Strong's Lexicon
G102 — ἀδύνατος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G102 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀδύνατος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and G1415 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | adunatos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ad-oo'-nat-os |
| Meaning: | 1. unable, i.e. weak 2. (passively) impossible {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | could not do, impossible, impotent, not possible, weak |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀδύνατος, (δύναμαι) (from Herodotus down);
1. without strength, impotent: τοῖς ποσί, Act 14:8; figuratively, of Christians whose faith is not yet quite firm, Rom 15:1 (opposed to δυνατός).
2. impossible (in contrast with δυνατόν): παρά τίνι, for (with) anyone, Mat 19:26; Mar 10:27; Luk 18:27; τό ἀδύνατος τοῦ νόμου ’what the law could not do’ (this God effected by, etc.; (others take τό ἀδύνατος here as nominative absolutely, cf. Buttmann, 381 (326); Winer’s Grammar, 574 (534); Meyer or Gifford at the passage)), Rom 8:3; followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Heb 6:4; Heb 6:18; Heb 10:4; by an infinitive, Heb 11:6.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀδύνατος (could not do)
Matthew 19:26
- KJV: But Jesus beheld and said unto them With men this is impossible but with God all things are possible
- GK: εμβλέψας δε ο Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς παρά ανθρώποις τούτο αδύνατόν εστι παρά δε θεώ πάντα δυνατά
Mark 10:27
- KJV: And Jesus looking upon them saith With men impossible but not with God for with God all things are possible
- GK: εμβλέψας δε αυτοίς ο Ιησούς λέγει παρά ανθρώποις αδύνατον αλλ΄ ου παρά θεώ πάντα γαρ δυνατά εστι παρά των θεώ
Luke 18:27
- KJV: And he said The things which are impossible with men are possible with God
- GK: ο δε είπε τα αδύνατα παρά ανθρώποις δυνατά εστι παρά τω θεώ
Acts 14:8
- KJV: And there sat a certain man at Lystra impotent in his feet being a cripple from his mother’s womb who never had walked
- GK: και τις ανήρ εν Λύστροις αδύνατος τοις ποσίν εκάθητο χωλός εκ κοιλίας μητρός αυτού υπάρχων ος ουδέποτε περιπεπατήκει
Romans 8:3
- KJV: For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin condemned sin in the flesh
- GK: το γαρ αδύνατον του νόμου εν ω ησθένει διά της σαρκός ο θεός τον εαυτού υιόν πέμψας εν ομοιώματι σαρκός αμαρτίας και περί αμαρτίας κατέκρινε την αμαρτίαν εν τη σαρκί
Romans 15:1
- KJV: We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves
- GK: οφείλομεν δε ημείς οι δυνατοί τα ασθενήματα των αδυνάτων βαστάζειν και μη εαυτοίς αρέσκειν
Hebrews 6:4
- KJV: For impossible for those who were once enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost
- GK: αδύνατον γαρ τους άπαξ φωτισθέντας γευσαμένους τε της δωρεάς της επουρανίου και μετόχους γενηθέντας πνεύματος αγίου
Hebrews 6:18
- KJV: That by two immutable things in which impossible for God to lie we might have a strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us
- GK: ίνα διά δύο πραγμάτων αμεταθέτων εν οις αδύνατον ψεύσασθαι θεόν ισχυράν παράκλησιν έχωμεν οι καταφυγόντες κρατήσαι της προκειμένης ελπίδος
Hebrews 10:4
- KJV: For not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins
- GK: αδύνατον γαρ αίμα ταύρων και τράγων αφαιρείν αμαρτίας
Hebrews 11:6
- KJV: But without faith impossible to please for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him
- GK: χωρίς δε πίστεως αδύνατον ευαρεστήσαι πιστεύσαι γαρ δει τον προσερχόμενον τω θεώ ότι έστι και τοις εκζητούσιν αυτόν μισθαποδότης γίνεται