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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 210 times in 201 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 3 / 5 (Jhn 8:43–1Co 10:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:43 - “Why do you not understand [fn]what I am saying? It is because you cannot G1410 hear My word.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:4 - “We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can G1410 work.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:16 - So then some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can G1410 a sinful man do such [fn]signs?” And there was a division among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:33 - “If this man were not from God, He could G1410 do nothing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:21 - Others were saying, “These are not the words of someone demon-possessed. Can G1410 a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:29 - [fn]My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able G1410 to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:35 - “If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot G1410 be broken),
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:37 - But some of them said, “Could G1410 not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, [fn]have kept this man also from dying?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:39 - For this reason they could G1410 not believe, for Isaiah said again,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:33 - “Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot G1410 come.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:36 -

Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “Where I go, you cannot G1410 follow Me now; but you will follow later.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:37 - Peter *said to Him, “Lord, why can G1410 I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:5 - Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going. How do we know the way?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:17 - the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot G1410 receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. You know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:4 - “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot G1410 bear fruit from itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:5 - “I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can G1410 do nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:12 -

“I still have many more things to say to you, but you cannot G1410 bear them now.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:16 - saying, “What should we do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy [fn]sign has happened through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot G1410 deny it.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:20 - for we cannot G1410 stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:39 - but if it is of God, you will not be able G1410 to overthrow them; or you may even be found fighting against God.”
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:47 - “Can G1410 anyone refuse water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:39 - and that in Him, everyone who believes is justified from all things which you could G1410 not be justified from [fn]through the Law of Moses.
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.”

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 speaking?
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 cause for which we can G1410 give as an account for this disorderly gathering.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:32 - “And now I commend 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 have been sanctified.
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 him to be brought into the barracks.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 - ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able G1410 to ascertain the things of which we accuse him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:11 - since you are able G1410 to ascertain the fact that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:13 - “Nor are they able G1410 to prove to you of what they are now accusing me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - “If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can G1410 hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:12 - And because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to set sail from there, if somehow they could G1410 arrive at Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, to spend the winter there.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:15 - and when the ship was caught in it and could G1410 not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be carried along.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:31 - Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot G1410 [fn]be saved.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:39 -

Now when day came, they [fn]could not recognize the land; but they were noticing a bay with a beach, and they were resolving to drive the ship onto it if they could G1410.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and ordered that those who could G1410 swim should [fn]jump overboard first and get to land,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:7 - because the mind set on the flesh is at enmity toward God, for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able G1410 to do so,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:8 - and those who are in the flesh are not able G1410 to please God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:39 - nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able G1410 to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:14 -

But I myself am also convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge and being able G1410 also to admonish one another.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:25 -

Now to Him who is able G1410 to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:14 -

But [fn]a natural man does not accept the depths of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot G1410 understand them, because they are spiritually examined.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:1 -

And I, brothers, was not able G1410 to speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to fleshly men, as to infants in Christ.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:2 - I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able G1410 to receive it. Indeed, even now you are still not able G1410,
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:11 - For no one can G1410 lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:5 - I say this to your shame. Is it really this way: there is not one wise man among you who will be able G1410 to pass judgment between his brothers?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 -

Were you called while a slave? [fn]Do not worry about it. But if you are able G1410 also to become free, rather [fn]do that.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:13 - No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able G1410, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able G1410 to endure it.

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