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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)
  • 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)
  • καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Κεναῖον καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν. ἰσχυρὰ ἡ κατοικία σου. καὶ ἐὰν θῇσ ἐν πέτρᾳ τὴν νοσσιάν σου, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 24:21)
  • καὶ ἐκβαλεῖ Κύριοσ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ταῦτα ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν, καὶ κληρονομήσετε ἔθνη μεγάλα καὶ ἰσχυρὰ μᾶλλον ἢ ὑμεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 11:23)
  • ὅπωσ γνῶσι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆσ γῆσ, ὅτι ἡ δύναμισ τοῦ Κυρίου ἰσχυρά ἐστι, καὶ ἵνα ὑμεῖσ σέβησθε Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν ἐν παντὶ χρόνῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 4:24)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. mighty

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