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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 Βαναίασ υἱὸσ Ἰωδαὲ υἱὸσ ἀνδρὸσ δυνατοῦ, πολλὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ Καβασαήλ. οὗτοσ ἐπάταξε τοὺσ δύο ἀριὴλ Μωὰβ καὶ οὗτοσ κατέβη καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν λέοντα ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ χιόνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 11:22)
  • καὶ εἶδε τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἰσχυρὰν καὶ προσηύξατο καὶ εἶπεν. εὐλογητὸσ εἶ ὁ σωτὴρ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ὁ συντρίψασ τὸ ὅρμημα τοῦ δυνατοῦ ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ δούλου σου Δαυὶδ καὶ παρέδωκασ τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων εἰσ χεῖρασ Ἰωνάθαν υἱοῦ Σαοὺλ καὶ τοῦ αἴροντοσ τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 4:30)
  • τὰ βέλη τοῦ δυνατοῦ ἠκονημένα, σὺν τοῖσ ἄνθραξι τοῖσ ἐρημικοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 119:4)
  • ὡσεὶ βέλη ἐν χειρὶ δυνατοῦ, οὕτωσ οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἐκτετιναγμένων. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 126:4)
  • μὴ εἴπῃσ. ἐπανελθὼν ἐπάνηκε, αὔριον δώσω, δυνατοῦ σου ὄντοσ εὖ ποιεῖν. οὐ γὰρ οἶδασ τί τέξεται ἡ ἐπιοῦσα. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 3:28)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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