Strong's Lexicon
G1411 — δύναμις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1411 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δύναμις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1410 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 119 |
| Transliteration: | dunamis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | doo'-nam-is |
| Meaning: | 1. force 2. (specially) miraculous power 3. (usually by implication) a miracle itself {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | ability, abundance, meaning, might(-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle(-s), power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δύναμις, δυνάμεως, ἡ; (from Homer down); the Sept. for çÇéÄì, âÀÌáåÌøÈä, òÉæ, ëÉÌçÇ, öÈáÈà (an army, a host); strength, ability, power;
a. universally, "inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth": Luk 1:17; Act 4:7; 1Co 4:20; 2Co 4:7; 2Co 12:9 (ἡ δύναμις ἐν ἀσθένεια τελεῖται (R G τελειοῦται)); ; 1Th 1:5; Heb 7:16; Heb 11:34; Rev 1:16; Rev 17:13; ἰδίᾳ δυνάμει, Act 3:12; μεγάλη δυνάμει, Act 4:33; ἑκάστῳ κατά τήν ἰδίαν δύναμιν, Mat 25:15; ὑπέρ δύναμιν, beyond our power, 2Co 1:8; ἐν δυνάμει namely, ὤν, endued with power, Luk 4:36; 1Co 15:43; so in the phrase ἔρχεσθαι ἐν δυνάμει, Mar 9:1; powerfully, Col 1:29; 2Th 1:11; contextually, equivalent to evidently, Rom 1:4; ἐν δυνάμει σημείων καί τεράτων, through the power which I exerted upon their souls by performing miracles, Rom 15:19; δύναμις εἰς τί, Heb 11:11; δύναμις ἐπί τά δαιμόνια καί νόσους θεραπεύειν, Luk 9:1; ἡ δύναμις τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ νόμος, sin exercises its power (upon the soul) through the law, i. e. through the abuse of the law, 1Co 15:56; τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, the power which the resurrection of Christ has, for instructing, reforming, elevating, tranquilizing, the soul, Php 3:10; τῆς εὐσεβείας, inhering in godliness and operating upon souls, 2Ti 3:5; δυνάμεις μέλλοντος αἰῶνος (see αἰών, 3), Heb 6:5; τό πνεῦμα τῆς δυνάμεως (see πνεῦμα, 5), 1Pe 4:14 Lachmann; 2Ti 1:7; δύναμις is used of the power of angels: Eph 1:21 (cf. Meyer at the passage]) 2Pe 2:11; of the power of the devil and evil spirits, 1Co 15:24; τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, i. e. of the devil, Luk 10:19; τοῦ δράκοντος, Rev 13:2; angels, as excelling in power, are called δυνάμεις (cf. (Philo de mutat. nora. § 8 δυνάμεις ἀσωματοι) Meyer as above; Lightfoot on Col 1:16; see ἄγγελος): Rom 8:38; 1Pe 3:22. ἡ δύναμις τοῦ Θεοῦ, universally, the power of God: Mat 22:29; Mar 12:24; Luk 22:69; Act 8:10; Rom 1:20; Rom 9:17; 1Co 6:14; δύναμις ὑψίστου, Luk 1:35; ἡ δύναμις, especially in doxologies, the kingly power of God, Mat 6:13 Rec.; Rev 4:11; Rev 7:12; Rev 11:17; Rev 12:10; Rev 15:8; Rev 19:1; and the abstract for the concrete (as äÇâÀÌáåÌøÈä in Jewish writings; cf. Buxtorf Lex. talm. col. 385 (p. 201f, Fischer edition)) equivalent to ὁ δυνατός, Mat 26:64; Mar 14:62; δύναμις τοῦ Θεοῦ is used of the divine power considered as acting upon the minds of men, 1Co 2:5; 2Co 6:7; Eph 3:7; Eph 3:20; (2Ti 1:8; 1Pe 1:5); εἰς τινα, 2Co 13:4 (but WH in brackets); Eph 1:19; ἐνδύεσθαι δύναμιν ἐξ ὕψους, Luk 24:49; by metonymy, things or persons in which God’s saving power shows its efficacy are called δυνάμεις Θεοῦ: thus, ὁ Χριστός, 1Co 1:24; ὁ λόγος τοῦ σταυροῦ, 1Co 1:18; τό εὐαγγέλιον, with the addition εἰς σωτηρίαν παντί, etc. Rom 1:16 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 36, 3 b.). δύναμις is ascribed to Christ, now in one sense and now in another: a power to heal disease proceeds from him, Mar 5:30; Luk 5:17; Luk 6:19; Luk 8:46 the kingly power of the Messiah is his, Mat 24:30; (Mar 13:26); Luk 21:27; 2Pe 1:16; Rev 5:12; ἄγγελοι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ (see ἄγγελος, 2), ministering to his power, 2Th 1:7 (Winer’s Grammar, § 34, 3 b. note); metaphysical (or essential) power, viz. that which belongs to him as ὁ θεῖος λόγος, in the expression τό ῤῆμα τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, the word uttered by his power, equivalent to his most powerful will and energy, Heb 1:3; moral power, operating on the soul, 2Co 12:9 R G; and called ἡ θεία αὐτοῦ δύναμις in 2Pe 1:3; ἡ δύναμις τοῦ κυρίου, the power of Christ invisibly present and operative in Christian church formally assembled, 1Co 5:4. δύναμις τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος: Act 1:8 (Winer’s Grammar, 125 (119)); πνεῦμα ἅγιον καί δύναμις, Act 10:38; ἀπόδειξις πνεύματος καί δυνάμεως (see ἀπόδειξις, b.), 1Co 2:4; ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ πνεύματος, under or full of the power of the Holy Spirit, Luk 4:14; ἐν δυνάμει πνεύματος ἁγίου, by the power and influence of the Holy Spirit, Rom 15:13; by the power which, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, I exerted upon their souls, Rom 15:19.
b. specifically, the power of performing miracles: Act 6:8; πᾶσα δύναμις, every kind of power of working miracles (with the addition of καί σημείοις καί τέρασι), 2Th 2:9; plural: (Mat 13:54; Mat 14:2; Mar 6:14); 1Co 12:28; Gal 3:5; ἐνεργήματα δυνάμεων, 1Co 12:10; by metonymy, of the cause for the effect, a mighty work (cf. Winers Grammar, 32; Trench, § xci.): δύναμιν ποιεῖν, Mar 6:5; Mar 9:39; so in the plural, Mar 6:2 Luk 19:37; joined with σημεῖα, Act 8:13; with σημεῖα καί τέρατα, Act 2:22; 2Co 12:12; Heb 2:4 (?); ποιεῖν δυνάμεις, Mat 7:22; (); Act 19:11; γίνονται δυνάμεις, Matthew 11:20f, 23; Luk 10:13.
c. moral power and excellence of soul: 1Co 4:19; 2Co 4:7; Eph 3:16; Col 1:11.
d. the power and influence which belong to riches; (pecuniary ability), wealth: τοῦ στρήνους, ’riches ministering to luxury’ (Grotius), Rev 18:3; κατά δύναμιν καί ὑπέρ (others, δύναμιν, according to their means, yea, beyond their means, 2Co 8:3; (in this sense, for çÇéÄì, the Sept. Deu 8:17; Rth 4:11; not infrequent Greek writings, as Xenophon, Cyril 8, 4, 34; an. 7, 7, 21 (36)).
e. power and resources arising from numbers: Rev 3:8.
f. power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts, (so, both in singular and in plural, often in Greek writings from Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, on; in the Sept. and in Apocrypha); hence, δυνάμεις τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, the host of heaven, Hebraistically the stars: Mat 24:29; Luk 21:26; and δυνάμεις ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, Mar 13:25; equivalent to äÇùÈÌÑîÇéÄí öÀáÈà, 2Ki 17:16; 2Ki 23:4; Isa 34:4; Jer 8:2; Dan 8:10, etc. (cf. σαβαώθ).
g. Like the Latinvis andpotestas, equivalent to the (force i. e.) meaning of a word or expression: 1Co 14:11; (Plato, Crat., p. 394 h.; Polybius 20, 9, 11; Dionysius Halicarnassus 1, 68; Dio Cuss. 55, 3; others). [SYNONYMS: βία, δύναμις, ἐνέργεια, ἐξουσία, ἰσχύς, κράτος βία, force, effective, often oppressive power, exhibiting itself in single deeds of violence; δύναμις, power, natural ability, general and inherent; ἐνέργεια, working, power in exercise, operative power; ἐξουσία, primarily liberty of action; then, authority — either as delegated power, or as unrestrained, arbitrary power; ἰσχύς, strength, power (especially physical) as an endowment κράτος, might, relative and manifested power — in the N. T. chiefly of God; τῷ κράτει τῆς ἰσχύος, Eph 6:10, τήν ἐνέργειαν τῆς δυναμμεως, Eph 3:7, τήν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ κράτους τῆς ἰσχύος, Eph 1:19. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 148; Lightfoot on Col 1:16; Meyer on Eph 1:19.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δύναμις (ability)
Matthew 6:13
- KJV: And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever Amen
- GK: και μη εσενέγκης ημάς εις πειρασμόν αλλά ρύσαι ημάς από του πονηρού ότι σου εστιν η βασιλεία και η δύναμις και η δόξα εις τους αιώνας αμήν
Matthew 7:22
- KJV: Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name done many wonderful works
- GK: πολλοί ερούσί μοι εν εκείνη τη ημέρα κύριε κύριε ου τω σω ονόματι προεφητεύσαμεν και τω σω ονόματι δαιμόνια εξεβάλομεν και τω σω ονόματι δυνάμεις πολλάς εποιήσαμεν
Matthew 11:20
- KJV: Then began he to upbraid the cities where in most of his mighty works were done because they repented not
- GK: τότε ήρξατο ονειδίζειν τας πόλεις εν αις εγένοντο αι πλείσται δυνάμεις αυτού ότι ου μετενόησαν
Matthew 11:21
- KJV: Woe unto thee Chorazin woe unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes
- GK: ουαί σοι Χοραζίν ουαί σοι Βηθσαϊδά ότι ει εν Τύρω και Σιδώνι εγένοντο αι δυνάμεις αι γενόμεναι εν υμίν πάλαι αν εν σάκκω και σποδώ μετενόησαν
Matthew 11:23
- KJV: And thou Capernaum which art exalted unto heaven shalt be brought down to hell for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom it would have remained until this day
- GK: και συ Καπερναούμ η έως του ουρανού υψωθείσα έως άδου καταβιβασθήση ότι ει εν Σοδόμοις εγένοντο αι δυνάμεις αι γενόμεναι εν σοι έμειναν αν μέχρι της σήμερον
Matthew 13:54
- KJV: And when he was come into his own country he taught them in their synagogue insomuch that they were astonished and said Whence hath this this wisdom and mighty works
- GK: και ελθών εις την πατρίδα αυτού εδίδασκεν αυτούς εν τη συναγωγή αυτών ώστε εκπλήττεσθαι αυτούς και λέγειν πόθεν τούτω η σοφία αύτη και αι δυνάμεις
Matthew 13:58
- KJV: And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief
- GK: και ουκ εποίησεν εκεί δυνάμεις πολλάς διά την απιστίαν αυτών
Matthew 14:2
- KJV: And said unto his servants This is John the Baptist he is risen from the dead and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him
- GK: και είπε τοις παισίν αυτού ούτός εστιν Ιωάννης ο βαπτιστής αυτός ηγέρθη από των νεκρών και διά τούτο αι δυνάμεις ενεργούσιν εν αυτώ
Matthew 22:29
- KJV: Jesus answered and said unto them Ye do err not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God
- GK: αποκριθείς δε ο Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς πλανάσθε μη ειδότες τας γραφάς μηδέ την δύναμιν του θεού
Matthew 24:29
- KJV: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken
- GK: ευθέως δε μετά την θλίψιν των ημερών εκείνων ο ήλιος σκοτισθήσεται και η σελήνη ου δώσει το φέγγος αυτής και οι αστέρες πεσούνται από του ουρανού και αι δυνάμεις των ουρανών σαλευθήσονται
Matthew 24:30
- KJV: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory
- GK: και τότε φανήσεται το σημείον του υιού του ανθρώπου εν τω ουρανώ και τότε κόψονται πάσαι αι φυλαί της γης και όψονται τον υιόν του ανθρώπου ερχόμενον επί των νεφελών του ουρανού μετά δυνάμεως και δόξης πολλής
Matthew 25:15
- KJV: And unto one he gave five talents to another two and to another one to every man according to his several ability and straightway took his journey
- GK: και ω μεν έδωκε πέντε τάλαντα ω δε δύο ω δε εν εκάστω κατά την ιδίαν δύναμιν και απεδήμησεν ευθέως
Matthew 26:64
- KJV: Jesus saith unto him Thou hast said nevertheless I say unto you Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven
- GK: λέγει αυτώ ο Ιησούς συ είπας πλην λέγω υμίν απ΄ άρτι όψεσθε τον υιόν του ανθρώπου καθήμενον εκ δεξιών της δυνάμεως και ερχόμενον επί των νεφελών του ουρανού
Mark 5:30
- KJV: And Jesus immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him turned him about in the press and said Who touched my clothes
- GK: και ευθέως ο Ιησούς επιγνούς εν εαυτώ την εξ αυτού δύναμιν εξελθούσαν επιστρεφείς εν τω όχλω έλεγε τις μου ήψατο των ιματίων
Mark 6:2
- KJV: And when the sabbath day was come he began to teach in the synagogue and many hearing were astonished saying From whence hath this these things and what wisdom this which is given unto him that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands
- GK: και γενομένου σαββάτου ήρξατο εν τη συναγωγή διδάσκειν και πολλοί ακούοντες εξεπλήσσοντο λέγοντες πόθεν τούτω ταύτα και τις η σοφία η δοθείσα αυτώ ότι και δυνάμεις τοιαύται διά των χειρών αυτού γίνονται
Mark 6:5
- KJV: And he could there do no mighty work save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk and healed
- GK: και ουκ ηδύνατο εκεί ουδεμίαν δύναμιν ποιήσαι ει ολίγοις αρρώστοις επιθείς τας χείρας εθεράπευσε
Mark 6:14
- KJV: And king Herod heard for his name was spread abroad and he said That John the Baptist was risen from the dead and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him
- GK: και ήκουσεν ο βασιλεύς Ηρώδης φανερόν γαρ εγένετο το όνομα αύτου και έλεγεν ότι Ιωάννης ο βαπτίζων εκ νεκρών ηγέρθη και διά τούτο ενεργούσιν αι δυνάμεις εν αυτώ
Mark 9:1
- KJV: And he said unto them Verily I say unto you That there be some of them that stand here which shall not taste of death till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power
- GK: και έλεγεν αυτοίς αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι εισί τινες των ώδε εστηκότων οίτινες ου γεύσωνται θανάτου έως αν ίδωσι την βασιλείαν του θεού εληλυθυίαν εν δυνάμει
Mark 9:39
- KJV: But Jesus said Forbid him not for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name that can lightly speak evil of me
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν μη κωλύετε αυτόν ουδείς γαρ εστιν ος ποιήσει δύναμιν επί τω ονόματί μου και δυνήσεται ταχύ κακολογήσαί με
Mark 12:24
- KJV: And Jesus answering said unto them Do ye not therefore err because ye know not the scriptures neither the power of God
- GK: και αποκριθείς ο Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς ου διά τούτο πλανάσθε μη ειδότες τας γραφάς μηδέ την δύναμιν του θεού
Mark 13:25
- KJV: And the stars of heaven shall fall and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken
- GK: και οι αστέρες του ουρανού έσονται εκπίπτοντες και αι δυνάμεις αι εν τοις ουρανοίς σαλευθήσονται
Mark 13:26
- KJV: And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory
- GK: και τότε όψονται τον υιόν του ανθρώπου ερχόμενον εν νεφέλαις μετά δυνάμεως πολλής και δόξης
Mark 14:62
- KJV: And Jesus said I am and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν εγώ ειμι και όψεσθε τον υιόν του ανθρώπου καθήμενον εκ δεξιών της δυνάμεως και ερχόμενον μετά των νεφελών του ουρανού
Luke 1:17
- KJV: And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just to make ready a people prepared for the Lord
- GK: και αυτός προελεύσεται ενώπιον αυτού εν πνεύματι και δυνάμει Ηλίου επιστρέψαι καρδίας πατέρων επί τέκνα και απειθείς εν φρονήσει δικαίων ετοιμάσαι κυρίω λαόν κατεσκευασμένον
Luke 1:35
- KJV: And the angel answered and said unto her The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God
- GK: και αποκριθείς ο άγγελος είπεν αυτή πνεύμα άγιον επελεύσεται επί σε και δύναμις υψίστου επισκιάσει σοι διό και το γεννώμενον εκ σου άγιον κληθήσεται υιός θεού
Luke 4:14
- KJV: And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about
- GK: και υπέστρεψεν ο Ιησούς εν τη δυνάμει του πνεύματος εις την Γαλιλαίαν και φήμη εξήλθε καθ΄ όλης της περιχώρου περί αυτού
Luke 4:36
- KJV: And they were all amazed and spake among themselves saying What a word this for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits and they come out
- GK: και εγένετο θάμβος επί πάντας και συνελάλουν προς αλλήλους λέγοντες τις ο λόγος ούτος ότι εν εξουσία και δυνάμει επιτάσσει τοις ακαθάρτοις πνεύμασι και εξέρχονται
Luke 5:17
- KJV: And it came to pass on a certain day as he was teaching that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by which were come out of every town of Galilee and Judæa and Jerusalem and the power of the Lord was to heal them
- GK: και εγένετο εν μιά των ημερών και αυτός ην διδάσκων και ήσαν καθήμενοι Φαρισαίοι και νομοδιδάσκαλοι οι ήσαν εληλυθότες εκ πάσης κώμης της Γαλιλαίας και Ιουδαίας και Ιερουσαλήμ και δύναμις κυρίου ην εις το ιάσθαι αυτούς
Luke 6:19
- KJV: And the whole multitude sought to touch him for there went virtue out of him and healed all
- GK: και πας ο όχλος εζήτει άπτεσθαι αυτού ότι δύναμις παρ΄ αυτού εξήρχετο και ιάτο πάντας
Luke 8:46
- KJV: And Jesus said Somebody hath touched me for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν ήψατό μου τις εγώ γαρ έγνων δύναμιν εξελθούσαν απ΄ εμού