What does κραταιός (krataiós) mean in the Bible?
κραταιός (krataiós): Denotes inherent strength or power, emphasizing physical or personal might rather than authority or dominion.
Greek · G2900
κραταιός
Powerful
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κραταιόςG2900
Pronunciationkrataiós
What does κραταιός (krataiós) mean in the Bible?
κραταιός (krataiós): Denotes inherent strength or power, emphasizing physical or personal might rather than authority or dominion.
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How does the BSB render G2900?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include mighty (1).
Where does κραταιός (krataiós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Peter 5:6. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itmighty1×1 Peter 5:6
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First aligned row1 Peter 5:6
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Peter1
Source forms
κραταιὰν1xkrataian1 Peter 5:6
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular1x1 Peter 5:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Denotes inherent strength or power, emphasizing physical or personal might rather than authority or dominion.
Strong'sG2900
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
powerful
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Denotes inherent strength or power, emphasizing physical or personal might rather than authority or dominion.
(κράτος), (in cl. poët, form of κρατερός), [in LXX chiefly for חָזַק and cognates ;] strong, mighty: 1Pe.5:6.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Peter 5:6Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
κραταιὰνkrataian
strong, powerful
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
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Accusative · Singular · Feminine1 Pet 5:61×
Word Origins
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