1. might, power, dominion — Sovereign strength, ruling power, or supreme authority, used primarily in doxological and theological contexts to ascribe might and dominion to God or Christ (e.g., 'to him be glory and dominion,' 'the exceeding greatness of his power,' 'according to the working of his mighty power'). All three clusters represent the same noun kratos in different grammatical cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative) without genuine semantic divergence. Multilingual evidence confirms uniformity: eng 'might / power / dominion,' spa 'poder / fuerza / potencia / dominio,' hin saamarthya / pratap / paraakram, arb quwwah / qudrah / shiddah / sultaan, kor gwonneung / neungryeok / him, swa nguvu / uweza / uwezo. The variation reflects contextual emphasis rather than distinct senses. 12×
amh["ኃይል"]·AR["السُّلطانُ","القُدْرَةُ","جَبَرُوتًا","سُلْطانُ","سُلْطَةَ","شِدَّةِ","ـقُوَّةٍ","قدرة","قُدرَةِ"]·ben["ক্ষমতা","পরাক্রম","পরাক্রম,","পরাক্রম-এ","শক্তি","শক্তিতে"]·ces["moc"]·dan["magt,"]·DE["Macht","κράτος"]·ell["κράτος,"]·EN["might","power"]·FR["puissance","puissance,"]·guj["સામર્થ્ય,"]·hat["pouvwa"]·hau["iko"]·heb["גְּבוּרָה","כֹּחַ","כוח","עֹז","עֹצֶם","שִׁלְטוֹן"]·HI["अधिकार","पराक्रम","प्रतप","शक्ति","सामर्थ्य","सामर्थ्य,","सामर्थ्य-के"]·hun["erő"]·ID["Amin","kekuasaan","kekuasaan,","kekuatan","kuasa"]·IT["kratos","potenza"]·jav["kakiyatan","kawasa","kuasa","panguwasa","panguwasa,","pangwaos"]·JA["力"]·KO["권능-을","권능-이","권능과","권능의","권세를","능력으로","능력이","힘-의"]·mar["सामर्थ्य,"]·mya["တန်ခိုး"]·nld["kracht"]·nor["makt"]·pnb["قدرت"]·pol["moc"]·PT["domínio","domínio,","força","o-poder","poder"]·ron["putere,"]·RU["держава","держава,","держащего-власть","могущества","могуществе","могуществу","силе","силу"]·ES["dominio","fuerza","poder","potencia"]·SW["nguvu","nguvu,","uweza","uwezo"]·swe["makt"]·tam["வல்லமையும்"]·tel["శక్తి"]·tgl["kapangyarihan"]·TH["ฤทธานุภาพ"]·TR["-e","egemenlik","gücü","güç","kudret","kudret,","kudretine","kuvvetinin","ustunlugunun"]·ukr["сила"]·urd["زور-سے","طاقت","قدرت","قدرت،"]·VI["quyền-năng"]·yor["agbára,"]·yue["權能"]·ZH["权能"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
κράτος [ᾰ], Ionic dialect and Epic dialect κάρτος, εος, τό, both in Refs 8th c.BC+ κρέτος Refs 7th c.BC+:— strength, might, in Refs 8th c.BC+ especially of bodily strength, Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.; τὸ γὰρ αὖτε σιδήρου γε κ. ἐστίν this (i.e. τὸ βάψαι) is what gives strength to iron, Refs 8th c.BC+; κατὰ κράτος with all one's might or strength, Refs 6th c.BC+, etc.: frequently in phrase αἱρεῖν κατὰ κ.…