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Lexicon :: Strong's G1411 - dynamis

Aa
δύναμις
Transliteration
dynamis (Key)
Pronunciation
doo'-nam-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

δύναμις dýnamis, doo'-nam-is; from G1410; force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself):—ability, abundance, meaning, might(-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle(-s), power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 120x

The KJV translates Strong's G1411 in the following manner: power (77x), mighty work (11x), strength (7x), miracle (7x), might (4x), virtue (3x), mighty (2x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 120x
The KJV translates Strong's G1411 in the following manner: power (77x), mighty work (11x), strength (7x), miracle (7x), might (4x), virtue (3x), mighty (2x), miscellaneous (9x).
  1. strength power, ability

    1. inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth

    2. power for performing miracles

    3. moral power and excellence of soul

    4. the power and influence which belong to riches and wealth

    5. power and resources arising from numbers

    6. power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δύναμις dýnamis, doo'-nam-is; from G1410; force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself):—ability, abundance, meaning, might(-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle(-s), power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work.
STRONGS G1411:
δύναμις, -εως, ; [from Homer down]; Sept. for חַיִל, גְּבוּרָה, עֹז, כֹּחַ, צָבָא (an army, a host); strength, ability, power;
a. universally, inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth: Luke 1:17; Acts 4:7; 1 Corinthians 4:20; 2 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ( δύναμις ἐν ἀσθένείᾳ τελεῖται [R G τελειοῦται]); 2 Cor 13:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 11:34; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 17:13; ἰδίᾳ δυνάμει, Acts 3:12; μεγάλῃ δυνάμει, Acts 4:33; ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν δύναμιν, Matthew 25:15; ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, beyond our power, 2 Corinthians 1:8; ἐν δυνάμει namely, ὤν, endued with power, Luke 4:36; 1 Corinthians 15:43; so in the phrase ἔρχεσθαι ἐν δυνάμει, Mark 9:1; powerfully, Colossians 1:29; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; contextually, equivalent to evidently, Romans 1:4; ἐν δυνάμει σημείων κ. τεράτων, through the power which I exerted upon their souls by performing miracles, Romans 15:19; δύν. εἴς τι, Hebrews 11:11; δύν. ἐπὶ τὰ δαιμόνια καὶ νόσους θεραπεύειν, Luke 9:1; δύναμις τῆς ἁμαρτίας νόμος, sin exercises its power (upon the soul) through the law, i. e. through the abuse of the law, 1 Corinthians 15:56; τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, the power which the resurrection of Christ has, for instructing, reforming, elevating, tranquilizing, the soul, Philippians 3:10; τῆς εὐσεβείας, inhering in godliness and operating upon souls, 2 Timothy 3:5; δυνάμεις μέλλοντος αἰῶνος (see αἰών, 3), Hebrews 6:5; τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς δυνάμεως (see πνεῦμα, 5), 1 Peter 4:14 Lachmann; 2 Timothy 1:7; δύναμις is used of the power of angels: Ephesians 1:21 [cf. Meyer at the passage]; 2 Peter 2:11; of the power of the devil and evil spirits, 1 Corinthians 15:24; τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, i. e. of the devil, Luke 10:19; τοῦ δράκοντος, Revelation 13:2; angels, as excelling in power, are called δυνάμεις [cf. (Philo de mutat. nora. § 8 δυνάμεις ἀσωματοι) Meyer as above; Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians 1:16; see ἄγγελος]: Romans 8:38; 1 Peter 3:22. δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ, universally, the power of God: Matthew 22:29; Mark 12:24; Luke 22:69; Acts 8:10; Romans 1:20; Romans 9:17; 1 Corinthians 6:14; δύναμις ὑψίστου, Luke 1:35; δύναμις, especially in doxologies, the kingly power of God, Matthew 6:13 Rec.; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 7:12; Revelation 11:17; Revelation 12:10; Revelation 15:8; Revelation 19:1; and the abstract for the concrete (as הַגְּבוּרָה in Jewish writings; cf. Buxtorf, Lex. talm. col. 385 [p. 201f, Fischer edition]) equivalent to δυνατός, Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62; δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ is used of the divine power considered as acting upon the minds of men, 1 Corinthians 2:5; 2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 3:7, 20; [2 Timothy 1:8; 1 Peter 1:5]; εἴς τινα, 2 Corinthians 13:4 [but WH in brackets]; Ephesians 1:19; ἐνδύεσθαι δύναμιν ἐξ υψους, Luke 24:49; by metonymy, things or persons in which God's saving power shows its efficacy are called δυνάμεις θεοῦ: thus, Χριστος, 1 Corinthians 1:24; λόγος τοῦ σταυροῦ, 1 Corinthians 1:18; τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, with the addition εἰς σωτηρίαν παντί, etc. Romans 1:16 [cf. Winer's Grammar, § 36, 3 b.]. δύναμις is ascribed to Christ, now in one sense and now in another: a power to heal disease proceeds from him, Mark 5:30; Luke 5:17; Luke 6:19; Luke 8:46 the kingly power of the Messiah is his, Matthew 24:30; [Mark 13:26]; Luke 21:27; 2 Peter 1:16; Revelation 5:12; ἄγγελοι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ (see ἄγγελος, 2), ministering to his power, 2 Thessalonians 1:7 [Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3 b. note]; metaphysical [or essential] power, viz. that which belongs to him as θεῖος λόγος, in the expression τὸ ῥῆμα τῆς δυνάμ. αὐτοῦ, the word uttered by his power, equivalent to his most powerful will and energy, Hebrews 1:3; moral power, operating on the soul, 2 Corinthians 12:9 R G; and called θεῖα αὐτοῦ δύναμις in 2 Peter 1:3; δύναμις τοῦ κυρίου, the power of Christ invisibly present and operative in Christian church formally assembled, 1 Corinthians 5:4. δύναμις τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος: Acts 1:8 [Winer's Grammar, 125 (119)]; πν. ἅγιον κ. δύναμις, Acts 10:38; ἀπόδειξις πνεύματος καὶ δυνάμεως (see ἀπόδειξις, b.), 1 Corinthians 2:4; ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ πνεύματος, under or full of the power of the Holy Spirit, Luke 4:14; ἐν δυνάμει πνεύματος ἁγίου, by the power and influence of the Holy Spirit, Romans 15:13; by the power which, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, I exerted upon their souls, Romans 15:19.
b. specifically, the power of performing miracles: Acts 6:8; πᾶσα δύναμις, every kind of power of working miracles (with the addition of καὶ σημείοις κ. τέρασι), 2 Thessalonians 2:9; plural: [Matthew 13:54; Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:14]; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Galatians 3:5; ἐνεργήματα δυνάμεων, 1 Corinthians 12:10; by metonymy, of the cause for the effect, a mighty work [cf. Winers Grammar, 32; Trench, § xci.]: δύναμιν ποιεῖν, Mark 6:5; Mark 9:39; so in the plural, Mark 6:2; Luke 19:37; joined with σημεῖα, Acts 8:13; with σημεῖα κ. τέρατα, Acts 2:22; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Hebrews 2:4 [?]; ποιεῖν δυνάμεις, Matthew 7:22; [Matthew 13:58]; Acts 19:11; γίνονται δυνάμεις, Matthew 11:20f, 23; Luke 10:13.
c. moral power and excellence of soul: 1 Corinthians 4:19; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Ephesians 3:16; Colossians 1:11.
d. the power and influence which belong to riches; (pecuniary ability), wealth: τοῦ στρήνους, 'riches ministering to luxury' (Grotius), Revelation 18:3; κατὰ δύναμιν καὶ ὑπὲρ [others, παρὰ] δύναμιν, according to their means, yea, beyond their means, 2 Corinthians 8:3; (in this sense, for חַיִל, Sept. Deuteronomy 8:17; Ruth 4:11; not infrequent in Greek writings, as Xenophon, Cyril 8, 4, 34; an. 7, 7, 21 (36)).
e. power and resources arising from numbers: Revelation 3:8.
f. power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts, (so, both in singular and in plural, often in Greek writings from Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, on; in the Sept. and in Apocrypha); hence, δυνάμεις τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, the hosts of heaven, Hebraistically the stars: Matthew 24:29; Luke 21:26; and δ. ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, Mark 13:25; equivalent to הַשָּׁמַיִם צְבָא, 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 23:4; Isaiah 34:4; Jeremiah 8:2; Daniel 8:10, etc. [cf. σαβαώθ].
g. Like the Latin vis and potestas, equivalent to the (force i. e.) meaning of a word or expression: 1 Corinthians 14:11; (Plato, Crat., p. 394 h.; Polybius 20, 9, 11; Dionysius Halicarnassus 1, 68; Dio Cuss. 55, 3; others).
[Synonyms: Βία δύναμις, ἐνέργεια, ἐξουσία, ἰσχύς, κράτος Βια force, effective, often opressive power, exhibiting itself in single deeds of violence; δύν. power, natural ability, general and inherent; ἐνέργ. working, power in exercise, operative power; ἐξουσ. primarily liberty of action; then, authority—either as delegated power, or as unrestrained, arbitrary power; ἰσχ. strength, power (especially, physical) as an endowment; κράτος, might, relative and manifested power—in the N. T. chiefly of God; τὸ κράτος τῆς ἰσχ. Ephesians 6:10, ἐνέργ. τῆς δυν. Ephesians 3:7, ἐνέργ. τοῦ κρ. τῆς ἰσχ. Ephesians 1:19. Cf. Schmidt ch. 148; Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians 1:16; Meyer on Ephesians 1:19.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
8:17
Ruth
4:11
2 Kings
17:16; 23:4
Isaiah
34:4
Jeremiah
8:2
Daniel
8:10
Matthew
6:13; 7:22; 11:20; 11:23; 13:54; 13:58; 14:2; 22:29; 24:29; 24:30; 25:15; 26:64
Mark
5:30; 6:2; 6:5; 6:14; 9:1; 9:39; 12:24; 13:25; 13:26; 14:62
Luke
1:17; 1:35; 4:14; 4:36; 5:17; 6:19; 8:46; 9:1; 10:13; 10:19; 19:37; 21:26; 21:27; 22:69; 24:49
Acts
1:8; 2:22; 3:12; 4:7; 4:33; 6:8; 8:10; 8:13; 10:38; 19:11
Romans
1:4; 1:16; 1:20; 8:38; 9:17; 15:13; 15:19; 15:19
1 Corinthians
1:18; 1:24; 2:4; 2:5; 4:19; 4:20; 5:4; 6:14; 12:10; 12:28; 14:11; 15:24; 15:43; 15:56
2 Corinthians
1:8; 4:7; 4:7; 6:7; 8:3; 12:9; 12:9; 12:12; 13:4; 13:4
Galatians
3:5
Ephesians
1:19; 1:21; 3:7; 3:16; 3:20
Philippians
3:10
Colossians
1:11; 1:16; 1:29
1 Thessalonians
1:5
2 Thessalonians
1:7; 1:11; 2:9
2 Timothy
1:7; 1:8; 3:5
Hebrews
1:3; 2:4; 6:5; 7:16; 11:11; 11:34
1 Peter
1:5; 3:22; 4:14
2 Peter
1:3; 1:16; 2:11
Revelation
1:16; 3:8; 4:11; 5:12; 7:12; 11:17; 12:10; 13:2; 15:8; 17:13; 18:3; 19:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1411 matches the Greek δύναμις (dynamis),
which occurs 34 times in 29 verses in '2Ch' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 -

The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, so she came to test Solomon with difficult questions at Jerusalem with a very large entourage, with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke with him about everything that was on her mind.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3 -

Abijah set his army of warriors in order with four hundred thousand fit young men. Jeroboam arranged his mighty army of eight hundred thousand fit young men in battle formation against him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 -

Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand from Benjamin bearing regular shields and drawing the bow. All these were valiant warriors.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 -

Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million men and three hundred[fn] chariots. They came as far as Mareshah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 -

Then Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell until they had no survivors, for they were crushed before the LORD and his army. So the people of Judah carried off a great supply of loot.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 -

Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies to the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim,[fn] and all the storage cities[fn] of Naphtali.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:7 -

At that time, the seer Hanani came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, “Because you depended on the king of Aram and have not depended on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from you.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:8 -

“Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? When you depended on the LORD, he handed them over to you.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 -

He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14 -

These are their numbers according to their ancestral families.[fn] For Judah, the commanders of thousands:

Adnah the commander and three hundred thousand valiant warriors with him;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:16 -

next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer of the LORD, and two hundred thousand valiant warriors with him;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 -

from Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant warrior, and two hundred thousand with him armed with bow and shield;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 -

Then Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and the whole heavenly army was standing at his right hand and at his left hand.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 -

Then he consulted with the people and appointed some to sing for the LORD and some to praise the splendor of his holiness. When they went out in front of the armed forces, they kept singing:[fn]

Give thanks to the LORD,

for his faithful love endures forever.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 -

Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him (he was hiding in Samaria). So they brought Ahaziah to Jehu, and they killed him. The soldiers buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one from the house of Ahaziah had the strength to rule the kingdom.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14 -

Then the priest Jehoiada sent out the commanders of hundreds, those in charge of the army, saying, “Take her out between the ranks, and put anyone who follows her to death by the sword,” for the priest had said, “Don’t put her to death in the LORD’s temple.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23 -

At the turn of the year, an Aramean army attacked Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people among them and sent all the plunder to the king of Damascus.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:24 -

Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the LORD handed over a vast army to them because the people of Judah had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment on Joash.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:7 -

However, a man of God came to him and said, “King, do not let Israel’s army go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel ​— ​all the Ephraimites.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:9 -

Then Amaziah said to the man of God, “What should I do about the 7,500 pounds of silver I gave to Israel’s division? ”

The man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:10 -

So Amaziah released the division that came to him from Ephraim to go home. But they got very angry with Judah and returned home in a fierce rage.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 -

As for the men of the division that Amaziah sent back so they would not go with him into battle, they raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, struck down three thousand of their people, and took a great deal of plunder.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 -

Uzziah had an army equipped for combat that went out to war by division according to their assignments, as recorded by Jeiel the court secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 -

Under their authority was an army of 307,500 equipped for combat, a powerful force to help the king against the enemy.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 -

Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9 -

A prophet of the LORD named Oded was there. He went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, “Look, the LORD God of your ancestors handed them over to you because of his wrath against Judah, but you slaughtered them in a rage that has reached heaven.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 -

So he brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 -

After this, he built the outer wall of the city of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate; he brought it around Ophel, and he heightened it considerably. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 -

Then King Neco of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt.

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