KJV dictionary & concordance

power

Meaning of “power”

Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

272 occurrences260 verses47 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 31:6

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Isaiah 37:27

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Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Isaiah 37:27 · retained source text

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grasse of the field, and as the greene herbe, as the grasse on the house tops, and as corne blasted before it be growen vp.

1611 marginal noteHeb. short of hand.

Isaiah 40:26

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Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:26 · retained source text

Lift vp your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names, by the greatnesse of his might, for that hee is strong in power, not one faileth.

Isaiah 40:29

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He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:29 · retained source text

He giueth power to the faint, and to them that haue no might, he increaseth strength.

Isaiah 43:17

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Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 43:17 · retained source text

Which bringeth foorth the charet and horse, the armie and the power: they shall lie downe together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as towe.

Isaiah 47:14

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Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 47:14 · retained source text

Behold, they shall be as stubble: the fire shall burne them, they shall not deliuer themselues from the power of the flame: there shall not bee a coale to warme at, nor fire to sit before it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. their soules.

Isaiah 50:2

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Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 50:2 · retained source text

Wherefore when I came was there no man? when I called, was there none to answere? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeeme? or haue I no power to deliuer? Beholde, at my rebuke I drie vp the sea: I make the riuers a wildernes: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

1611 marginal noteNum. 11.23. chap. 59.1.

1611 marginal noteExod. 14.21.

1611 marginal noteIosh.3.16

Complete reference index — all 260 verses

Genesis 31:6 Genesis 31:29 Genesis 32:28 Genesis 49:3 Exodus 9:16 Exodus 15:6 Exodus 21:8 Exodus 32:11 Leviticus 26:19 Leviticus 26:37 Numbers 14:17 Numbers 22:38 Deuteronomy 4:37 Deuteronomy 8:17 Deuteronomy 8:18 Deuteronomy 9:29 Deuteronomy 32:36 Joshua 8:20 Joshua 17:17 1 Samuel 9:1 1 Samuel 30:4 2 Samuel 22:33 2 Kings 17:36 2 Kings 19:26 1 Chronicles 20:1 1 Chronicles 29:11 1 Chronicles 29:12 2 Chronicles 14:11 2 Chronicles 20:6 2 Chronicles 22:9 2 Chronicles 25:8 2 Chronicles 26:13 2 Chronicles 32:9 Ezra 4:23 Ezra 8:22 Nehemiah 1:10 Nehemiah 5:5 Esther 1:3 Esther 8:11 Esther 9:1 Esther 10:2 Job 1:12 Job 5:20 Job 21:7 Job 23:6 Job 24:22 Job 26:2 Job 26:12 Job 26:14 Job 36:22 Job 37:23 Job 41:12 Psalms 21:13 Psalms 22:20 Psalms 37:35 Psalms 49:15 Psalms 59:11 Psalms 59:16 Psalms 62:11 Psalms 63:2 Psalms 65:6 Psalms 66:3 Psalms 66:7 Psalms 68:35 Psalms 71:18 Psalms 78:26 Psalms 79:11 Psalms 90:11 Psalms 106:8 Psalms 110:3 Psalms 111:6 Psalms 145:11 Psalms 147:5 Psalms 150:1 Proverbs 3:27 Proverbs 18:21 Ecclesiastes 4:1 Ecclesiastes 5:19 Ecclesiastes 6:2 Ecclesiastes 8:4 Ecclesiastes 8:8 Isaiah 37:27 Isaiah 40:26 Isaiah 40:29 Isaiah 43:17 Isaiah 47:14 Isaiah 50:2 Jeremiah 10:12 Jeremiah 27:5 Jeremiah 32:17 Jeremiah 51:15 Ezekiel 17:9 Ezekiel 22:6 Ezekiel 30:6 Daniel 2:37 Daniel 3:27 Daniel 4:30 Daniel 6:27 Daniel 8:6 Daniel 8:7 Daniel 8:22 Daniel 8:24 Daniel 11:6 Daniel 11:25 Daniel 11:43 Daniel 12:7 Hosea 12:3 Hosea 12:4 Hosea 13:14 Micah 2:1 Micah 3:8 Nahum 1:3 Nahum 2:1 Habakkuk 1:11 Habakkuk 2:9 Habakkuk 3:4 Zechariah 4:6 Zechariah 9:4 Matthew 6:13 Matthew 9:6 Matthew 9:8 Matthew 10:1 Matthew 22:29 Matthew 24:30 Matthew 26:64 Matthew 28:18 Mark 2:10 Mark 3:15 Mark 6:7 Mark 9:1 Mark 12:24 Mark 13:26 Mark 14:62 Luke 1:17 Luke 1:35 Luke 4:6 Luke 4:14 Luke 4:32 Luke 4:36 Luke 5:17 Luke 5:24 Luke 9:1 Luke 9:43 Luke 10:19 Luke 12:5 Luke 20:20 Luke 21:27 Luke 22:53 Luke 22:69 Luke 24:49 John 1:12 John 10:18 John 17:2 John 19:10 John 19:11 Acts 1:7 Acts 1:8 Acts 3:12 Acts 4:7 Acts 4:33 Acts 5:4 Acts 6:8 Acts 8:10 Acts 8:19 Acts 10:38 Acts 26:18 Romans 1:4 Romans 1:16 Romans 1:20 Romans 9:17 Romans 9:21 Romans 9:22 Romans 13:1 Romans 13:2 Romans 13:3 Romans 15:13 Romans 15:19 Romans 16:25 1 Corinthians 1:18 1 Corinthians 1:24 1 Corinthians 2:4 1 Corinthians 2:5 1 Corinthians 4:19 1 Corinthians 4:20 1 Corinthians 5:4 1 Corinthians 6:12 1 Corinthians 6:14 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 7:37 1 Corinthians 9:4 1 Corinthians 9:5 1 Corinthians 9:6 1 Corinthians 9:12 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 15:24 1 Corinthians 15:43 2 Corinthians 4:7 2 Corinthians 6:7 2 Corinthians 8:3 2 Corinthians 12:9 2 Corinthians 13:4 2 Corinthians 13:10 Ephesians 1:19 Ephesians 1:21 Ephesians 2:2 Ephesians 3:7 Ephesians 3:20 Ephesians 6:10 Philippians 3:10 Colossians 1:11 Colossians 1:13 Colossians 2:10 1 Thessalonians 1:5 2 Thessalonians 1:9 2 Thessalonians 1:11 2 Thessalonians 2:9 2 Thessalonians 3:9 1 Timothy 6:16 2 Timothy 1:7 2 Timothy 1:8 2 Timothy 3:5 Hebrews 1:3 Hebrews 2:14 Hebrews 7:16 1 Peter 1:5 2 Peter 1:3 2 Peter 1:16 2 Peter 2:11 Jude 1:25 Revelation 2:26 Revelation 4:11 Revelation 5:12 Revelation 5:13 Revelation 6:4 Revelation 6:8 Revelation 7:12 Revelation 9:3 Revelation 9:10 Revelation 9:19 Revelation 11:3 Revelation 11:6 Revelation 11:17 Revelation 12:10 Revelation 13:2 Revelation 13:4 Revelation 13:5 Revelation 13:7 Revelation 13:12 Revelation 13:14 Revelation 13:15 Revelation 14:18 Revelation 15:8 Revelation 16:8 Revelation 16:9 Revelation 17:12 Revelation 17:13 Revelation 18:1 Revelation 19:1 Revelation 20:6

Where “power” appears

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

1 Corinthians 1:18

the preaching of the cross ... unto us which are saved ... is the power of God

Romans 1:16

the gospel of Christ ... is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth

2 · KJV context and cross-references

Genesis 31:6 Esther 1:3 Proverbs 3:27 Nahum 1:3 Luke 22:69 1 Corinthians 6:12 Hebrews 1:3 Revelation 20:6 Matthew 28:18 John 1:12 Romans 1:16 Romans 13:1 Romans 13:3 1 Corinthians 1:18 1 Corinthians 1:24 1 Corinthians 11:10 Ephesians 1:21

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

The faculty of doing or performing any thing; ... ability or strength. ... Force; strength; energy. ... Command; the right of governing, or actual government; dominion; rule; sway; authority. ... One invested with authority; a ruler. ... That which has physical power; an army; a navy; a host; a military force. ... In Scripture, right; privilege. ... Angels, good or bad. ... Violence; force; compulsion.

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power

Meaning of “power”

Every verse containing “power”

Where “power” appears

Definition evidence

1 Corinthians 1:18

Romans 1:16

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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