277 occurrences

'Mighty' in the Bible

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, 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 the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

Verse ConceptsHuntingRecreationLike People In CharacterOld Sayingsfearless

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Verse ConceptsPrincesAbraham, In SocietySepulchresConsentThe Cave Of MachpelahBurying places

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God 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

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

Verse ConceptsGod Doing GoodPeople Multiplying

And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's ForeknowledgeStrength Of God

Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Verse ConceptsPray For UsPraying For SinnersMore Than Enough

And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsSeaWestWindMiracles Of Moses And AaronOut Of The WestOther References To The Red Sea

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 the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

Verse ConceptsMeltingGroups Trembling

And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which 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 honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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 wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyInvitationsSorcery And MagicCursing IsraelPeople Blessing

O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

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 temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivineArm Of God

And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

Verse ConceptsPeople Of God, In OtGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod's Love For IsraelDadsFathers Love

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD 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 the LORD 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 the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, 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 temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

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

Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

Verse ConceptsThe Most HighGod Is Among YouDo Not Fear MenGod Is To Be Feared

But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

Verse ConceptsConfusionDisorder Among The Nations

I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which 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

Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfArmsGod, Power OfStrength Of GodPeople Belong To God

And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtDiscipline Child

And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

Verse ConceptsNationalismNomadsWanderersPeople MultiplyingFew Peoplesyriawandering

And the LORD 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 that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanAweSpectators

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

Verse ConceptsRiver CrossingsPeople HelpingBeyond JordanRules About Young People

That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

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

And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

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 against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away 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 ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.

Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

Verse ConceptsNoblesSurvivors Of The Nationsdominion

Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

Verse ConceptsThunder

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

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

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

Verse ConceptsHeraldGod AppearingGod With Specific Peoplefearlessheroesgideon

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an 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 the 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 Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

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

The beauty of 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, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been 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! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine 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

For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be 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 he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be 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.

These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

Verse ConceptsThe Mighty MenSeven To Nine HundredKilling Many People

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the 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 Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConsecrationDrawing WaterPouring WaterBreaking Forthrisk

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

Verse ConceptsPeople Consuming BloodRiskingrisk

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among 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 which 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

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge 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 honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, 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 valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

Verse ConceptsBlacksmithsSmall RemnantsTens Of ThousandsExile Of Judah To Babylon

And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsPolygamyKings Exiled

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

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

And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

Verse ConceptsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

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

Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenArchers, In ArmiesWarriors

These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofThe Mighty Men

And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

Verse ConceptsThirty

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, helpers of the war.

Verse ConceptsConflict

And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,

Verse ConceptsWarriors

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

Verse ConceptsWarriors

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

Verse ConceptsSeven Thousand

And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, 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 valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.

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 throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.

Verse ConceptsAbility

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

Verse ConceptsGenealogies

This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in 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 ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, 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 stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfForeignersArmsHand Of GodStrangers in israelAliens

And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

Verse ConceptsPolygamyFourteenTwenty Some

And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalShieldsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesWarriorsTwo Hundred Thousand And MoreThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMiddle Age

And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.

Verse ConceptsThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfExamples Of ConsecrationTwo Hundred Thousand And MoreVolunteering

And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

Verse ConceptsSoldiersTwo Hundred Thousand And More

He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

Verse ConceptsTalentsCoinageHiringMercenariesOne Hundred Thousand And More

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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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