δυνατός, 
-ή, 
όν, (
δύναμαι); [from Pindar down], 
Sept. for 
גִּבּור; 
able, powerful, mighty, strong;
1. absolutely;
a. mighty in wealth and influence: 1 Corinthians 1:26; (
Revelation 6:15 Rec.); 
οἱ δυνατοί, the chief men, 
Acts 25:5, (Josephus, 
b. j. 1, 12, 4 
ἧκον Ἰουδαίων οἱ δυνατοί; Xenophon, Cyril 5, 4, 1; Thucydides 1, 89; Polybius 9, 23, 4). 
ὁ δυνατός, the preeminently mighty one, almighty God, 
Luke 1:49.
b. strong in soul: to bear calamities and trials with fortitude and patience, 
2 Corinthians 12:10; strong in Christian virtue, 
2 Corinthians 13:9; firm in conviction and faith, 
Romans 15:1.
2. in construction;
a. δυνατός εἰμι with an infinitive, 
to be able (
to do something; [Buttmann, 260 (224); Winer's Grammar, 319 (299)]): 
Luke 14:31; 
Acts 11:17; 
Romans 4:21; 
Romans 11:23; 
Romans 14:4 R G; 
2 Corinthians 9:8 R G; 
2 Timothy 1:12; 
Titus 1:9; 
Hebrews 11:19 (Lachmann 
δύναται); 
James 3:2.
b. δυνατὸς ἔν τινι, 
mighty, i. e. excelling in something: 
ἐν ἔργῳ κ. 
λόγῳ, 
Luke 24:19; 
ἐν λόγοις καὶ ἔργοις, 
Acts 7:22; 
ἐν γραφαῖς:, excelling in knowledge of the Scriptures, 
Acts 18:24.
c. πρός τι, 
mighty, i. e. having power for something: 
2 Corinthians 10:4.
d. neuter 
δυνατόν [in passive sense, cf. Buttmann, 190 (165)] 
possible: 
εἰ δυνατόν (
ἐστι), 
Matthew 24:24; 
Matthew 26:39; 
Mark 13:22; 
Mark 14:35; 
Romans 12:18; 
Galatians 4:15; 
οὐκ ἦν δυνατόν followed by infinitive 
Acts 2:24; 
δυνατόν τί ἐστί τινι [Buttmann, 190 (165)], 
Mark 9:23; 
Mark 14:36; 
Acts 20:16; 
παρὰ θεῷ πάντα δυνατά ἐστι, 
Matthew 19:26; 
Mark 10:27; 
Luke 18:27. 
τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ, what his power could do, equivalent to 
τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ, 
Romans 9:22, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 34, 2. 
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