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δυνατός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυνατός δυνατή δυνατόν

Structure: δυνατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: du/namai

Sense

  1. strong, mighty
  2. (with infinitive) to be able to do
  3. (of outward power) powerful, influential
  4. able to produce

Examples

  • εἶπε δὲ Φαραὼ τῷ Ἰωσήφ. κατοικείτωσαν ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ. εἰ δὲ ἐπίστῃ ὅτι εἰσὶν ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἄνδρεσ δυνατοί, κατάστησον αὐτοὺσ ἄρχοντασ τῶν ἐμῶν κτηνῶν.̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν Ἦλθον δὲ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον πρὸσ Ἰωσὴφ Ἰακὼβ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἤκουσε Φαραὼ βασιλεὺσ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 47:5)
  • καὶ κατεσιώπησε Χάλεβ τὸν λαὸν πρὸσ Μωυσῆν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ἀναβάντεσ ἀναβησόμεθα καὶ κατακληρονομήσομεν αὐτήν, ὅτι δυνατοὶ δυνησόμεθα πρὸσ αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 13:31)
  • ἐξέλιπον δυνατοὶ ἐν Ἰσραήλ, ἐξέλιπον, ἕωσ οὗ ἀνέστη Δεββώρα, ἕωσ οὗ ἀνέστη μήτηρ ἐν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:7)
  • Στήλωσον, Ἰσραήλ, ὑπὲρ τῶν τεθνηκότων ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη σου τραυματιῶν. πῶσ ἔπεσαν δυνατοί̣ (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 1:19)
  • πῶσ ἔπεσαν δυνατοὶ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ πολέμου. Ἰωνάθαν ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη σου τραυματίασ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 1:25)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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