H3581. koach

I. כֹּחַ‎ noun [masculine] a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, in list of unclean creeping things Leviticus 11:30; ᵑ9 ᵐ5‎ AV chameleon; on various opinions see Di.

II. כֹּחַ‎ see below כחח‎.

II. כֹּחַ‎ and ( Daniel 11:6) כּוֺחַ‎ noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 4:37} strength, power (Late Hebrew id.); — ׳כ‎ absolute 8:18 +; construct Numbers 14:17 +; suffix כֹּחִי‎ Genesis 31:6 +; כֹּחֲךָ‎ Judges 16:6 +, כֹּחֶ֑ךָ‎ Proverbs 5:10, כֹּחֶ֑כָה‎ 24:10, etc.; always singular; —

1 human strength:

a. physical, of Samson Judges 16:5-6, 9, 15, 17, 19, 30; strength in toil Isaiah 44:12 (כֹּחוֺ זְרוֺעַ‎), 44:12; Leviticus 26:20; Nehemiah 4:4; of manly vigour (in procreation) אוֺנִי וְרֵאשִׁית כֹּחִי אַתָּה‎ Genesis 49:3 (poem in J; said to Reuben); vigour in General Joshua 14:11 (twice in verse) (JE), Judges 6:14; 1 Samuel 28:22; Job 6:11-12, Psalm 31:11; 38:11; 71:9; 102:24; Proverbs 20:29; as sustained by food 1 Kings 19:8; lack of such vigour is לֹאכֹֿחַ‎ Job 26:2, compare מִכֹּחַ‎ Jeremiah 48:45 without strength; ׳בְּלֹאכֿ‎ Lamentations 1:6; ׳יְגִיעֵיכֿ‎ Job 3:17; בוֺ לֹאהָֿיָה כֹּחַ‎ 1 Samuel 28:20, compare Daniel 10:8, 17; in Psalm 22:16 read חִכִּי‎, so Ew Ol Che and others; specifically of power of voice Isaiah 40:9.

b. more inclusively, ability, efficiency: followed by infinitive, ability to weep 1 Samuel 30:4; to get wealth Deuteronomy 8:18; to bring forth (a child; in figure) 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3; followed by לַעֲמֹד‎ Daniel 1:4; Ezra 10:13, compare Daniel 11:15; without infinitive 1 Chronicles 29:2; Ezra 2:69; of efficiency in battle 2 Chronicles 14:10; 20:12; 26:13; for porter's service in temple לַעֲבֹדָה בַּכֹּחַ אִישׁחַֿיִל‎ 1 Chronicles 26:8; ability or efficiency in General Genesis 31:6; Proverbs 24:5, 10; Ecclesiastes 4:1; 9:10, so probably יְדֵיהֶם כֹּחַ‎ Job 30:2; כֹּחַ עָצַר‎ (late, compare עצר‎) retain ability or strength, followed by infinitive; כ ׳נַעְצֹר לְהִתְנַדֵּב‎ 1 Chronicles 29:14 that we should retain (have) ability to make freewill-oferings; to build 2 Chronicles 2:5; with negative, without infinitive, Daniel 10:8, 16 (compare 11:6, c).

c. power of a people, or king, Joshua 17:17; Nahum 2:2; Habakkuk 1:11; Isaiah 49:4 (of servant of ׳י‎), Lamentations 1:14; Daniel 8:22, 24 a, also 8:24 b (si vera lectio, see Bev), 11:25 ("" לֵבָב‎); with עָצַר‎2 Chronicles 13:20; 22:9; Daniel 11:6 (כ תַעְצֹר ׳לֹא הַזְּרוֺעַ‎, compare b); in Hosea 7:9 figurative of body seems combined with that of land yielding produce (see 5 below)

d. power opposed to that of God Amos 2:14; Isaiah 10:13 (׳כ יָדִי‎), Deuteronomy 8:17; 1 Samuel 2:9; Zechariah 4:6; Job 36:19; Psalm 33:16.

e. power conferred by God Isaiah 40:29, compare 40:31; 41:1; of prophetic power Micah 3:8.

2 strength of angels Psalm 103:20.

3 power of God: in creation Jeremiah 10:12; 51:15 (see also 32:17 below), Psalm 65:7; in governing the world 1 Chronicles 29:12; 2 Chronicles 20:6; Psalm 29:4; in acts of deliverance and judgment Exodus 9:16; 15:6; 32:11; Numbers 14:13, 17 (JE), Isaiah 50:2; 2 Chronicles 25:8; Job 9:19; 24:22; 26:12; 30:18; 36:22; in combination גָּדוֺל כֹּחַ‎ Deuteronomy 4:37; "" חֲזָקָה יָד‎ Exodus 32:11(JE), Nehemiah 1:10; "" נְטוּיָה זְרוֺעַ‎ Deuteronomy 9:29; 2 Kings 17:36; Jeremiah 27:5; 32:17; he is רַבכֹּֿחַ‎ Psalm 147:5; compare כֹּחוֺ רֹב‎ Isaiah 63:1; Job 23:6; also גדולכֹּֿחַ‎ Nahum 1:3; כֹּחַ אַמִּיץ‎ Isaiah 40:26; Job 9:4, שַׂגִּיאכֹֿחַ‎ 37:23; מַעֲשָׂיו כֹּחַ‎ Psalm 111:6 the power of his works; י ׳קוֺל בַּכֹּחַ‎ 29:4 (of thunder); specifically of his wisdom (rather peculiarly, Elihu) לֵב כֹּחַ כַּבִּיר‎ Job 36:5 mighty in strength of mind.

4 of animals: wild ox Job 39:11, horse 39:21, hippopotamus 40:16, bullock Proverbs 14:4; he-goat Daniel 8:6 ram 8:7.

5 strength, of soil i.e. produce, Genesis 4:12 (J), Job 31:30; (Hosea 7:9 see

1. c above); = wealth (compare חַילִ‎) Proverbs 5:10; Job 6:22.