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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 33 times in 32 verses in 'Mar' in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:40 -

And a leper *came to [fn]Jesus, pleading with Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can G1410 make me clean.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:45 - But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that [fn]Jesus could G1410 no longer publicly enter a city, but [fn]stayed out in desolate areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:4 - And being unable G1410 to bring him to [fn]Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof over where He was; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the mat where the paralytic was lying.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:7 - “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can G1410 forgive sins [fn]but God alone?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:19 - And Jesus said to them, “Can G1410 [fn]the attendants of the bridegroom fast when the bridegroom is with them? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot G1410 fast.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:20 -

And He *came [fn]home, and the crowd *gathered again, so that they could G1410 not even eat [fn]a meal.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can G1410 Satan cast out Satan?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:24 - “And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot G1410 stand.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:25 - “And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able G1410 to stand.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:26 - “And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot G1410 stand, but [fn]he is finished!
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:27 - “But no one can G1410 enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:32 - yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes [fn]largest of all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that THE BIRDS OF THE [fn]AIR can G1410 NEST UNDER ITS SHADE.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 -

And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, as they were able G1410 to hear it;

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:3 - who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able G1410 to bind him anymore, even with a chain;
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:5 - And He could G1410 do no [fn]miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:19 - Now Herodias was holding a grudge against him and was wanting to put him to death and was not able G1410;
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:15 - there is nothing outside the man which can G1410 defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:18 - And He *said to them, “Are you lacking understanding in this way as well? Do you not [fn]perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot G1410 defile him,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:24 -

Now Jesus stood up and went away from there to the region of Tyre[fn]. And when He had entered a house, He was wanting no one to know of it; [fn]yet He could G1410 not escape notice.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:4 - And His disciples answered Him, “Where will anyone be able G1410 to find enough [fn]bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:3 - and His garments were shining intensely white, as no launderer on earth can G1410 whiten them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:22 - “And it has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can G1410 do anything, take pity on us and help us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:23 - And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can G1410?’ All things are possible to him who believes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:28 - And when He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could G1410 we not cast it out?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:29 - And He said to them, “This kind cannot G1410 come out by anything but prayer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:39 - But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able G1410 soon afterward to speak evil of Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:26 - And they were even more astonished, saying to [fn]Him, “[fn]Then who can G1410 be saved?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able G1410 to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:39 - And they said to Him, “We are able G1410.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you shall drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:5 - “For this perfume might G1410 have been sold for over three hundred [fn]denarii and given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:7 - “For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can G1410 do good to them; but you do not always have Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:31 - In the same way, mocking Him to one another, the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were saying, “He saved others; [fn]He cannot G1410 save Himself.
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