Genesis 31:31
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
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Force
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Hebrews 9:17
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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ἁρπάζω
harpázō · har-pad'-zo
3 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
to seize (in various applications)
Strong's KJV usage: :--catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 11:12Strong's last: Acts 23:10
Open full G726 profile →כֹּחַ
kôach · ko'-akh
3 times translated as this KJV form124 total Strong's occurrences
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Strong's KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 30:18Strong's last: Amos 2:14
Open full H3581 profile →חׇזְקָה
chozqâh · khoz-kaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
vehemence (usually in a bad sense)
Strong's KJV usage: force, mightily, repair, sharply.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:16Strong's last: Ezekiel 34:4
Open full H2394 profile →יָד
yâd · yawd
2 times translated as this KJV form1,573 total Strong's occurrences
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
Strong's KJV usage: ( be) able, × about, armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, × bounty, broad, (broken-) handed, × by, charge, coast, consecrate, creditor, custody, debt, dominion, × enough, fellowship, force, × from, hand(-staves, -y work), × he, himself, × in, labour, large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, × mine, ministry, near, × of, × order, ordinance, × our, parts, pain, power, × presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, swear, terror, × thee, × by them, × themselves, × thine own, × thou, through, × throwing, thumb, times, × to, × under, × us, × wait on, (way-) side, where, wide, × with (him, me, you), work, yield, × yourselves.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 18:21Strong's last: Ezekiel 35:5
Open full H3027 profile →βέβαιος
bébaios · beb'-ah-yos
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
stable (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--firm, of force, stedfast, sure.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 9:17Strong's last: Hebrews 9:17
Open full G949 profile →אֶדְרָע
ʼedrâʻ · ed-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
an arm, i.e. (figuratively) power
Strong's KJV usage: force.
Strong's first: Ezra 4:23Strong's last: Ezra 4:23
Open full H153 profile →אוֹן
ʼôwn · one
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
ability, power, (figuratively) wealth
Strong's KJV usage: force, goods, might, strength, substance.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 40:16Strong's last: Job 40:16
Open full H202 profile →גְּבוּרָה
gᵉbûwrâh · gheb-oo-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
Strong's KJV usage: force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 23:10Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:10
Open full H1369 profile →גָּזַל
gâzal · gaw-zal'
1 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
Strong's KJV usage: catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
Strong's first: Genesis 31:31Strong's last: Genesis 31:31
Open full H1497 profile →חָזַק
châzaq · khaw-zak'
1 times translated as this KJV form288 total Strong's occurrences
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Strong's KJV usage: aid, amend, × calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 22:25Strong's last: Deuteronomy 22:25
Open full H2388 profile →כָּבַשׁ
kâbash · kaw-bash'
1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate
Strong's KJV usage: bring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection.
Strong's first: Esther 7:8Strong's last: Esther 7:8
Open full H3533 profile →לֵחַ
lêach · lay'-akh
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
freshness, i.e. vigor
Strong's KJV usage: natural force.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 34:7Strong's last: Deuteronomy 34:7
Open full H3893 profile →עָנָה
ʻânâh · aw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form83 total Strong's occurrences
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
Strong's KJV usage: abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for 6030), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for 6030), speak (by mistake for 6030), submit self, weaken, × in any wise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 13:12Strong's last: 2 Samuel 13:12
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H2394
And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
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force
FORCE, noun [Latin fortis. All words denoting force power, strength, are from verbs which express straining, or driving, rushing, and this word has the elements of Latin vireo.]
1. Strength; active power; vigor; might; energy that may be exerted; that physical property in a body which may produce action or motion in another body, or may counteract such motion. By the force of the muscles we raise a weight, or resist an assault.
2. Momentum; the quantity of power produced by motion or the action of one body on another; as the force of a cannon ball.
3. That which causes an operation or moral effect; strength; energy; as the force of the mind, will or understanding.
4. Violence; power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power. Let conquerors consider that force alone can keep what force as obtained.
5. Strength; moral power to convince the mind. There is great force in an argument.
6. Virtue; efficacy. No presumption or hypothesis can be of force enough to overthrow constant experience.
7. Validity; power to bind or hold. If the conditions of a covenant are not fulfilled, the contract is of no force A testament is of force after the testator is dead. Hebrews 9:17.
8. Strength or power for war; armament; troops; an army or navy; as a military or naval force:sometimes in the plural; as military forces.
9. Destiny; necessity; compulsion; any extraneous power to which men are subject; as the force of fate or of divine decrees.
10. Internal power; as the force of habit.
11. In law, any unlawful violence to person or property. This is simple, when no other crime attends it, as the entering into another's possession, without committing any other unlawful act. It is compound, when some other violence or unlawful act is committed. The law also implies force as when a person enters a house or inclosure lawfully, but afterwards does an unlawful act. In this case, the law supposes the first entrance to be for that purpose, and therefore by force
Physical force is the force of material bodies.
Moral force is the power of acting on the reason in judging and determining.
Mechanical force is the power that belongs to bodies at rest or in motion. The pressure or tension of bodies at rest is called a mechanical force and so is the power of a body in motion. There is also the force of gravity or attraction, centrifugal and centripetal forces, expansive force etc.
FORCE, verb transitive
1. To compel; to constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible. Men are forced to submit to conquerors. Masters force their slaves to labor.
2. To overpower by strength.
I should have forced thee soon with other arms.
3. To impel; to press; to drive; to draw or push by main strength; a sense of very extensive use; as, to force along a wagon or a ship; to force away a man's arms; water forces its way through a narrow channel; a man may be forced out of his possessions.
4. To enforce; to urge; to press.
Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore.
5. To compel by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind; to force one to acknowledge the truth of a proposition.
6. To storm; to assault and take by violence; as, to force a town or fort.
7. To ravish; to violate by force as a female.
8. To overstrain; to distort; as a forced conceit.
9. To cause to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree; or to cause to ripen prematurely, as fruit.
10. To man; to strengthen by soldiers; to garrison. obsolete
To force from, to wrest from; to extort.
To force out, to drive out; to compel to issue out or to leave; also, to extort.
To force wine, is to fine it by a short process, or in a short time.
To force plants, is to urge the growth of plants by artificial heat.
To force meat, is to stuff it.
FORCE, verb intransitive
1. To lay stress on. obsolete
2. To strive. obsolete
3. To use violence.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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