Question 1

What does "Strength" mean in the King James Bible?

Accepted Answer

In the KJV, "Strength" means "power." The divine transfer. 'Renew their strength' was not 'take a nap and feel better' but 'exchange their depleted human resources for God's own inexhaustible power.' The word implied a transaction: your emptiness traded for His fullness. Strength was not something you generated but something you received from the source of all power.

Question 2

Why did the word "Strength" disappear from modern English?

Accepted Answer

Hebrew oz ('strength/might/fierce power/the force of God transferred to humans') reduced to physical muscle power or abstract capability. The divine-transfer dimension -- God's own power entering human weakness -- was lost. The word was at peak usage around 1611 and declined by still used but physicalized (~1800).

Question 3

What modern word replaced "Strength"?

Accepted Answer

"Strength" was replaced by: "power" (though this generic capacity; oz was specifically god's own fierce power made available to frail humans); "ability" (though this human competence; oz was divine enablement beyond human capacity); "muscle" (though this physical only; oz included moral courage, spiritual resilience, and supernatural endurance).

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