Lexicon kratos: strength, might Original Word: κράτος, ους, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kratos Phonetic Spelling: (krat'-os) Short Definition: dominion, strength, power Definition: dominion, strength, power; a mighty deed. HELPS word-Studies 2904 krátos (from a root meaning "to perfect, complete," so Curtius, Thayer) – properly, dominion, exerted power. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionstrength, might NASB Translationdominion (6), might (1), mightily (1), mighty deeds (1), power (1), strength (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2904: κράτοςκράτος, κρατεος ( κράτους) (from a root meaning 'to perfect, complete' ( Curtius, § 72); from Homer down), τό, Hebrew עֹז; 1. force, strength. 2. power, might: τό κράτος τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, the might of his strength, Ephesians 1:19; Ephesians 6:10; τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, Colossians 1:11; κατά κράτος, mightily, with great power, ηὔξανε, Acts 19:20; metonymy, a mighty deed, a work of power: ποιεῖν κράτος (cf. ποιεῖν δυνάμεις), Luke 1:51. 3. dominion: in the doxologies, 1 Timothy 6:16; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Peter 5:11; Jude 1:25; Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:13; τίνος (the genitive of object), Hebrews 2:14 (τό Περσεων κράτος ἔχοντα, Herodotus 3, 69). (Synonym: see δύναμις, at the end.)
Strong's dominion, power, strength. Perhaps a primary word; vigor ("great") (literally or figuratively) -- dominion, might(-ily), power, strength. |
