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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 - “But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:22 - But when he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he beckoned to them and remained speechless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - “Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:12 - And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, 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 reason, 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 He said to them, “Can you make the friends 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 spoke a parable to them: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:42 - “Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove 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 brothers came to Him, and could not approach Him because of the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:40 - “So I implored 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 and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:25 - “And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:26 - “If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for 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 a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:20 - “Still 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 father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - “And whoever does not bear his 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 likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:2

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

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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 else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:26 - ‘And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:36 - “nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the 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 all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist.
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