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Lexicon :: Strong's G102 - adynatos

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ἀδύνατος
Transliteration
adynatos (Key)
Pronunciation
ad-oo'-nat-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and δυνατός (G1415)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:284,186

Strong’s Definitions

ἀδύνατος adýnatos, ad-oo'-nat-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G1415; unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible:—could not do, impossible, impotent, not possible, weak.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G102 in the following manner: impossible (6x), impotent (1x), could not do (1x), weak (1x), not possible (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G102 in the following manner: impossible (6x), impotent (1x), could not do (1x), weak (1x), not possible (1x).

  1. without strength, impotent, powerless, weakly, disabled

  2. unable to be done, impossible

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀδύνατος adýnatos, ad-oo'-nat-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G1415; unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible:—could not do, impossible, impotent, not possible, weak.
STRONGS G102:
ἀδύνατος, -όν, (δύναμαι) [from Herodotus down];
1. without strength, impotent: τοῖς ποσί, Acts 14:8; figuratively, of Christians whose faith is not yet quite firm, Romans 15:1 (opposed to δυνατός).
2. impossible (in contrast with δυνατόν): παρά τινι, for (with) anyone, Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Luke 18:27; τὸ ἀδύνατος τοῦ νόμου 'what the law could not do' (this God effected by, etc.; [others take τὸ ἀδύνατος here as nominative absolutely, cf. Buttmann, 381 (326); Winer's Grammar, 574 (534); Meyer or Gifford at the passage]), Romans 8:3; followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Hebrews 6:4, 18; Hebrews 10:4; by an infinitive, Hebrews 11:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
19:26
Mark
10:27
Luke
18:27
Acts
14:8
Romans
8:3; 15:1
Hebrews
6:4; 6:18; 10:4; 11:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G102 matches the Greek ἀδύνατος (adynatos),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:15 - But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:16 - So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 - For he has crushed and abandoned the poor;
he has seized a house that he did not build.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:4 - They thrust the poor off the road;
the poor of the earth all hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:6 - They gather their[fn] fodder in the field,
and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 - Yet God[fn] prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;
they rise up when they despair of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 - I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:25 - Did not I weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 - “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:20 - if his body has not blessed me,[fn]
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - because I stood in great fear of the multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - In a moment they die;
at midnight the people are shaken and pass away,
and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:15 - He delivers the afflicted by their affliction
and opens their ear by adversity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:19 - Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress,
or all the force of your strength?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:18 - Three things are too wonderful for me;
four I do not understand:

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:10 - Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
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