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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)
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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:26 - The disciples were astounded. “Then who in the world can be saved?” they asked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:39 - “Oh yes,” they replied, “we are able!”
Then Jesus told them, “You will indeed drink from my bitter cup and be baptized with my baptism of suffering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:5 - “It could have been sold for a year’s wages[fn] and the money given to the poor!” So they scolded her harshly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:7 - You will always have the poor among you, and you can help them whenever you want to. But you will not always have me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:31 - The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:20 - But now, since you didn’t believe what I said, you will be silent and unable to speak until the child is born. For my words will certainly be fulfilled at the proper time.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:22 - When he finally did come out, he couldn’t speak to them. Then they realized from his gestures and his silence that he must have seen a vision in the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:12 - In one of the villages, Jesus met a man with an advanced case of leprosy. When the man saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground, begging to be healed. “Lord,” he said, “if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:21 - But the Pharisees and teachers of religious law said to themselves, “Who does he think he is? That’s blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34 - Jesus responded, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 - Then Jesus gave the following illustration: “Can one blind person lead another? Won’t they both fall into a ditch?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:42 - How can you think of saying, ‘Friend,[fn] let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:19 - Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they couldn’t get to him because of the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:40 - I begged your disciples to cast out the spirit, but they couldn’t do it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7 - And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can’t help you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:25 - Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:26 - And if worry can’t accomplish a little thing like that, what’s the use of worrying over bigger things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:11 - he saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to stand up straight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:20 - Another said, ‘I now have a wife, so I can’t come.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - “If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:33 - So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:2 - So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:26 - And besides, there is a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here, and no one can cross over to us from there.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:26 - Those who heard this said, “Then who in the world can be saved?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:36 - And they will never die again. In this respect they will be like angels. They are children of God and children of the resurrection.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:15 - for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:46 - “Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
“Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:2 - After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:3 - Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[fn] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4 - “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:5 - Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:9 - “How are these things possible?” Nicodemus asked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:27 - John replied, “No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:19 - So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:30 - I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:44 - No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don’t care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:44 - For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:52 - Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:60

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:60 - Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:65

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:65 - Then he said, “That is why I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father gives them to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:7 - The world can’t hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:34 - You will search for me but not find me. And you cannot go where I am going.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:36 - What does he mean when he says, ‘You will search for me but not find me,’ and ‘You cannot go where I am going’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:21 - Later Jesus said to them again, “I am going away. You will search for me but will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - The people[fn] asked, “Is he planning to commit suicide? What does he mean, ‘You cannot come where I am going’?”

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