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Ezra 2:69

“They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כֹּחַkôach · ko'-akh
H3581 · Hebrew

Definition: vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Derivation: or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ; from an unused root meaning to be firm;
KJV renderings: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Grammar: כְּ — preposition
כֹחָ֗ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp
Usage: Occurs 127 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:12 Genesis 31:6 Genesis 49:3 Exodus 9:16 Exodus 15:6

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כֹּחַ here.

Verse 68 Verse 70

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.