Strong's Lexicon
G101 — ἀδυνατέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G101 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀδυνατέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G102 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | adunateo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ad-oo-nat-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be unable 2. (passively) to be impossible |
| KJV Renderings: | be impossible |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀδυνατέω, (ῶ: future ἀδυνατήσω; (ἀδύνατος);
a. not to have strength, to be weak; always so of persons in classic Greek
b. a thing ἀδυνατεῖ, cannot be done, is impossible; so only in the Sept. and N. T.: οὐκ ἀδυνατήσει παρά τῷ Θεῷ (τοῦ Θεοῦ L marginal reading T Tr WH) πᾶν ῤῆμα, Luk 1:37 (the Sept. Gen 18:14) (others retain the active sense here: from God no word shall be without power, see παρά, I.
b. cf. Field, Otium Norv. pars iii. at the passage); οὐδέν ἀδυνατήσει ὑμῖν, Mat 17:20 (Job 42:2).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀδυνατέω (be impossible)
Matthew 17:20
- KJV: And Jesus said unto them Because of your unbelief for verily I say unto you If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed ye shall say unto this mountain Remove hence to yonder place and it shall remove and nothing shall be impossible unto you
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς διά την απιστίαν υμών αμήν γαρ λέγω υμίν εάν έχητε πίστιν ως κόκκον σινάπεως ερείτε τω όρει τούτω μετάβηθι εντεύθεν εκεί και μεταβήσεται και ουδέν αδυνατήσει υμίν
Luke 1:37
- KJV: For with God nothing shall be impossible
- GK: ότι ουκ αδυνατήσει παρά τω θεώ παν ρήμα