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Lexicon :: Strong's G102 - adynatos

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ἀδύνατος
Transliteration
adynatos (Key)
Pronunciation
ad-oo'-nat-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and δυνατός (G1415)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:284,186

Strong’s Definitions

ἀδύνατος adýnatos, ad-oo'-nat-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G1415; unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible:—could not do, impossible, impotent, not possible, weak.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G102 in the following manner: impossible (6x), impotent (1x), could not do (1x), weak (1x), not possible (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G102 in the following manner: impossible (6x), impotent (1x), could not do (1x), weak (1x), not possible (1x).

  1. without strength, impotent, powerless, weakly, disabled

  2. unable to be done, impossible

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀδύνατος adýnatos, ad-oo'-nat-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G1415; unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible:—could not do, impossible, impotent, not possible, weak.
STRONGS G102:
ἀδύνατος, -όν, (δύναμαι) [from Herodotus down];
1. without strength, impotent: τοῖς ποσί, Acts 14:8; figuratively, of Christians whose faith is not yet quite firm, Romans 15:1 (opposed to δυνατός).
2. impossible (in contrast with δυνατόν): παρά τινι, for (with) anyone, Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Luke 18:27; τὸ ἀδύνατος τοῦ νόμου 'what the law could not do' (this God effected by, etc.; [others take τὸ ἀδύνατος here as nominative absolutely, cf. Buttmann, 381 (326); Winer's Grammar, 574 (534); Meyer or Gifford at the passage]), Romans 8:3; followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Hebrews 6:4, 18; Hebrews 10:4; by an infinitive, Hebrews 11:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
19:26
Mark
10:27
Luke
18:27
Acts
14:8
Romans
8:3; 15:1
Hebrews
6:4; 6:18; 10:4; 11:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G102 matches the Greek ἀδύνατος (adynatos),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:26 - Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:27 - Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:27 - Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:8 - In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:3 - For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[fn] God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.[fn] And so he condemned sin in the flesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:1 - We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:4 - It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18 - God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:4 - It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
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