G1765

ἐνισχύω

enischuōG:V

to strengthen

ἐν-ισχύω [in LXX for חָזַק, etc. ;] to strengthen: in spiritual sense, Luk.22:43; pass., Act.9:19 (Rec. ἐνισχύσεν, became strong, as in LXX, Gen.12:10 48:2, al.).† (AS)

The KJV translates G1765 in the following manner:

strengthened (2x), strengthening (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἐνισχύω — enischýō

ἐνισχύω; 1 aorist ἐνισχυσα; (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127));

1. intransitive, to grow strong, to receive strength: Act 9:19 (here WH Tr marginal reading ἐνισχυθη); (Aristotle, Theophrastus, Diodorus, the Sept.).

2. transitive, to make strong, to strengthen (2Sa 22:40; Sir 50:4; Hippocrates leg., p. 2, 26 ὁ χρόνος ταῦτα πάντα ἐνισχυει); to strengthen one in soul, to inspirit: Luk 22:43 (L brackets WH reject the passage).

2 occurrences

Luke (1), Acts (1)