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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

  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. οὐ κληθήσεται ἔτι τὸ ὄνομά σου Ἰακώβ, ἀλλ̓ Ἰσραὴλ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὅτι ἐνίσχυσασ μετὰ Θεοῦ, καὶ μετ̓ ἀνθρώπων δυνατὸσ ἔσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:28)
  • καὶ εἶπε Βαλαὰμ πρὸσ Βαλάκ. ἰδοὺ ἥκω πρὸσ σὲ νῦν. δυνατὸσ ἔσομαι λαλῆσαί τι̣ τὸ ρῆμα, ὃ ἐὰν ἐμβάλῃ ὁ Θεὸσ εἰσ τὸ στόμα μου, τοῦτο λαλήσω. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 22:38)
  • καὶ ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ λέγων. Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῶν ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν τὴν γῆν ταύτην ἐν κλήρῳ. ἐνοπλισάμενοι προπορεύεσθε πρὸ προσώπου τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, πᾶσ δυνατόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:18)
  • καὶ ἀνέβη Ἰησοῦσ ἐκ Γαλγάλων, αὐτὸσ καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ ὁ πολεμιστὴσ μετ’ αὐτοῦ, πᾶσ δυνατὸσ ἐν ἰσχύϊ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 10:7)
  • ΚΑΙ τῇ Νωεμὶν ἀνὴρ γνώριμοσ τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆσ. ὁ δὲ ἀνὴρ δυνατὸσ ἰσχύϊ ἐκ τῆσ συγγενείασ Ἐλιμέλεχ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Βοόζ. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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