'Strong' in the Bible

Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

The Amorites managed to remain in Har Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.

That day they killed about ten thousand Moabites -- all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped.

The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them -- the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong!

He said to them, "Out of the one who eats came something to eat; out of the strong one came something sweet." They could not solve the riddle for three days.

The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, "Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces."

So Delilah said to Samson, "Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated."

She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong."

The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized they were too strong to resist, he turned around and went home.