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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

  • Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβιμέλεχ καὶ Ὁχοζὰθ ὁ νυμφαγωγὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ Φιχὸλ ὁ ἀρχιστράτηγοσ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ Ἁβραὰμ λέγων. ὁ Θεὸσ μετὰ σοῦ ἐν πᾶσιν, οἷσ ἐὰν ποιῇσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 21:22)
  • καὶ διέθεντο διαθήκην ἐν τῷ φρέατι τοῦ ὁρκισμοῦ. ἀνέστη δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ καὶ Ὁχοζὰθ ὁ νυμφαγωγὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ Φιχὸλ ὁ ἀρχιστράτητοσ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰσ τὴν γῆν τῶν Φυλιστιείμ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 21:32)
  • καὶ Ἀβιμέλεχ ἐπορεύθη πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἀπὸ Γεράρων καὶ Ὁχοζὰθ ὁ νυμφαγωγὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ Φιχὸλ ὁ ἀρχιστράτηγοσ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:26)
  • καὶ ἐξῇραν τάγμα παρεμβολῆσ υἱῶν Ἰούδα πρῶτοι σὺν δυνάμει αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐπὶ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ αὐτῶν Ναασσὼν υἱὸσ Ἀμιναδάβ, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 10:14)
  • καὶ ἐπὶ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ φυλῆσ υἱῶν Ἰσσάχαρ Ναθαναὴλ υἱὸσ Σωγάρ, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 10:15)

Synonyms

  1. power

  2. ability

  3. power

  4. force of war

  5. worth

  6. square root

  7. power

Related

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