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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 21 times in 21 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:16 - saying, “What are we to do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy [fn]miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot G1410 deny it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:20 - for we cannot G1410 stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:39 - but if the source is God, you will not be able G1410 to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting against God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:31 - And he said, “Well, how could G1410 I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:47 - “Surely no one can G1410 refuse the water for these to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:39 - and [fn]through Him everyone who believes is [fn]freed from all things, from which you could G1410 not be [fn]freed [fn]through the Law of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:1 -

Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot G1410 be saved.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:19 - And they took him and brought him [fn]to the [fn]Areopagus, saying, “May G1410 we know what this new teaching is [fn]which you are proclaiming?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:40 - “For indeed, we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real reason for it, and in this connection we will be unable G1410 to account for this disorderly gathering.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:32 - “And now I entrust you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able G1410 to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:34 - But among the crowd, some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could G1410 not find out the [fn]facts because of the uproar, he ordered that [fn]Paul be brought into the barracks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 - By interrogating him yourself concerning all these matters, you will be able G1410 to ascertain the things of which we are accusing him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:11 - since you can G1410 take note of the fact that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:13 - “Nor can G1410 they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - “If, therefore, I am in the wrong and have committed something deserving death, I am not trying to avoid execution; but if there is nothing to the accusations which these men are bringing against me, no one can G1410 hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:32 - And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could G1410 have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:12 - The harbor was not suitable for wintering, so the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could G1410 reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:15 - and when the ship was caught in it and could G1410 not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:31 - Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain on the ship, you yourselves cannot G1410 be saved.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:39 -

Now when day came, they [fn]could not recognize the land; but they did notice a bay with a beach, and they resolved to run the ship onto it if they could G1410.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from accomplishing their intention, and commanded that those who could G1410 swim were to [fn]jump overboard first and get to land,
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