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strong

Meaning of “strong”

Having great power, might, firmness, courage, capacity, influence, defence, health, intensity, or ability to act, endure, resist, overcome, or support.

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255 occurrences239 verses45 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:14

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Amos 2:9
¶ Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 2:9 · retained source text

¶ Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the Cedars, and hee was strong as the okes, yet I destroyed his fruite from aboue, and his rootes from beneath.

1611 marginal noteNum.21.24. deut. 2.31. iosh. 24.8.

Amos 2:14
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 2:14 · retained source text

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie deliuer himselfe:

1611 marginal noteHeb. his soule or life.

Amos 5:9
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
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1611 witness · Amos 5:9 · retained source text

That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong: so that the spoiled shall come against the fortresse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. spoile.

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