δυνατός
dunatos
able
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word δυνατός (dunatos) means "able." It is a term used to describe a person or thing with the capacity or power to perform a specific action. The word δυνατός (dunatos) is used 32 times in the Bible across various contexts. In these instances, it is often used to describe one's ability to accomplish a task or possess a particular quality. For example, a person may be "able" to fulfill a responsibility or possess the physical strength to labor. The word's meaning can encompass various levels of capability, from physical strength to intellectual ability or spiritual power. The significance of δυνατός (dunatos) in the Bible lies in its association with power, strength, and capability. Understanding this concept helps readers appreciate the importance of human agency and the role of individual capacity in achieving goals.
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Occurrences in Scripture
32 total occurrences across the text
Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 24:24For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Matthew 26:39He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
Mark 9:23Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
Mark 10:27Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”
Mark 13:22For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Mark 14:35He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
Mark 14:36He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
Luke 1:49For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.
Luke 14:31Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 18:27But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
Luke 24:19He said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
Acts 2:24whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
Acts 7:22Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
Acts 11:17If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?”
Acts 18:24Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
Acts 20:16For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
Acts 25:5“Let them therefore”, he said, “that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”
Romans 4:21and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
Romans 9:22What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Romans 11:23They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Romans 12:18If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
Romans 15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 1:26For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
2 Corinthians 10:4for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
2 Corinthians 13:9For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.
Galatians 4:15What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
2 Timothy 1:12For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.
Titus 1:9holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
Hebrews 11:19concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
James 3:2For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.