ἐνεργής

δυνατός dynatós · G1415 · possible, able, can

δυνατός emphasizes inherent power or capability, overlapping with ἐνεργής in contexts where something is described as operative or effective due to its inherent power. δυνατός focuses on potential power or capacity, while ἐνεργής emphasizes actualized, active operation.

νεκρός nekrós · G3498 · lifeless, dead, the dead

νεκρός ('dead, lifeless') is the direct lexical opposite of ἐνεργής ('active, operative'), particularly evident in theological contexts where faith or works are described as either ἐνεργής (living/active) or νεκρός (dead/ineffective), as in James 2:17, 26.

Effective, able to bring about13.124

This adjective describes something capable of producing a real effect, used of Paul's description of a wide door for effective service that had opened to him — "for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries" (1 Corinthians 16:9), of his prayer that Philemon's fellowship of faith become effective through knowledge of every good thing, "that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you" (Philemon 1:6), and of the word of God described as living and active, "the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword" (Hebrews 4:12).

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

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.