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Strong's G1765 ἐνισχύω (enischyo)

Enischyo means “strengthen” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1765 — dachaph (“pressed on”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1765
Language Greek
Linked Usages 51
Books 21

Strong's G1765 Quick Answer

Strong's G1765 ἐνισχύω (enischuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. enischuo (en-is-khoo'-o) v. 1. to invigorate (transitively or reflexively) [from G1722 and G2480] It has 51 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include strengthening and strengthened. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
enischuo (en-is-khoo'-o) v. 1. to invigorate (transitively or reflexively) [from G1722 and G2480]
Usage
51 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
strengthening and strengthened

Meaning and Definition

enischuo (en-is-khoo'-o) v. 1. to invigorate (transitively or reflexively) [from G1722 and G2480] KJV: strengthen Root(s): G1722, G2480

Original Word
ἐνισχύω
Transliteration
enischuo
Derivation
Root: ἰσχύω R1: 1722 R2: 2480
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1765. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to strengthen

Usage: ἐν-ισχύω [in LXX for חָזַק, etc. ;] to strengthen: in spiritual sense, Luk.22:43; pass., Act.9:19 (Rec. ἐνισχύσεν, became strong, as in LXX, Gen.12:10 48:2, al.).† (AS)

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How Strong's G1765 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render enischuo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

strengthened Acts 9:19 strengthening Luke 22:43

How Strong's G1765 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 44 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1765 (ἐνισχύω) appears 50 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1765 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1765 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 22:43 KJV

And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

Acts 9:19 KJV

And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

Strong's G1765 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

44 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 12:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.

Genesis 32:29 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said to him, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; for thou hast prevailed with God, and shalt be mighty with men.

Genesis 33:14 Septuagint / Brenton

Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.

Strong's G1765 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 1:34 Septuagint / Brenton

And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.

1 Maccabees 7:25 Septuagint / Brenton

On the other side, when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company had gotten the upper hand, and knew that he was not able to abide their force, he went again to the king, and said evil things against them.

3 Maccabees 2:32 Septuagint / Brenton

A nobler spirit, however, prompted the majority to cling to their religious observances, and by paying money that they might live unmolested, these sought to escape the registration:

Usage Excerpts

First 51 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1765.

Genesis 12:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
Genesis 32:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; for thou hast prevailed with God, and shalt be mighty with men.
Genesis 33:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.
Genesis 43:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the famine prevailed in the land.
Genesis 47:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to Pharaoh, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Canaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, heard of it.
Genesis 47:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was no corn in all the land, for the famine prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Canaan, fainted for the famine.
Genesis 48:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh to thee; and Israel having strengthened himself, sat upon the bed.
Deuteronomy 32:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rejoice, ye heavens, with him, And let all the angels of God worship him; Rejoice ye Gentiles, with his people, And let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; For he will avenge the blood of his sons, And he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, And will reward them that hate him; And the Lord shall purge the land of his people.
Judges 1:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Canaanite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.
Judges 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel continued to do evil before the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil before the Lord.
Judges 9:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to bring the injury done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and to lay their blood upon their brother Abimelech, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, because they strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.
Judges 16:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson wept before the Lord, and said, O Lord, my Lord, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, O God, yet this once, and I will requite one recompense to the Philistines for my two eyes.
Judges 20:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of Israel strengthened themselves, and again engaged in battle in the place where they had engaged on the first day.
2 Kingdoms 16:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father’s concubines, whom he left to keep his house; and all Israel shall hear that thou hast dishonored thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strengthened.
2 Kingdoms 22:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; Thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
4 Kingdoms 12:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.
4 Kingdoms 25:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
1 Chronicles 4:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the potters who dwelt in Netaim and Gederah with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and dwelt there.
1 Chronicles 15:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps of Sheminith, to make a loud noise.
1 Chronicles 19:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be of good courage, and let us be strong, for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord shall do what is good in his eyes.
2 Chronicles 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon the son of David was established over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and increased him exceedingly.
2 Chronicles 24:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the workmen wrought, and the works prospered in their hands, and they established the house of the Lord on its foundation, and strengthened it.
Ezra 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
Ezra 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Nehemiah 10:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons:
Psalms 147:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; He has blessed thy children within thee.
Isaiah 33:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy cords are broken, for they had no strength: thy mast has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.
Isaiah 41:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.
Isaiah 42:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I the Lord God have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will strengthen thee: and I have given thee for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles;
Isaiah 57:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast wearied thyself with thy many ways; yet thou saidst not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for thou hast done these things; therefore thou hast not supplicated me.
Jeremiah 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Strengthen yourselves, ye children of Benjamin, to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and sound an alarm with the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal over Beth-haccherem: for evil threatens from the north, and a great destruction is coming.
Jeremiah 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The elders of the Gebalians, and their wise men, who were in thee, these helped thy counsel: and all the ships of the sea and their rowers traded for thee to the utmost west.
Ezekiel 30:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fail: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have put my sword into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out over the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The weak one ye have not strengthened, and the sick ye have not cherished, and the bruised ye have not bound up, and the stray one ye have not turned back, and the lost ye have not sought; and the strong ye have wearied with labor.
Ezekiel 34:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will seek that which is lost, and I will recover the stray one, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen the fainting, and will guard the strong, and will feed them with judgment.
Daniel 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All who preside over thy kingdom, captains and satraps, chiefs and local governors, have taken counsel together, to establish by a royal statute and to confirm a decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
Daniel 10:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there touched me again as it were the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
Daniel 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said to me, Fear not, man greatly beloved: peace be to thee, quit thyself like a man, and be strong. And when he had spoken with me, I received strength, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
Daniel 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of the south shall be strong; and one of their princes shall prevail against him, and shall obtain a great dominion.
Hosea 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ephraim is a heifer taught to love victory, but I will come upon the fairest part of her neck: I will Mount Ephraim; I will pass over Judah in silence; Jacob shall prevail against him.
Hosea 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labors he had power with God.
Hosea 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he prevailed with the angel and was strong: they wept, and entreated me: they found me in the house of Aven, and there a word was spoken to them.
Joel 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall cry out of Zion, and shall utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heaven and the earth shall be shaken, but the Lord shall spare his people, and shall strengthen the children of Israel.
Luke 22:43 New Testament, KJV
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
Acts 9:19 New Testament, KJV
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
1 Maccabees 1:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.
1 Maccabees 7:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
On the other side, when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company had gotten the upper hand, and knew that he was not able to abide their force, he went again to the king, and said evil things against them.
3 Maccabees 2:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A nobler spirit, however, prompted the majority to cling to their religious observances, and by paying money that they might live unmolested, these sought to escape the registration:
Wisdom of Sirach 48:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For Hezekiah had done the thing that pleased the Lord, And was strong in the ways of David his father, As Isaiah the prophet, who was great And faithful in his vision, had commanded him.
Wisdom of Sirach 50:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He took care of the temple that it should not fall, And fortified the city against besieging:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1765, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1765 FAQ

What does enischyo (ἐνισχύω) mean?

Enischyo (Strong's G1765) is a Greek word most simply glossed "strengthen". enischuo (en-is-khoo'-o) v. 1. to invigorate (transitively or reflexively) [from G1722 and G2480]

How many times is enischyo (ἐνισχύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 51 linked usages for Strong's G1765 across 21 books.

Where can I study enischyo (ἐνισχύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1765 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate enischyo (ἐνισχύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as strengthening and strengthened. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1765 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 44 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1765, with linked reader references where each row is available.