# G2480 ἰσχύω

ἰσχύω (ischýō), Strong’s G2480: to have (or exercise) force (literally or figuratively) KJV: be able, avail, can do(-not), could, be good, might, prevail, be of strength, be…. Occurs 129 times.

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*ischýō* — to have (or exercise) force (literally or figuratively)

KJV: be able, avail, can do(-not), could, be good, might, prevail, be of strength, be…

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

Occurs 129 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 5:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=13) — “You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for…
- [Matthew 8:28](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/8?v=28) — When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there…
- [Matthew 9:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/9?v=12) — When Yeshua heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
- [Matthew 26:40](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=40) — He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour?
- [Mark 2:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/2?v=17) — When Yeshua heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I…
- [Mark 5:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/5?v=4) — because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters…
- [Mark 9:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/9?v=18) — and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked…
- [Mark 14:37](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/14?v=37) — He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you watch one hour?
- [Luke 6:48](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/6?v=48) — He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the…
- [Luke 8:43](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=43) — A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians and could not be healed by…