Lexicon dunastés: a ruler, a potentate Original Word: δυνάστης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: dunastés Phonetic Spelling: (doo-nas'-tace) Short Definition: a ruler, potentate Definition: (lit: a man who rules by force), a ruler, potentate; also: courtier, member of the court. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1413 dynástēs – a potentate (someone mighty in power). See 1411 (dynamis). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dunamaiDefinitiona ruler, a potentate NASB Translationcourt official (1), rulers (1), Sovereign (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1413: δυνάστηςδυνάστης, δυνάστου, ὁ ( δύναμαι); from ( Sophocles and) Herodotus on; powerful; 1. a prince, potentate: Luke 1:52; used of God (Sir. 46:5; 2 Macc. 15:3, 23, etc.; of Zeus, Sophocles Ant. 608), 1 Timothy 6:15. 2. a courtier, high officer, royal minister: Acts 8:27 (A. V. (a eunuch) of great authority; but see Meyer at the passage) (δυνάσται Φαραώ, Genesis 50:4).
Strong's ruler, officer, potentate From dunamai; a ruler or officer -- of great authority, mighty, potentate. see GREEK dunamai |
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