- ἰσχύς
- ἰσχύς, ύος, ἡ (s. ἰσχυρός, ἰσχύω; Hes.+; rare in later times and in ins and pap [e.g. PMich 156—II A.D.], but oft. LXX; pseudepigr.; Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 19 al.; Just., Ath., Iren.) capability to function effectively, strength, power, might 1 Cl 13:1 (Jer 9:22); 39:2; B 6:3; 12:11 (Is 45:1); Hv 3, 12, 2; ἐξ ἰ. by the strength 1 Pt 4:11. ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰ. with all one’s strength Mk 12:30, 33 (ψυχῆς v.l.); 1 Cl 33:8; cp. Lk 10:27 (s. Herm. Wr. 1, 30 ἐκ ψυχῆς κ. ἰσχύος ὅλης); ἰσχύειν τῇ ἰ. Hs 9, 1, 2. (W. δύναμις, as Dio Chrys. 14 [31], 11; 30 [47], 3; Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 71 §302; PLond III, 1319, 5 p. 272 [544/45 A.D.]; cp. Thu. 7, 66, 3; 2 Ch 26:13; Jos., Ant. 11, 44) ἄγγελοι ἰσχύϊ κ. δυνάμει μείζονες 2 Pt 2:11. Used w. δύναμις and sim. words as attributes of God (ἰ. as divine attribute in Trag. and oft. LXX; cp. τοῦ λόγου ἰ. Orig., C. Cels. 1, 62, 71) Rv 5:12; 7:12. cp. also 1 Cl 60:1; Dg 9:6. Of God κράτος τῆς ἰ. (cp. Job 12:16 παρʼ αὐτῷ κράτος καὶ ἰσχύς.; En 1:4 ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ; Philo, De Prov. in Eus., PE 8, 14, 38; Ath. 24, 2) Eph 1:19; 6:10 (for the Eph passages cp. the Qumran parallels noted by KKuhn, NTS 7, ’61, 335, e.g. 1QH 4, 32; 18, 8; 1QS 11, 19f); 1 Cl 27:5. Of the Lord ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τῆς ἰ. αὐτοῦ (Is 2:10, 19, 21) 2 Th 1:9. Of the power of prayer IEph 5:2 (cp. ἐν ἰσχύι λόγου PsSol 17:36; Lucian, Hist. Conscr. 43 τῆς ἑρμηνείας ἰσχύς; Alex. Aphr., Fat. 16, II 2 p. 186, 23 of the power of truth; Phalaris, Ep. 70, 1). Of generative power ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς ἰσχύος AcPl Ox 1602, 12f (AcPl Ha 8, 14 ὀσφύος)=BMM recto 17.—DELG. M-M. TW.
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