כֹּחַ
strength
also: power, might fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
65 distinct verses where H3581 appears in the Construct state, across 23 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew 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 Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 3 verses
- Genesis 4:12 כֹּחָ֖/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
- Genesis 31:6 כֹּחִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.
- Genesis 49:3 כֹּחִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
Exodus 1 verse
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 2 verses
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:37 בְּ/כֹח֥/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
- Deuteronomy 8:17 כֹּחִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs and [lest] you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
- Deuteronomy 9:29 בְּ/כֹחֲ/ךָ֣ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 7 verses
- Judges 6:14 בְּ/כֹחֲ/ךָ֣ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh looked at him, and said, Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent you?
- Judges 16:5 כֹּח֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will each give you of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
- Judges 16:6 כֹּחֲ/ךָ֣ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, Please, in which your great strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you.
- Judges 16:9 כֹּחֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. She said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
- Judges 16:15 כֹּחֲ/ךָ֥ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms She said to him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? you have mocked me these three times, and have not told me in which your great strength lies.
- Judges 16:17 כֹחִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man."
- Judges 16:19 כֹּח֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
1 Kings 1 verse
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 13:20 כֹּֽחַ n c ms cs Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and Yahweh struck him, and he died.
- 2 Chronicles 26:13 בְּ/כֹ֣חַ prep + n c ms cs Under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, who made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 1:10 בְּ/כֹחֲ/ךָ֣ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
- Nehemiah 4:10 כֹּ֣חַ n c ms cs Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
Job 11 verses
- Job 6:11 כֹּחִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
- Job 6:12 כֹּ֣חַ כֹּחִ֑/י n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
- Job 6:22 וּ֝/מִ/כֹּחֲ/כֶ֗ם conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Did I say, 'Give to me?' Or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?'
- Job 24:22 בְּ/כֹח֑/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
- Job 26:12 בְּ֭/כֹח/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He stirs up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
- Job 30:2 כֹּ֣חַ n c ms cs Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, Men in whom ripe age has perished?
- Job 31:39 כֹּ֭חָ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, Or have caused the owners of it to lose their life:
- Job 36:5 כֹּ֣חַֽ n c ms cs "Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Job 36:22 בְּ/כֹח֑/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
- Job 39:11 כֹּח֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
- Job 40:16 כֹח֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Look now, his strength is in his loins, His force is in the muscles of his belly.
Psalms 7 verses
- Psalms 22:15 כֹּחִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
- Psalms 31:10 כֹחִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For my life is spent with sorrow, My years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
- Psalms 38:10 כֹחִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
- Psalms 65:6 בְּ/כֹח֑/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Who by his power forms the mountains, Having armed yourself with strength;
- Psalms 71:9 כֹּ֝חִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails.
- Psalms 102:23 כח/ו כֹּחִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.
- Psalms 111:6 כֹּ֣חַ n c ms cs He has shown his people the power of his works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.
Proverbs 4 verses
- Proverbs 5:10 כֹּחֶ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man's house.
- Proverbs 14:4 בְּ/כֹ֣חַ prep + n c ms cs Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, But much increase is by the strength of the ox.
- Proverbs 20:29 כֹּחָ֑/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
- Proverbs 24:10 כֹּחֶֽ/כָה n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms If you falter in the time of trouble, Your strength is small.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 4 verses
- Isaiah 10:13 בְּ/כֹ֤חַ prep + n c ms cs For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down those who sit [on thrones]:
- Isaiah 44:12 כֹּח֔/וֹ כֹּ֔חַ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms The smith [makes] an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
- Isaiah 49:4 כֹּחִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my recompense with my God.
- Isaiah 63:1 כֹּח֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Jeremiah 4 verses
- Jeremiah 10:12 בְּ/כֹח֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
- Jeremiah 27:5 בְּ/כֹחִ/י֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
- Jeremiah 32:17 בְּ/כֹֽחֲ/ךָ֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
- Jeremiah 51:15 בְּ/כֹח֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
Lamentations 1 verse
Daniel 5 verses
- Daniel 8:6 כֹּחֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
- Daniel 8:22 בְ/כֹחֽ/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
- Daniel 8:24 כֹּח/וֹ֙ בְ/כֹח֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do [his pleasure]; and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
- Daniel 11:6 כּ֣וֹחַ n c ms cs At the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.
- Daniel 11:25 כֹּח֨/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.
Hosea 1 verse
Amos 1 verse
Habakkuk 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.
The Hebrew noun כח centers on the idea of “strength.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 4:12. Spanning 121 verses in 28 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Beyond “strength” it also covers “power” and “might” — see its full sense range. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3581 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 121
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 121 distinct verses.
- 28 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 28 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #348
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 348 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 121 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 121 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 67 verses · 55%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 40 verses · 33%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 14 verses · 12%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Strength 42×, Power 33×, Might 4×
- American Standard Version†: Strength 34×, Power 30×, Might 6×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Strength 46×, Power 33×, Own strength 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Strength 53×, Power 34×, Might 5×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3581 across 124† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 38 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3581 across 123† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 45 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3581 across 118† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3581 across 141† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 27 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
10 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 10 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
כח I [m.] a small reptile, prob. a kind of lizard, in list of unclean creeping things Lv 11
כח II and (†Dn 11
- 1. human strength:
- a. physical, of Samson Ju 16:5, 6, 9, 15, 17, 19, 30; strength in toil Is 44:12 (זְרוֹעַ כֹּתוֹ), v 12 Lv 26:20 Ne 4:4; of manly vigour (in procreation) אַתָּה כֹּחִי וְרֵאשִׁית אוֹנִי Gn 49:3 (poem in J; said to Reuben); vigour in gen. Jos 14:11(×2) (JE), Ju 6:14 1 S 28:22 Jb 6:11, 12 ψ 31:11; 38:11; 71:9; 102:24; Pr 20:29; as sustained by food 1 K 19:8; lack of such vigour is לֹא־כֹחַ Jb 26:2, cf. מִכֹּחַ Je 48:45 without strength; בְּלֹא־כ׳ La 1:6; יְגִיעֵי־כ׳ Jb 3:17; כֹּחַ לֹא־הָיָה בוֹ 1 S 28:20, cf. Dn 10:8, 17; in ψ 22:16 read חִכִּי, so Ew Ol Che al.; specif. of power of voice Is 40:9. e.g. Judges 16:5
- b. more inclusively, ability, efficiency: sq. inf., ability to weep 1 S 30:4; to get wealth Dt 8:18; to bring forth (a child; in fig.) 2 K 19:3 = Is 37:3; sq. לַעֲמֹד Dn 1:4 Ezr 10:13, cf. Dn 11:15; without inf. 1 Ch 29:2 Ezr 2:69; of efficiency in battle 2 Ch 14:10; 20:12; 26:13; for porter’s service in temple אִישׁ־חַיִל בַּכֹּחַ לַעֲבֹדָה 1 Ch 26:8; ability or efficiency in gen. Gn 31:6 Pr 24:5, 10 Ec 4:1; 9:10, so prob. כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם Jb 30:2; עָצַר כֹּחַ (late, cf. עצר) retain ability or strength, sq. inf.; נַעְצֹר כ׳ לְהִתְנַדֵּב 1 Ch 29:14 that we should retain (have) ability to make freewill-offerings; to build 2 Ch 2:5; c. neg., without inf., Dn 10:8, 16 (cf. 11:6, c.). e.g. 1 Samuel 30:4
- c. power of a people, or king, Jos 17:17 Na 2:2 Hb 1:11 Is 49:4 (of servant of י׳), La 1:14 Dn 8:22, 24a, also v 24b (si vera l., v. Bev), 11:25 (‖ לֵבָב); c. עָצַר 2 Ch 13:20; 22:9 Dn 11:6 (לֹא תַעְצֹר כ׳ הַזְּרוֹעַ, cf. b); in Ho 7:9 fig. of body seems combined with that of land yielding produce (v. 5 infr.) e.g. Joshua 17:17
- d. power opp. to that of God Am 2:14 Is 10:13 (כ׳ יָדִי), Dt 8:17 1 S 2:9 Zc 4:6 Jb 36:19 ψ 33:16. e.g. Amos 2:14
- e. power conferred by God Is 40:29, cf. v 31; 41:1; of prophetic power Mi 3:8. e.g. Isaiah 40:29
- 2. strength of angels ψ 103:20. e.g. Psalms 103:20
- 3. power of God: in creation Je 10:12; 51:51 (see also 32:17 infr.); ψ 65:7; in governing the world 1 Ch 29:12 2 Ch 20:6 ψ 29:4; in acts of deliverance and judgment Ex 9:16; 15:6; 32:11 Nu 14:13, 17 (JE), Is 50:2 2 Ch 25:8 Jb 9:19; 24:22; 26:12; 30:18; 36:22; in combin. כֹּחַ גָּדוֹל Dt 4:37; ‖ יָד חֲזָקָה Ex 32:11 (JE), Ne 1:10; ‖ זְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה Dt 9:29 2 K 17:36 Je 27:5; 32:17; he is רַב־כֹּחַ ψ 147:5, cf. רֹב כֹּחוֹ Is 63:1 Jb 23:6; also גדול־כֹּחַ Na 1:3; אַמִּיץ כֹּחַ Is 40:26 Jb 9:4, שַׂגִּיא־כֹחַ 37:23; כֹּחַ מַעֲשָׂיו ψ 116:6 the power of his works; קוֹל י׳ בַּכֹּחַ ψ 29:4 (of thunder); specif. of his wisdom (rather peculiarly, Elihu) כַּבִּיר כֹּחַ לֵב Jb 36:5 mighty in strength of mind. e.g. Jeremiah 10:12
- 4. of animals: wild ox Jb 39:11, horse v 21, hippopot. 40:16, bullock Pr 14:4; he-goat Dn 8:6, ram v 7. e.g. Job 39:11
- 5. strength, of soil i.e. produce, Gn 4:12 (J), Jb 31:39; (Ho 7:9 v. 1. c supr.); = wealth (cf. חַיִל Pr 5:10 Jb 6:22. e.g. Genesis 4:12
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.[m.] a small reptile, prob. a kind of lizard, in list of unclean creeping things Lv 11:30; 𝔊 𝔙 AV chameleon; on various opinions v. Di.
III. and (†Dn 11:6) כּוֹחַ n.m. Dt 4:37 strength, power (NH id.);—כ׳ abs. Dt 8:18 +; cstr. Nu 14:17 +; sf. כֹּחִי Gn 31:6 +; כֹּחֲךָ Ju 16:6 +, כֹּחֶ֑ךָ Pr 5:10, כֹּחֶ֑כָה Pr 24:10, etc.; always sg.;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be firm
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
כָּח
- , v. כָּחַח
כֹּחַ
- v. יָכַח) firmness, strength, power. Hor. 9ᵃ בנוי בכ׳ וכ׳ in beauty, in physical strength, &c. Ḥag. 12ᵃ. Snh. 96ᵃ תשש כֹּחוֹ his strength failed him. Ber. 63ᵃ כל … אין בו כח וכ׳ he who is careless about the study of the Law, will have no strength to endure on the day of trouble; a. v. fr.—Bets. 2ᵇ, a. fr. (mixed diction) להוריעך … כֹּחָן to show the power of …, i.e. how far-reaching are the consequences of the opinion of … Ib., a. fr. כח דהיתרא עדיף showing the power of the more lenient opinion is preferred (as an evidence of courage of conviction, while the more rigid opinion may be the outcome of doubt).—כח כֹּחוֹ indirect action, opp. כֹּחוֹ direct action. B. Kam. 18ᵃ שאני … בין נזק כחו לכח כחו S. distinguishes between direct and indirect injury. Ib. 19ᵃ. Macc. 8ᵃ.—Ab. Zar. 60ᵃ כ׳ כ׳ pressing wine by turning a wheel. B. Kam. 10ᵇ, v. לַאו.—Snh. 77ᵇ כ׳ ראשון direct agency, כ׳ שני indirect agency.—Shebu. 48ᵃ, a. fr. יפה כ׳, v. יָפֶה.—Ohol. XVIII, 6 שכֹּחָן יפה who (which) can endure pressure without shaking, opp. כחן רע; Zab. III, 1; B. Mets. 105ᵇ; a. e.—Gen. R. s. 98, v. לִיבְדְּקוֹס. Y. Pes. I, 27ᶜ bot. ל"ת שבא מכח עשה a prohibition derived from a positive law, v. לַאו; a. fr.—Trnsf. coition. Yeb. 34ᵃ
כֹּחַ ²
- 1. same. Targ. Lam. I, 6.—Bets. 2ᵇ, a. fr. (mostly in Hebrew form), v. supra.
- 2. name of a lizzard. Targ. Lev. XI, 30 (h. text כח).
- 3. בַּר כּוֹחָא pr. n. m. Bar-Koḥa. Y. Sabb. XIV, 14ᵈ bot.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 78 distinct written forms H3581 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 18 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 115 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 121 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:12
- Exodus 9:16
- Leviticus 11:30
- Numbers 14:13
- Deuteronomy 4:37
- Joshua 14:11
- Judges 6:14
- 1 Samuel 2:9
- 1 Kings 19:8
- 2 Kings 17:36
- 1 Chronicles 26:8
- 2 Chronicles 2:6
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
