Dictionary entry

κράτος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κράτος, -εος (-ους), τό,

[in LXX chiefly for עֹז, Jb 12:16, Ps 89 (90):11 al.;]

1. strength, esp. as in Hom., of bodily strength.

2. power, might: He 2:14; τὸ κ. τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, Eph 1:196:10 (Is 40:26, Da TH 4:27); τ. δόςης αὐτοῦ, Col 1:11; κατὰ κράτος, mightily, Ac 19:20; a mighty deed, an act of power, Lk 1:51; in doxologies, I Ti 6:16, I Pe 4:115:11, Ju 25, Re 1:65:13.†