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Lexicon :: Strong's G1410 - dynamai

Aa
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
228x 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 don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to[fn] my word.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:4 -

“We[fn] must do the works of him who sent me[fn] while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:16 -

Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs? ” And there was a division among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:33 -

“If this man were not from God, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:21 -

Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone who is demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:29 -

“My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:35 -

“If he called those to whom the word of God came ‘gods’ ​— ​and the Scripture cannot be broken ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:37 -

But some of them said, “Couldn’t he who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:39 -

This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:33 -

“Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:36 -

“Lord,” Simon Peter said to him, “where are you going? ”

Jesus answered, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:37 -

“Lord,” Peter asked, “why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:5 -

“Lord,” Thomas said, “we don’t know where you’re going. How can we know the way? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:17 -

“He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive him because it doesn’t see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains with you and will be[fn] in you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:4 -

“Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:5 -

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:12 -

“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:16 -

saying, “What should we do with these men? For an obvious sign has been done through them, clear to everyone living in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:20 -

“for we are unable to 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 to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” They were persuaded by him.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:31 -

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me? ” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:47 -

“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:39 -

“Everyone who believes is justified[fn] through him from everything that you could not be justified from through the law of Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:1 -

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:19 -

They took him and brought him to the Areopagus,[fn] and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you are presenting?

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:40 -

“In fact, we run a risk of being charged with rioting for what happened today, since there is no justification that we can give as a reason for this disturbance.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:32 -

“And now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:34 -

Some in the crowd were shouting one thing and some another. Since he was not able to get reliable information because of the uproar, he ordered him to be taken into the barracks.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 -

“By examining him yourself you will be able to discern the truth about these charges we are bringing against him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:11 -

“You can verify for yourself that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:13 -

“Neither can they prove the charges they are now making against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 -

“If then I did anything wrong and am deserving of death, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:32 -

Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:12 -

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to set sail from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenix, a harbor on Crete facing the southwest and northwest, and to winter there.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:15 -

Since the ship was caught and unable to head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:31 -

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:39 -

When daylight came, they did not recognize the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 -

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, and so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:7 -

The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God’s law. Indeed, it is unable to do so.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:8 -

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:39 -

nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:14 -

My brothers and sisters, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:25 -

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:14 -

But the person without the Spirit[fn] does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated[fn] spiritually.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:1 -

For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:2 -

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:11 -

For no one can lay any foundation other than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:5 -

I say this to your shame! Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between fellow believers?

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 -

Were you called while a slave? Don’t let it concern you. But if you can become free, by all means take the opportunity.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:13 -

No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to bear it.


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