strength
part of speech
noun (strength, strengths)
meaning for a pupil
1) Strength is how strong someone or something is: the power of muscles to lift and push. tree →
2) Strength is how much force something can take without breaking: the strength of a rope or bridge. tree →
3) Your strengths are the things you are good at. tree →
4) Strength can mean courage and the power to keep going when things are hard. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: In "the first-fruits of my strength," strength means the first sign of a man's power, his firstborn son. In the Song at the Sea it is God's strength that saves and leads the people. In the Prophets and Writings it is also the bodily power of heroes like Samson and of animals such as the horse, which Job says God gave. In the primary lessons: In PE and science, pupils learn that exercise and good food build muscle strength, and that materials have different strengths (steel is stronger than plastic); they test the strength of paper bridges. At school, «strengths and weaknesses» describes what you do well and what to improve. In stories, inner strength means bravery. Phrases: build strength, strength of a material, strengths and weaknesses, on the strength of, from strength to strength, inner strength.
examples
- Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. (Torah DEU.33.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the first-fruits of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. (Torah GEN.49.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou in Thy love hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation. (Torah EXO.15.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- So his strength was not known. (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hast thou given the horse his strength? (Writings JOB.39.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- O my soul, tread them down with strength. (Prophets JDG.5.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Climbing helps build strength in your arms. tree →
- We tested the strength of three kinds of paper. tree →
- My strengths are reading and drawing. tree →
- It took all my strength to open the jar. tree →
- She showed great strength when her grandma was ill. tree →
- The strength of the wind knocked over the bins. tree →
- The team went from strength to strength. tree →
note
Countable when it means good qualities (strengths), uncountable for power (much strength). Spelling trap: s-t-r-e-n-g-t-h, with «ng» then «th». Adjective: strong; verb: strengthen.
In the corpora
- Thou in Thy love hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation.
- Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
- O my soul, tread them down with strength.
- So his strength was not known.
- The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «strength» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.