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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

  • ἐν δὲ τῷ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει ἦλθε Χοδολλογομὸρ καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖσ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ καὶ κατέκοψαν τοὺσ γίγαντασ τοὺσ ἐν Ἀσταρὼθ καὶ Καρναί̈ν, καὶ ἔθνη ἰσχυρὰ ἅμα αὐτοῖσ καὶ τοὺσ Ὀμμαίουσ τοὺσ ἐν Σαυῇ τῇ πόλει (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 14:5)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἐπιγνωσθήσεται ἡ εὐθηνία ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ τοῦ ἐσομένου μετὰ ταῦτα. ἰσχυρὸσ γὰρ ἔσται σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:31)
  • 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 ὄψεσθε τὴν γῆν, τίσ ἐστι, καὶ τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐγκαθήμενον ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ, εἰ ἰσχυρόσ ἐστιν ἢ ἀσθενήσ, εἰ ὀλίγοι εἰσὶν ἢ πολλοί. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 13:19)
  • ὁ δὲ εἶπεν. οὐ διελεύσῃ δι’ ἐμοῦ. καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ἐδὼμ εἰσ συνάντησιν αὐτῷ ἐν ὄχλῳ βαρεῖ καὶ ἐν χειρὶ ἰσχυρᾷ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 20:20)
  • ὁ γὰρ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῶν οὗτοσ Θεὸσ τῶν θεῶν καὶ Κύριοσ τῶν κυρίων, ὁ Θεὸσ ὁ μέγασ. καὶ ἰσχυρὸσ καὶ φοβερόσ, ὅστισ οὐ θαυμάζει πρόσωπον, οὐδ̓ οὐ μὴ λάβῃ δῶρον, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 10:17)
  • καὶ ὤφθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτόν. Κύριοσ μετὰ σοῦ, ἰσχυρὸσ τῶν δυνάμεων. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 6:12)
  • καὶ πύργοσ ἰσχυρὸσ ἦν ἐν μέσῳ τῆσ πόλεωσ, καὶ ἔφυγον ἐκεῖ πάντεσ οἱ ἄνδρεσ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκεσ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ ἔκλεισαν ἔξωθεν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα τοῦ πύργου. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:51)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. mighty

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