Lexical Summary dynatos: strong, mighty, powerful Original Word: δυνατόςTransliteration: dynatos Phonetic Spelling: (doo-nat-os') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: strong, mighty, powerful Meaning: strong, mighty, powerful Strong's Concordance able, mighty, possibleFrom dunamai; powerful or capable (literally or figuratively); neuter possible -- able, could, (that is) mighty (man), possible, power, strong. see GREEK dunamai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1415: δυνατόςδυνατός, δυνατή, δυνατόν (δύναμαι); (from Pindar down), the Sept. for גִּבּור; able, powerful, mighty, strong; 1. absolutely; a. mighty in wealth and influence: 1 Corinthians 1:26; (Revelation 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, Luke 1:49. b. strong in soul: to bear calamities and trials with fortitude and patience, 2 Corinthians 12:10; strong in Christian virtue, 2 Corinthians 13:9; firm in conviction and faith, Romans 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))): Luke 14:31; Acts 11:17; Romans 4:21; Romans 11:23; Romans 14:4 R G; 2 Corinthians 9:8 R G; 2 Timothy 1:12; Titus 1:9; Hebrews 11:19 (Lachmann δύναται; James 3:2. b. δυνατός ἐν τίνι, mighty, i. e. excelling in something: ἐν ἔργῳ καί λόγῳ, Luke 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 Corinthians 10:4. d. neuter δυνατόν (in passive sense, cf. Buttmann, 190 (165)) possible: εἰ δυνατόν (ἐστι), Matthew 24:24; Matthew 26:39; Mark 13:22; Mark 14:35; Romans 12:18; Galatians 4:15; οὐκ ἦν δυνατόν followed by infinitive Acts 2:24; δυνατόν τί ἐστι τίνι (Buttmann, 190 (165)), Mark 9:23; Mark 14:36; Acts 20:16; παρά Θεῷ πάντα δυνατά ἐστι, Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Luke 18:27. Τό δυνατόν αὐτοῦ, what his power could do, equivalent to τήν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ, Romans 9:22, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 34, 2. |