Strong’s G2904 · Greek

κράτος
krátos

Definition

vigor ("great") (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

perhaps a primary word;

Where the KJV renders it

  • dominion
  • might(-ily)
  • power
  • strength

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.