δυνατός
dynatós · G1415 · Greek · 32 occurrences
Meanings
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possible
Pertaining to being possible, with the implication of power or ability to alter or control circumstances
ExamplesMatthew 19:26 And looking at them, Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 24:24 “For false christs and false prophets will arise and will provide great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.
Matthew 26:39 And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”
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able, can
(Derivative of δύναμις ‘ability,’) Pertaining to having the ability to perform some function
ExamplesLuke 14:31 “Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Romans 4:21 and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.
Romans 9:22 What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with great patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
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particularly capable, expert, competent
Pertaining to having special competence in performing some function
ExamplesLuke 24:19 And He said to them, “What sort of things?” And they said to Him, “Those about Jesus the Nazarene, who proved to be a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,
Acts 7:22 “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was proficient in speaking and action.
Acts 18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures.
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the Mighty One, Mighty God, the Almighty
(A title for God, literally: the one who is able) One who is capable of doing anything
ExamplesLuke 1:49 “For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name.
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important, influential
Important persons, based upon their power or influence
ExamplesActs 25:5 “Therefore,” he said, “have the influential men among you go there with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, have them bring charges against him.”
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- κατηγορέωto accuse 1
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
- συγκαταβαίνωto go or come down together with 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γνωρίζωto make known, to know 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πολύςmany 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
10 occurrences in 6 groups
- πᾶςall, every, each 4
- θεόςGod 2
- ἀδύνατοςimpossible, unable 1
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
- κρατέωto take hold of, to seize, to hold 1
- σύyou 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- גִּבּוֹר gibbôwr · H1368 · great one
- Hebrew גִּבּוֹר emphasizes martial valor and physical might (warrior, champion, hero), while Greek δυνατός denotes general power or capability (including abstract ability and possibility); both share the core semantic domain of strength/power but differ in register and typical contextual application.
- חַיִל chayil · H2428 · substance, great
- חַיִל (chayil, H2428) emphasizes collective strength, military force, or resource-based capability (army, wealth, valor), while δυνατός (dynatós, G1415) focuses on inherent power or individual capacity to accomplish something.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Possible71.2
- Used of a state of affairs that can occur, as of the assurance that with God all things are possible in Matthew 19:26, and the prayer that if it is possible, the cup pass from Jesus in Matthew 26:39.
- Able, can74.2
- Used of possessing the capacity to perform an action, as of the man of great wealth counting the cost before going to war, to see if he is strong enough to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand in Luke 14:31.
- The Mighty One, Mighty God, the Almighty74.3
- Used substantivally as a divine title, as of Mary's song declaring that the Mighty One has done great things for her in Luke 1:49.
- Particularly capable, expert, competent74.4
- Used of exceptional skill or effectiveness in a specific activity, as of Apollos being described as mighty in the Scriptures in Acts 18:24.
- Important, influential87.43
- Used of persons possessing social or political standing, as of not many wise, not many mighty, and not many of noble birth being called in 1 Corinthians 1:26.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon δυνατή, δυνατόν (δύναμαι); (from Pindar down), the Sept. for גִּבּור; able, powerful,…
1. absolutely;
a. mighty in wealth and influence: 1 Cor 1:26; (Rev 6:15 Rec.); οἱ δυνατοί, the chief men, Acts 25:5 (Josephus, b. j. 1, 12, 4 ἧκον Ἰουδαίων οἱ δυνατοί; Xenophon, Cyril 5, 4, 1; Thucydides 1, 89; Polybius 9, 23, 4). ὁ δυνατός, the preeminently mighty one, almighty God, Lk 1:49.
b. strong in soul: to bear calamities and trials with fortitude and patience, 2 Cor 12:10; strong in Christian virtue, 2 Cor 13:9; firm in conviction and faith, Rom 15:1.
2. in construction;
a. δυνατός εἰμί with an infinitive, "to be able (to do something; (Buttmann, 260 (224); Winer's Grammar, 319 (299))): Lk 14:31; Acts 11:17; Rom 4:21; Rom 11:23; Rom 14:4 R G; 2 Cor 9:8 R G; 2 Tim 1:12; Tit 1:9; Heb 11:19 (Lachmann δύναται; Jas 3:2.
b. δυνατός ἐν τίνι, mighty, i. e. excelling in something: ἐν ἔργῳ καί λόγῳ, Lk 24:19; ἐν λόγοις καί ἔργοις, Acts 7:22; ἐν γραφαῖς:, excelling in knowledge of the Scriptures, Acts 18:24.
c. πρός τί, mighty, i. e. having power for something: 2 Cor 10:4.
d. neuter δυνατόν (in passive sense, cf. Buttmann, 190 (165)) possible: εἰ δυνατόν (ἐστι), Mt 24:24; Mt 26:39; Mk 13:22; Mk 14:35; Rom 12:18; Gal 4:15; οὐκ ἦν δυνατόν followed by infinitive Acts 2:24; δυνατόν τί ἐστι τίνι (Buttmann, 190 (165)), Mk 9:23; Mk 14:36; Acts 20:16; παρά Θεῷ πάντα δυνατά ἐστι, Mt 19:26; Mk 10:27; Lk 18:27. Τό δυνατόν αὐτοῦ, what his power could do, equivalent to τήν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ, Rom 9:22, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 34, 2.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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