2 Tessalonicenses 1

2 Tessalonicenses 1

Vincent adds ischus "is indwelling power put forth or embodied, either aggressively or as an obstacle to resistance: physical power organised or working under individual direction. An army and a fortress are both ἰσχυρὸς. The power inhering in the magistrate, which is put forth in laws or judicial decisions, is ἰσχὺς, and makes the edicts ἰσχυρὰ valid and hard to resist."