The Ground

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.

Verse ConceptsPraising Specific People

But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men that belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

Verse ConceptsGuardsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfStrength Of God

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.

Verse ConceptsdiligenceDiligence, Results OfServants, GoodIndustry, Examples OfPromotionEntrustingForced Labour

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

Verse ConceptsCommanderKingdomsLeprosyOccupationsSoldierssyriaarmy

And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.

Verse ConceptsTax To Be Paid

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

Verse ConceptsBlacksmithsSmall RemnantsTens Of ThousandsExile Of Judah To Babylon

And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

And these were the heads of their fathers houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers houses.

And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers houses, to wit , of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

Verse ConceptsGenealogiesTwenty Thousand And Up

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.

Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousand

And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers houses , mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.

Verse ConceptsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons'sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenArchers, In ArmiesWarriors

Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofThe Mighty Men

And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time.

Verse ConceptsThirty

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.

Verse ConceptsThree Men

and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

Verse ConceptsCrude LanguagePeople Consuming Bloodrisk

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two'sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesSnowStrength, HumanKilling Wild AnimalsDeliverance From LionsCold Weatherheroes

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.

Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.

Verse ConceptsConflict

and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite,

Verse ConceptsWarriors

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

Verse ConceptsCommandereagernessWarriorsFast RunnersDeer

And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.

Verse ConceptsWarriors

Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

Verse ConceptsSeven Thousand

and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.

Verse ConceptsLeadership Qualities

And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers houses.

Verse ConceptsFameTwenty Thousand And Up

And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.

Verse ConceptsAbility

Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers houses . In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsGenealogies

This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and of his course was Ammizabad his son.

Verse ConceptsThirty

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsCommanderRankAssembling Leaders

And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

Verse ConceptsPledges

Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfForeignersArmsHand Of GodStrangers in israelAliens

And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

Verse ConceptsPolygamyFourteenTwenty Some

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Definition
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גּבּר גּבּור 
Gibbowr 
Usage: 159

גּבוּרה 
G@buwrah 
Usage: 61

כּבּיר 
Kabbiyr 
Usage: 10

δύναμις 
Dunamis 
Usage: 95

δυνατός 
Dunatos 
Usage: 26

H47
אבּיר 
'abbiyr 
Usage: 17

אדּיר 
'addiyr 
Usage: 27

איל 
'ayil 
Usage: 100

איתן 
'eythan 
Usage: 13

אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

אמּץ אמּיץ 
'ammiyts 
Usage: 6

אפיק 
'aphiyq 
Usage: 19

גּבר 
Gabar 
Usage: 25

גּבר 
Geber 
Usage: 65

גּבּר 
Gibbar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

זרעה זרועה זרע זרוע 
Z@rowa` 
Usage: 91

חזק 
Chazaq 
Usage: 57

מה 
Mah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

עז 
`az 
Usage: 22

עוז עז 
`oz 
Usage: 55

עים 
`ayam 
Usage: 1

עצם עצוּם 
`atsuwm 
Usage: 31

עצם 
`atsam 
Usage: 20

עריץ 
`ariyts 
Usage: 20

צר צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 76

רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

שׁלּיט 
Shalliyt 
Usage: 4

תּקּיף 
Taqqiyph (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

βίαιος 
Biaios 
Usage: 1

δυνάστης 
Dunastes 
Usage: 3

δυνατέω 
Dunateo 
be mighty
Usage: 1

ἰσχυρός 
Ischuros 
Usage: 20

ἰσχύς 
Ischus 
Usage: 10

κραταιός 
Krataios 
Usage: 1

κράτος 
Kratos 
Usage: 12

μεγαλειότης 
megaleiotes 
Usage: 3

τηλικοῦτοςτηλικαύτη 
Telikoutos 
so great , so mighty
Usage: 4

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