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Potential Strength (ἰσχύς)
Potential strength describes the inherent capability within a being. It is different from inherent ability—that which someone can by nature do—and from the concept of manifested strength. Potential strength relates to how strong a being actually is.
In Mark 12:30, Jesus answers a scribe who asked which of the commandments is the first of all, informing him that it is “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One, and you will love the Lord your God, out from your whole heart, and out from your whole soul, and out from your whole thoughts, and out from your whole potential strength.”…
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