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Lexicon :: Strong's G1410 - dynamai

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δύναμαι
Transliteration
dynamai (Key)
Pronunciation
doo'-nam-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
mGNT
210x in 44 unique form(s) TR
210x in 48 unique form(s) LXX
229x in 49 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:284,186

Strong’s Definitions

δύναμαι dýnamai, doo'-nam-ahee; of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible:—be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 210x

The KJV translates Strong's G1410 in the following manner: can (could) (100x), cannot (with G3756) (45x), be able (37x), may (might) (18x), able (3x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 210x
The KJV translates Strong's G1410 in the following manner: can (could) (100x), cannot (with G3756) (45x), be able (37x), may (might) (18x), able (3x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. to be able, have power whether by virtue of one's own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favourable circumstances, or by permission of law or custom

  2. to be able to do something

  3. to be capable, strong and powerful

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δύναμαι dýnamai, doo'-nam-ahee; of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible:—be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
STRONGS G1410:
δύναμαι, deponent verb, present indicative 2 person singular δύνασαι and, according to a rarer form occasional in the poets and from Polybius on to be met with in prose writings also (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 359; [WHs Appendix, p. 168; Winers Grammar, § 13, 2 b.; Veitch, under the word]), δύνῃ (Mark 9:22f L T Tr WH; [Luke 16:2 T WH Tr text]; Revelation 2:2); imperfect ἐδυνάμην and Attic ἠδυνάμην, between which forms the manuscripts and editions are almost everywhere divided, [in Mark 6:19; Mark 14:5; Luke 8:19; Luke 19:3; John 9:33; John 12:39 all editions read ἠδ., so R G in Matthew 26:9; Luke 1:22; John 11:37; Revelation 14:3; on the other hand, in Matthew 22:46; Luke 1:22; John 11:37; Revelation 14:3, L T Tr WH all read ἐδ., so T WH in Matthew 26:9; R G in Matthew 22:46. Cf. WHs Appendix, p. 162; Winer's Grammar, § 12, 1 b.; Buttmun, 33 (29)]; future δυνήσομαι; 1 aorist ἠδυνήθην and (in Mark 7:24 T WH, after manuscripts א Β only; in Matthew 17:16 manuscript B) ἠδυνάσθην (cf. [WH as above and p. 169]; Kühner, § 343, under the word; [Veitch, under the word; Winers Grammar, 84 (81); Buttmann, 33 (29); Curtius, Das Verbum, 2:402]); Sept. for יָכֹל; to be able, have power, whether by virtue of one's own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favorable circumstances, or by permission of law or custom;
a. followed by an infinitive [Winers Grammar, § 44, 3] present or aorist (on the distinction between which, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 44, 7).
α. followed by a present infinitive: Matthew 6:24; Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:7; Mark 3:23; Luke 6:39; John 3:2; John 5:19; Acts 27:15; 1 Corinthians 10:21; Hebrews 5:7; 1 John 3:9; Revelation 9:20, and often.
β. followed by an aorist infinitive: Matthew 3:9; Matthew 5:14; Mark 1:45; Mark 2:4; Mark 5:3; Luke 8:19; Luke 13:11; John 3:3; John 6:52; John 7:34, 36; Acts 4:16 [R G]; Acts 5:39; 10:47; Romans 8:39; Romans 16:25; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 3:7; Galatians 3:21; Ephesians 3:4, 20; 1 Thessalonians 3:9; 1 Timothy 6:7, 16; 2 Timothy 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:7, 15; Hebrews 2:18; Hebrews 3:19; [Hebrews 11:19 Lachmann]; James 1:21; Revelation 3:8; Revelation 5:3; Revelation 6:17, and very often.
b. with an infinitive omitted, as being easily supplied from the context: Matthew 16:3 [here T brackets WH reject the passage]; Matt 20:22; Mark 6:19; Mark 10:39; Luke 9:40; Luke 16:26; Luke 19:3; Romans 8:7.
c. joined with an accusative, δύναμαί τι, to be able to do something (cf. German ich vermag etwas): Mark 9:22; Luke 12:26; 2 Corinthians 13:8, (and in Greek writings from Homer on).
d. absolutely, like the Latin possum (as in Caes. b. gall. 1, 18, 6), equivalent to to be able, capable, strong, powerful: 1 Corinthians 3:2; 1 Corinthians 10:13. (2 Chronicles 32:13; 1 Macc. 5:40f; in 2 Macc. 11:13 manuscript Alex., and often in Greek writings as Euripides, Or. 889; Thucydides 4, 105; Xenophon, an. 4, 5, 11f; Isocrates, Demosthenes, Aeschines)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Chronicles
1; 32:13
Matthew
3:9; 5:14; 6:24; 9:15; 16:3; 17:16; 20:22; 22:46; 22:46; 26:9; 26:9
Mark
1:45; 2:4; 2:7; 3:23; 5:3; 6:19; 6:19; 7:24; 9:22; 9:22; 10:39; 14:5
Luke
1:22; 1:22; 6:39; 8:19; 8:19; 9:40; 12:26; 13:11; 16:2; 16:26; 19:3; 19:3
John
3:2; 3:3; 5:19; 6:52; 7:34; 7:36; 9:33; 11:37; 11:37; 12:39
Acts
4:16; 5:39; 10:47; 27:15
Romans
8:7; 8:39; 16:25
1 Corinthians
2:14; 3:1; 3:2; 6:5; 10:13; 10:21
2 Corinthians
3:7; 13:8
Galatians
3:21
Ephesians
3:4; 3:20
1 Thessalonians
3:9
1 Timothy
6:7; 6:16
2 Timothy
2:13; 3:7; 3:15
Hebrews
2:18; 3:19; 5:7; 11:19
James
1:21
1 John
3:9
Revelation
2:2; 3:8; 5:3; 6:17; 9:20; 14:3; 14:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1410 matches the Greek δύναμαι (dynamai),
which occurs 229 times in 218 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 5 (2Ki 4:40–Ecc 6:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - And they poured out some for the men to eat. But while they were eating of the stew, they cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5 - Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to wage war on Jerusalem, and they besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:29 - Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of my[fn] hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:30 - but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:14 - so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:2 - And the priests could not enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:21 - And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made.” And the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished—for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:3 - for they could not keep it at that time because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient number, nor had the people assembled in Jerusalem—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:17 - For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves. Therefore the Levites had to slaughter the Passover lamb for everyone who was not clean, to consecrate it to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:13 - Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their lands out of my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:14 - Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers devoted to destruction was able to deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand!’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:59 - The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, though they could not prove their fathers’ houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:10 - In Judah it was said,[fn] “The strength of those who bear the burdens is failing. There is too much rubble. By ourselves we will not be able to rebuild the wall.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:61 - The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove their fathers’ houses nor their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - For how can I bear to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 - Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - My appetite refuses to touch them;
they are as food that is loathsome to me.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:13 - Yet these things you hid in your heart;
I know that this was your purpose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:15 - If I am guilty, woe to me!
If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and look on my affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 - He breaks me with breach upon breach;
he runs upon me like a warrior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 - yet his food is turned in his stomach;
it is the venom of cobras within him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:24 - “Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
and in his disaster cry for help?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - He burned with anger also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:5 - Answer me, if you can;
set your words in order before me; take your stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 - so that his life loathes bread,
and his appetite the choicest food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:6 - If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:14 - How much less when you say that you do not see him,
that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:14 - Then will I also acknowledge to you
that your own right hand can save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:2 - “I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:38 - I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
they fell under my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:11 - Though they plan evil against you,
though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - There the evildoers lie fallen;
they are thrust down, unable to rise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For evils have encompassed me
beyond number;
my iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head;
my heart fails me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:19 - They spoke against God, saying,
“Can God spread a table in the wilderness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 - He struck the rock so that water gushed out
and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:6 - Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:16 - Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom
when he has no sense?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:15 - The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:21 - Under three things the earth trembles;
under four it cannot bear up:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5 - lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 - All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - What is crooked cannot be made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:10 - Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.

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