Lexicon sthenoó: to strengthen Original Word: σθενόωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sthenoó Phonetic Spelling: (sthen-o'-o) Short Definition: I strengthen Definition: I strengthen. HELPS word-Studies 4599 sthenóō(from sthenos, "strength") – properly, make strong so as to be mobile – i.e. able to move in a way that achieves something in the most effective way. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom sthenos (strength) Definitionto strengthen NASB Translationstrengthen (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4599: σθενόωσθενόω, σθένω: ( σθένος (allied with στῆναι, hence, properly, steadfastness; Curtius, p. 503f) strength), to make strong, to strengthen: τινα, one's soul, 1 Peter 5:10, where for 1 aorist optative active 3 person singular σθενώσαι, we must read the future σθενώσει, with G L T Tr WH. (passive in Rhet. Gr. edition Walz, vol. i. c. 15.)
Strong's strengthen. From sthenos (bodily vigor; probably akin to the base of histemi); to strengthen, i.e. (figuratively) confirm (in spiritual knowledge and power) -- strengthen. see GREEK histemi |
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