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)
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 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.
enischuo (en-is-khoo'-o) v. 1. to invigorate (transitively or reflexively) [from G1722 and G2480] KJV: strengthen Root(s): G1722, G2480
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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)
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.
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.
Strong's G1765 (ἐνισχύω) appears 50 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
44 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
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.
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.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.
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.
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:
First 51 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1765.
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
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.
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.
But the famine prevailed in the land.
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.
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.
And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh to thee; and Israel having strengthened himself, sat upon the bed.
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.
And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Canaanite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.
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.
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.
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.
And the men of Israel strengthened themselves, and again engaged in battle in the place where they had engaged on the first day.
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.
And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; Thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.
And the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
These are the potters who dwelt in Netaim and Gederah with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and dwelt there.
And Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps of Sheminith, to make a loud noise.
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.
And Solomon the son of David was established over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and increased him exceedingly.
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.
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.
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.
And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons:
For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; He has blessed thy children within thee.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And there touched me again as it were the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
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.
And the king of the south shall be strong; and one of their princes shall prevail against him, and shall obtain a great dominion.
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.
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labors he had power with God.
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.
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.
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.
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.
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:
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.
He took care of the temple that it should not fall, And fortified the city against besieging:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1765, grouped by book.
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]
This page currently indexes 51 linked usages for Strong's G1765 across 21 books.
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.
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.
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.