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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:20 - “And behold, you shall be silent and unable G1410 to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:22 - But when he came out, he was unable G1410 to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. And he kept [fn]making signs to them, and remained mute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - “Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say [fn]to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able G1410 to raise up children to Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:12 -

And it happened that while He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man [fn]covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can G1410 make me clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:21 - The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can G1410 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 G1410 make the [fn]attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 -

And He also spoke a parable to them: “Can G1410 a blind man guide 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 G1410 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 -

And His mother and brothers came to Him, and they were unable G1410 to get to 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, and they could G1410 not.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7 - and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children [fn]and I are in bed; I cannot G1410 rise 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 worrying can G1410 add a single [fn]cubit to his [fn]life span?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:26 - “Therefore, if you cannot G1410 do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:11 - And behold, there was a woman who for eighteen years had [fn]a sickness caused by a spirit, and she was bent double, and could G1410 not straighten up at all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:20 - “And another one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot G1410 come.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - “If anyone comes to Me, and does not [fn]hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot G1410 be My disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot G1410 be My disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:33 - “So then, none of you can G1410 be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:2 - “And he called for him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your stewardship, for you can G1410 no longer be steward.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - “No [fn]servant can G1410 [fn]serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot G1410 [fn]serve God and [fn]wealth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:26 - ‘And [fn]besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you are not able G1410, and none may cross over from there to us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:26 - And those who heard it said, “Then who can G1410 be saved?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - And Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable G1410 because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:36 - “For they cannot G1410 even die anymore, because they are like angels and are sons of God, being sons 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 opponents will be able G1410 to resist or refute.
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