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δύναμις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 수학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύναμις δυνάμεως

Structure: δυναμι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from du/namai

Sense

  1. power, might, strength
  2. ability, skill
  3. power, authority, influence
  4. force of war
  5. manifestation of divine power: miracle
  6. faculty, capacity
  7. worth, value
  8. The force of a word: meaning
  9. (mathematics) square root
  10. (mathematics) power

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ὤφθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτόν. Κύριοσ μετὰ σοῦ, ἰσχυρὸσ τῶν δυνάμεων. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 6:12)
  • καὶ Σαοὺλ ἀπῆλθεν εἰσ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ εἰσ Γαβαά. καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν υἱοὶ δυνάμεων, ὧν ἥψατο Κύριοσ καρδίασ αὐτῶν μετὰ Σαούλ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 10:26)
  • καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυὶδ καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ ὁ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχόντων Ἰούδα ἐν ἀναβάσει τοῦ ἀναγαγεῖν ἐκεῖθεν τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐφ̓ ἣν ἐπεκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων καθημένου ἐπὶ τῶν Χερουβὶν ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 6:2)
  • καὶ συνετέλεσε Δαυὶδ συναναφέρων τὰσ ὁλοκαυτώσεισ καὶ τὰσ εἰρηνικὰσ καὶ εὐλόγησε τὸν λαὸν ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 6:18)
  • καὶ εἶπε Σαλωμών. ἐὰν γένηται εἰσ υἱὸν δυνάμεων, εἰ πεσεῖται τῶν τριχῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. καὶ ἐὰν κακία εὑρεθῇ ἐν αὐτῷ, θανατωθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 1:52)

Synonyms

  1. power

  2. ability

  3. power

  4. force of war

  5. worth

  6. square root

  7. power

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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