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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 Μωυσῆσ τῷ Ἰησοῦ. ἐπίλεξον σεαυτῷ ἄνδρασ δυνατοὺσ καὶ ἐξελθὼν παράταξαι τῷ Ἀμαλὴκ αὔριον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἕστηκα ἐπὶ τῆσ κορυφῆσ τοῦ βουνοῦ, καὶ ἡ ράβδοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρί μου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 17:9)
  • καὶ σὺ σεαυτῷ σκέψαι ἀπὸ παντὸσ τοῦ λαοῦ ἄνδρασ δυνατούσ, θεοσεβεῖσ, ἄνδρασ δικαίουσ, μισοῦντασ ὑπερηφανίαν, καὶ καταστήσεισ ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν χιλιάρχουσ καὶ ἑκατοντάρχουσ καὶ πεντηκοντάρχουσ καὶ δεκαδάρχουσ, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 18:21)
  • καὶ ἐπέλεξε Μωυσῆσ ἄνδρασ δυνατοὺσ ἀπὸ παντὸσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺσ ἐπ̓ αὐτῶν χιλιάρχουσ καὶ ἑκατοντάρχουσ καὶ πεντηκοντάρχουσ καὶ δεκαδάρχουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 18:25)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Ἰησοῦν. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ παραδίδωμι ὑποχείριόν σοι τὴν Ἱεριχὼ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῆσ τὸν ἐν αὐτῇ, δυνατοὺσ ὄντασ ἐν ἰσχύϊ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 6:2)
  • καὶ ἀνέστη Ἰησοῦσ καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ ὁ πολεμιστὴσ ὥστε ἀναβῆναι εἰσ Γαί. ἐπέλεξε δὲ Ἰησοῦσ τριάκοντα χιλιάδασ ἀνδρῶν δυνατοὺσ ἐν ἰσχύϊ καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺσ νυκτόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 8:3)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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