κραταιός
mighty
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
Case
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where G2900 appears — 1 distinct verse across 1 book. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
1 Peter 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
κραταιος — transliterated krataiós — is a Greek adjective carrying the sense “mighty.” With only 1 verse it sits in the long tail of Greek New Testament vocabulary. Its uses cluster heavily in 1 Peter (100% of all occurrences). Found nowhere else but 1 Peter 5:6. Sharing its root, it stands alongside κρατος, καρτερεω and κρατεω. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2900 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1 distinct verse.
- 1 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 1 of 27 New Testament books.
- #3,503
- by frequency
- Top 5000 most frequent Greek words (rank 3,503 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 1 occurrence in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Peter 1 verse 100%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1 distinct verse.
- General (Catholic) Epistles 1 verse · 100%
How translations render this word
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- King James Version: Mighty 1×
- American Standard Version: Mighty 1×
- Berean Standard Bible: Mighty 1×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Powerful 1×
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
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Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- mighty
Word origin
Derived from κρατος (krátos) (G2904) — power.
From G2904 ; powerful : - mighty.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2900, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- καρτερεω karteréō G2594 to be steadfast
- κρατεω kratéō G2902 to have power
- κρατιστος krátistos G2903 mightiest
- κρειττων kreíttōn G2909 more excellent
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word κραταιος appears 54 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 54 verses in 17 books.
- 54
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 54
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Exodus 3:19 κραταιός
- Deuteronomy 3:24 κραταιός
- Joshua 24:4 κραταιός
- Judges 5:13 κραταιός
- 1 Samuel 14:52 κραταιός
- 2 Samuel 11:15 κραταιός
- 1 Kings 12:24 κραταιός
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 κραταιός
- Ezra 6:4 κραταιός
- Job 9:4 κραταιός
- Psalms 23:8 κραταιός
- Proverbs 23:11 κραταιός
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2900) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 54. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 3:19 κραταιός I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
- Exodus 6:1 κραταιός Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."
- Exodus 13:3 κραταιός Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
- Exodus 13:9 κραταιός It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:14 κραταιός It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
- Exodus 13:16 κραταιός It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes: for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt."
- Deuteronomy 3:24 κραταιός Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to your works, and according to your mighty acts?
- Deuteronomy 4:34 κραταιός Or has God tried to go and take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Deuteronomy 5:15 κραταιός You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
- Deuteronomy 6:21 κραταιός then you shall tell your son, We were Pharaoh's bondservants in Egypt: and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
- Deuteronomy 7:8 κραταιός but because Yahweh loves you, and because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, has Yahweh brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 7:19 κραταιός the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh your God brought you out: so shall Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
- Deuteronomy 7:21 κραταιός You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is in the midst of you, a great and awesome God.
- Deuteronomy 9:26 κραταιός I prayed to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, don't destroy your people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
- Deuteronomy 11:2 κραταιός Know you this day: for I don't speak with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,
- Deuteronomy 26:8 κραταιός and Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs, and with wonders;
- Deuteronomy 34:12 κραταιός and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses worked in the sight of all Israel.
- Joshua 24:4 κραταιός I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
- Judges 5:13 κραταιός Then came down a remnant of the nobles [and] the people; Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.
- 1 Samuel 14:52 κραταιός There was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him to him.
- 2 Samuel 11:15 κραταιός He wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may be struck, and die.
- 2 Samuel 22:31 κραταιός As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Yahweh is tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- 2 Samuel 22:33 κραταιός God is my strong fortress; He guides the perfect in his way.
- 1 Kings 12:24 κραταιός Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 17:17 κραταιός It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
- 1 Kings 18:2 κραταιός Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was sore in Samaria.
- 1 Kings 19:11 κραταιός He said, Go forth, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh. Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake:
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 κραταιός Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:
- Ezra 6:4 κραταιός with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.
- Ezra 10:4 κραταιός Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you: be of good courage, and do it.
- Ezra 11:10 κραταιός
- Ezra 19:32 κραταιός
- Job 9:4 κραταιός God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
- Job 26:2 κραταιός "How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
- Job 30:21 κραταιός You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
- Psalms 23:8 κραταιός
- Psalms 46:10 κραταιός "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."
- Psalms 53:5 κραταιός There they were in great fear, where no fear was, For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, Because God has rejected them.
- Psalms 58:4 κραταιός Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
- Psalms 70:7 κραταιός
- Psalms 85:14 κραταιός
- Psalms 134:10 κραταιός
- Psalms 135:12 κραταιός And gave their land for a heritage, A heritage to Israel, his people.
- Psalms 135:18 κραταιός Those who make them will be like them; Yes, everyone who trusts in them.
- Proverbs 23:11 κραταιός For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
- Song of Solomon 8:6 κραταιός Set me as a seal on your heart, As a seal on your arm; For love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, A very flame of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 21:5 κραταιός I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.
- Jeremiah 39:21 κραταιός
- Ezekiel 3:9 κραταιός As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: don't be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 3:14 κραταιός So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2900) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
