Definition

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

Etymology

or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ; from an unused root meaning to be firm;

Where the KJV renders it

• ability
• able
• chameleon
• force
• fruits
• might
• power(-ful)
• strength
• substance
• wealth

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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

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