# G2478 ἰσχυρός

ἰσχυρός (ischyrós), Strong’s G2478: forcible (literally or figuratively) KJV: boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant. Occurs 169 times.

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*ischyrós* — forcible (literally or figuratively)

KJV: boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant

Derived from [ἰσχύς ischýs](https://besorah.bible/word/G2479) (compare , a form of G2192)

Occurs 169 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 3:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/3?v=11) — “I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not…
- [Matthew 12:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=29) — Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then…
- [Matthew 14:30](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/14?v=30) — But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
- [Mark 1:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/1?v=7) — He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop…
- [Mark 3:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/3?v=27) — But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then he will…
- [Luke 3:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/3?v=16) — Yochanan answered them all, “I indeed immerse you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose…
- [Luke 11:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=21) — “When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
- [Luke 11:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=22) — But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and…
- [Luke 15:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=14) — When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
- [1 Corinthians 1:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/1?v=25) — because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.