KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 31:6
Complete exact-word concordance
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my LORD be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
And Balaam saide vnto Balak, Loe, I am come vnto thee: haue I now any power at all to say any thing? the worde that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speake.
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;
And because he loued thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mightie power out of Egypt:
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
And thou say in thine heart, My power, and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giueth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his Couenant, which he sware vnto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
Yet they are thy people, and thine inheritance which thou broughtest out by thy mightie power, and by thy stretched out arme.
For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
For the LORD shall iudge his people, and repent himselfe for his seruants, when he seeth that their power is gone; and there is none shut vp, or left.
1611 marginal noteHeb. hand.
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended vp to heauen, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wildernesse, turned backe vpon the pursuers.
1611 marginal noteHeb. hand.
And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
And Ioshua spake vnto the house of Ioseph, euen to Ephraim, and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: Thou shalt not haue one lot onely.
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.
¶ Now there was a man of Beniamin, whose name was Kish, the sonne of Abiel, the sonne of Zeror, the sonne of Bechorath, the sonne of Aphiah, a Beniamite, a mighty man of power.
1611 marginal noteOr, the sonne of a man of Iemini.
1611 marginal noteOr, substance.
1611 marginal noteChap. 14.51. 1.chro. 8.33.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
the preaching of the cross ... unto us which are saved ... is the power of God
the gospel of Christ ... is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
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.
