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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)
Dictionary Aids

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

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“But He saves from the sword of their mouth,

And the needy from the hand of the strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:16

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“So the poor has hope,

And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:19

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“For he has crushed and forsaken the poor;

He has seized a house which he has not built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:4

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“They push the needy aside from the road;

The afflicted of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:6 -

“They harvest their fodder in the field

And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:22

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“But He drags off the mighty by His power;

He rises, but no one believes in his 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 case which I did not know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:25 -

“Have I not wept for the [fn]one whose life is 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 held back the poor from their desire,

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 loins have not blessed me,

And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 -

Because I feared the great multitude,

And the contempt of families terrified me,

And I kept silent 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, and at midnight

People are shaken and pass away,

And the mighty are taken away without a hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:15 -

“He delivers the afflicted in [fn]their affliction,

And opens their ear in [fn]time of oppression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:19 -

“Will your [fn]cries keep you from distress,

Or all the forces of your power?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:18

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There are three things which are too wonderful for me,

Four which I do not understand:

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:10

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Beat your plowshares into swords

And your pruning hooks into spears;

Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”

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