כֹּחַ
kôach · ko'-akh
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Lexicon
Derivation: or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ; from an unused root meaning to be firm;
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
- vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
- also, (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to separate and protect
The open hand that covers that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֹּחַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
126 occurrences · 126 OT · 0 NT · 79 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- power13 · 21%
- strength6 · 10%
- my strength5 · 8%
- no strength4 · 6%
- in power4 · 6%
- by his power3 · 5%
- in strength3 · 5%
- and there is not strength2 · 3%
- their strength2 · 3%
- with his power2 · 3%
- his power2 · 3%
- the strength2 · 3%
- the power2 · 3%
- was then, even so is my strength1 · 2%
- me: as my strength1 · 2%
- that with all my power1 · 2%
- my power1 · 2%
- and now, i beseech thee, let the power1 · 2%
- in thy might1 · 2%
- and your strength1 · 2%
- and the chameleon1 · 2%
- thee power1 · 2%
- in thee my power1 · 2%
- my might1 · 2%
- unto thee her strength1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.