Strong's Lexicon
dunamai: to be able, to have power
Original Word:δύναμαι
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:dunamai
Pronunciation:DOO-nah-my
Phonetic Spelling:(doo'-nam-ahee)
Definition:to be able, to have power
Meaning:(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.
Word Origin:A primary verb
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -H3201 (יָכֹל, yakol): to be able, have power
-H3581 (כֹּחַ, koach): strength, power
Usage:The Greek verb "dunamai" primarily means "to be able" or "to have the power or capacity" to do something. It conveys the idea of possessing the ability or strength to perform an action or achieve a result. In the New Testament, "dunamai" is often used to describe both physical and spiritual capabilities, emphasizing the power that comes from God or faith.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of power (dunamis) was significant, often associated with authority, strength, and capability. The New Testament writers, particularly Paul, frequently use "dunamai" and its related forms to contrast human limitations with divine empowerment. This reflects the early Christian understanding that true power and ability come from God, rather than human effort alone.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 1410dýnamai (a primitive verb) – to showability (power);able (enabled by God),empowered. See the cognate-noun,1411/dýnamis ("ability, power").
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origina prim. verb
Definitionto be able, to have power
NASB Translationable (50), am able (2), can (60), cannot (1), cannot* (59), could (24), may (1), might (3), power...has (1), unable* (7).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1410: δύναμαιδύναμαι, 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
LTTrWH; (
Luke 16:2TWHTr text);
Revelation 2:2); imperfect
ἐδυναμην and Attic
ἠδυναμην, 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
ἠδυναμην, so
RG 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,
LTTrWH all read
ἐδυναμην, so
TWH in
Matthew 26:9;
RG in
Matthew 22:46. Cf.
WHs Appendix, p. 162;
Winer's Grammar, § 12, 1 b.; B, 33 (29)); future
δυνήσομαι; 1 aorist
ἠδυνήθην and (in
Mark 7:24TWH, after manuscripts
א B 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)); the
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 (RG);;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; ( 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 (hereT bracketsWH reject the passage);;Mark 6:19;Mark 10:39;Luke 9:40;Luke 16:26;Luke 19:3;Romans 8:7.c. joined with an accusative,δύναμαιτί,to be able to do something (cf. Germanich vermag etwas):Mark 9:22;Luke 12:26;2 Corinthians 13:8 (and in Greek writings fromHomer on).
d. absolutely, like the Latinpossum (as in Cues. b. gall. 1, 18, 6), equivalent toto 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 manuscriptAlex., and often in Greek writings asEuripides, Or. 889;Thucydides 4, 105;Xenophon, an. 4, 5, 11f;Isocrates,Demosthenes,Aeschines)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
to be powerful, ableOf uncertain affinity; to be able or possible -- be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
Forms and Transliterations
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