power

Greek Noun Neuter

κράτος, -εος (-ους), τό [in LXX chiefly for עֹז, Job.12:16, Psa.90:11 al;] 1) strength, esp. as in Hom, of bodily strength. 2) power, might: Heb.2:14; τὸ κ. τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, Eph.1:19 6:10 (Isa.40:26, Da TH Dan.4:27); τ. δόςης αὐτοῦ, Col.1:11; κατὰ κράτος, mightily, Act.19:20; a mighty deed, an act of power, Luk.1:51; in doxologies, 1Ti.6:16, 1Pe.4:11 5:11, Ju 25, Rev.1:6 5:13. (AS)

power

Greek Noun Neuter

κράτος [ᾰ], Ionic dialect and Epic dialect κάρτος, εος, τό, both in [Refs 8th c.BC+] κρέτος [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— strength, might, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] especially of bodily strength, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc; τὸ γὰρ αὖτε σιδήρου γε κ. ἐστίν this (i.e. τὸ βάψαι) is what gives strength to iron, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ κράτος with all one's might or strength, [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc: frequently in phrase αἱρεῖν κατὰ κ. take by storm, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος, opposed to λόγῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) personified, K. [Refs 5th c.BC+]. II) power, τοῦ γὰρ κ. ἐστὶ μέγιστον, of Zeus, [LXX+8th c.BC+], etc: plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of political power, rule, sovereignty, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; τὸ πᾶν κ. ἔχειν to be all-powerful, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βασιλεὺς πρῶτος ἐν κράτει Ὀδρυσῶν ἐγένετο in real power, [Refs 5th c.BC+] sovereign power, [Refs] II.2) with genitive, power over, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὧν ἂν ᾖ τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς whoever have possession of the land, [Refs 6th c.BC+]: plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry). II.3) of persons, a power, an authority, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) mastery, victory, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀέθλων κ. victory in, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἀριστείας the meed of highest valour, [Refs 6th c.BC+]. IV) in Medicine texts, in plural, ligaments, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.2) ={ταρσός}, back of the hand, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V) [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for ten, [Refs].—This word and its derivations take two forms, κρατ- and καρτ; the latter is mostly Epic dialect, as κάρτος, κάρτιστος, καρτύνω, but in κρατερός and καρτερός the reverse holds, see at {κρατερός} near the end; κρατέω, κρατύς have no form καρτ. (κρατ- and καρτ- from kṛt, weak form of κρετ, compare κρέτος, κρέσσων.)

Greek

Noun Neuter

vigor ("great") (literally or figuratively); dominion, might(-ily), power, strength; perhaps a primary word