strong
ischuros describes persons or forces marked by power, resilience, or compelling intensity, including those stronger than others.
The word most often describes people or agents whose strength is displayed in guarding, overcoming, military action, judgment, or status. It also characterizes nonpersonal things such as wind, famine, cries, encouragement, letters, a voice, and a city as forceful or severe, and its comparative forms mark one person or thing as exceeding another in strength.
Senses in use
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Powerful persons and agents · dominant
The adjective describes agents whose capacity is visible in action or standing: in Luke 11:21 the APB renders an armed man guarding his courtyard as “the strong man,” while in 1 John 2:14 it addresses young men who have overcome the evil one. It also marks angels, God, military figures, and socially powerful people in the clauses rendered in Revelation 10:1, Revelation 18:8, Revelation 19:18, and Revelation 6:15.
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Forceful or severe nonpersonal things · common
With nonpersonal nouns, the adjective marks conditions or expressions of notable force or severity. In Matthew 14:30 the APB renders “the strong wind,” in Luke 15:14 it renders a “severe famine,” and in Hebrews 6:18 it speaks of “strong encouragement”; it also qualifies letters and loud cries in 2 Corinthians 10:10 and Hebrews 5:7.
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Exceeding another in strength · occasional
Comparative forms explicitly set one party above another. In Luke 11:22 the APB renders one attacker as “stronger than he,” and John’s statements in Luke 3:16, Mark 1:7, and Matthew 3:11 identify the coming one as stronger than John; 1 Corinthians 10:22 frames the comparison against the Lord.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “strong,” “stronger,” or “mightier,” while also rendering related contexts as “severe” famine and “strong encouragement.” These English expressions show the verse-level presentation rather than fixed individual renderings.