Strong's Lexicon
G1416 — δύνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1416 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δύνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | prolonged forms of an obsolete primary duo doo'-o "to sink" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | duno |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | doo'-no (or dumi doo'-mee) v. |
| Meaning: | 1. to go "down" |
| KJV Renderings: | set |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δύνω, δύω; 2 aorist ἔδυν; 1 aorist (in Greek writings transitively) ἐδυσα (Mar 1:32 L Tr WH), cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 156f; Winers Grammar, p. 84 (81); Buttmann, 56 (49); (Veitch, see under the words); to go into, enter; go under, be plunged into, sink in: in the N. T. twice of the setting sun (sinking as it were into the sea), Mar 1:32; Luk 4:40. So times without number in Greek writings from Homer on; the Sept., Gen 28:11; Lev 22:7, etc.; Tob 2:4; 1Ma 10:50. (Compare: ἐκδύνω, ἀπεκδύνω (ἀπεκδύνομαι), ἐνδύνω, ἐπενδύνω, παρεισδύνω, ἐπιδύνω.)
STRONGS NT 1416: δύσις [δύσις, δύσεως, ἡ;
1. a sinking or setting, especially of the heavenly bodies;
2. of the quarter in which the sun sets, the west: Mar 16:1-20 WH (rejected) ’Shorter Conclusion.’ (So both in singular and in plural: Aristotle, de mund. 3, p. 393{a}, 17; 4, p. 394^b, 21; Polybius 1, 42, 5 etc.)]
STRONGS NT 1416: δύωδύω, see δύνω.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δύνω (set)
Mark 1:32
- KJV: And at even when the sun did set they brought unto him all that were diseased and them that were possessed with devils
- GK: οψίας δε γενομένης ότε έδυ ο ήλιος έφερον προς αυτόν πάντας τους κακώς έχοντας και τους δαιμονιζομένους
Luke 4:40
- KJV: Now when the sun was setting all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him and he laid his hands every one of them and healed them
- GK: δύνοντος δε του ηλίου πάντες όσοι είχον ασθενούντας νόσοις ποικίλαις ήγαγον αυτούς προς αυτόν ο δε ενί εκάστω αυτών τας χείρας επιθείς εθεράπευσεν αυτούς
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