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GreekG1411Noun (Feminine)

δύναμις

dunamis

116Occurrences
G1411Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself)

from G1410 (δύναμαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
power, might, strength; relatively, ability, power to perform: ; κατὰ δ.; παρὰ δ., ib.; ὑπὲρ δ.; of pecuniary ability,; absol., power, might: opposite to ἀσθένεια; ἡ δ. ἁμαρτίας; of power in action, ἡ δ. θεοῦ, opposite to μόρφωσις; in doxologies ἐν δ., of the power of performing miracles; pl., of the force or meaning of a word (Plat.). By meton., of persons or things; (a) of God, (Dalman, Words, 200ff.); (b) of angels,; (with) of armies, pl. [LXX for *צְבָאוֹת *], metaphorically, of the stars,; (d) of that wh. manifests God's power: Christ; εὐαγγέλλιον; ἡ δ. κυρίου; (e) of mighty works, δ. ποιεῖν; pl., σημεῖακ. δ.; δ. κ. τέρατα κ. σημεῖα.
Synonyms
βία, ἐνέργεια, ἐξουσία, ἰσχύς, *κράτος *(see Tr., l.with; Cremer, 218, 236; DB, i, 616; iv, 29; DCG, i, 607; ii, 188).
LXX: for עֹז,גּבוּרָה,צָבָה,(חֵיל) חַיִל, etc.; 35 words in all

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

δύναμις appears 116 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
15
Luke
15
Matthew
13
Revelation
12
Acts
10
Mark
10
2 Corinthians
7
Romans
7

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:18BSB

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

2 Corinthians 6:7BSB

in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

Ephesians 1:19BSB

and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

Luke 5:17BSB

One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

Mark 6:5BSB

So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.