Having physical active power, or great physical power; having the power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. A patient is recovering from sickness, but is not yet strong enough to walk. A strong man will lift twice his own weight. That our oxen may be strong to labor. Psalm 144:14. Orses the strong to greater strength must yield.

Having physical passive power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; solid; as a constitution strong enough to bear the fatigues of a campaign.

Well fortified; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as a strong fortress or town.

Having great military or naval force; powerful; as a strong army or fleet; a strong nation; a nation strong at sea.

Having great wealth, means or resources; as a strong house or company of merchants.

Moving with rapidity; violent; forcible; impetuous; as a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; we had a strong tide against us.

Hale; sound; robust; as a strong constitution.

Powerful; forcible; cogent; adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; as a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example or instance. He used strong language.

Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as a strong partisan; a strong whig or tory. Her mother, ever strong against that match-- .

Having virtues of great efficacy; or having a particular quality in a great degree; as a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea; strong coffee.

Full of spirit; intoxicating; as strong liquors.

Affecting the sight forcibly; as strong colors.

Affecting the taste forcibly; as the strong flavor of onions.

Affecting the smell powerfully; as a strong scent.

Not of easy digestion; solid; as strong meat. Hebrews 5:72,

Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as a custom grown strong by time.

Violent; vehement; earnest. Who in the day of his flesh, when he offered up prayers with strong crying and tears-- Hebrews 5:7.

Able; furnished with abilities. I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism.

Having great force of mind, of intellect or of any faculty; as a man of strong powers of mind; a man of a strong mind or intellect; a man of strong memory, judgment or imagination.

Having great force; comprising much in few words. Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, as high, as sweet, as easy and as strong.