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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 26 times in 25 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:20 - And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:22 - And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them and remained mute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:12 - While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy.[fn] And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:21 - And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34 - And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 - He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:42 - How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:19 - Then his mother and his brothers[fn] came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:40 - And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7 - and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:25 - And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:26 - If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:11 - And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:20 - And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:33 - So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:2 - And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:26 - And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:26 - Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:36 - for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons[fn] of the resurrection.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:15 - for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
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