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ἰσχυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσχυρός ἰσχυρά̄ ἰσχυρόν

Structure: ἰσχυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)sxu/s

Sense

  1. strong, mighty
  2. mighty, powerful
  3. forcible, obstinate, stiff, stubborn, inveterate, excessive

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἰσχυρός ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρόν
Genitive ἰσχυροῦ ἰσχυρᾶς ἰσχυροῦ
Dative ἰσχυρῷ ἰσχυρᾷ ἰσχυρῷ
Accusative ἰσχυρόν ἰσχυρᾱ́ν ἰσχυρόν
Vocative ἰσχυρέ ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρόν
DualN/A/V ἰσχυρώ ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρώ
G/D ἰσχυροῖν ἰσχυραῖν ἰσχυροῖν
PluralNominative ἰσχυροί ἰσχυραί ἰσχυρά
Genitive ἰσχυρῶν ἰσχυρῶν ἰσχυρῶν
Dative ἰσχυροῖς ἰσχυραῖς ἰσχυροῖς
Accusative ἰσχυρούς ἰσχυρᾱ́ς ἰσχυρά
Vocative ἰσχυροί ἰσχυραί ἰσχυρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἰσχυρός ἰσχυροῦ ἰσχυρώτερος ἰσχυρωτεροῦ ἰσχυρώτατος ἰσχυρωτατοῦ
Adverb ἰσχυρώς ἰσχυρώτερον ἰσχυρώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ παρεγένοντο εἰσ ἅλωνα Ἀτάδ, ὅ ἐστι πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καὶ ἐκόψαντο αὐτὸν κοπετὸν μέγαν καὶ ἰσχυρὸν σφόδρα. καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πένθοσ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 50:10)
  • καὶ νῦν ἔασόν με ἐξολοθρεῦσαι αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐξαλείψω τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῶν ὑποκάτωθεν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰσ ἔθνοσ μέγα καὶ ἰσχυρὸν καὶ πολὺ μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 9:14)
  • καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸν Ἀχιτόφελ τὸν Γελμωναῖον τὸν σύμβουλον Δαυὶδ ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ αὐτοῦ ἐκ Γωλὰ ἐν τῷ θυσιάζειν αὐτόν. καὶ ἐγένετο σύστρεμμα ἰσχυρόν, καὶ ὁ λαὸσ ὁ πορευόμενοσ καὶ πολὺσ μετὰ Ἀβεσσαλώμ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 15:12)
  • ὡσ δὲ εἶδον τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἐρχομένην εἰσ συνάντησιν αὐτοῖσ, εἶπον τῷ Ἰούδᾳ. πῶσ δυνησόμεθα ὀλιγοστοὶ ὄντεσ πολεμῆσαι πρὸσ πλῆθοσ τοσοῦτον ἰσχυρόν̣ καὶ ἡμεῖσ ἐκλελύμεθα ἀσιτοῦντεσ σήμερον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 3:17)
  • ὅτι πρὸσ τὸν ἰσχυρὸν ὁ λέγων. εἴληφα, οὐκ ἐνεχυράσω. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 34:31)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. mighty

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