'Force' in the Bible

And so [because of the oath’s greater strength and force] Jesus has become the certain guarantee of a better covenant [a more excellent and more advantageous agreement; one that will never be replaced or annulled].

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

So even the first covenant was not put in force without [the shedding of] blood.