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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

  • τόξον δυνατῶν ἠσθένησε, καὶ ἀσθενοῦντεσ περιεζώσαντο δύναμιν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:4)
  • ὄρη τὰ ἐν Γελβουὲ μὴ καταβάτω δρόσοσ καὶ μὴ ὑετὸσ ἐφ̓ ὑμᾶσ καὶ ἀγροὶ ἀπαρχῶν, ὅτι ἐκεῖ προσωχθίσθη θυρεὸσ δυνατῶν, θυρεὸσ Σαοὺλ οὐκ ἐχρίσθη ἐν ἐλαίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 1:21)
  • ἀφ̓ αἵματοσ τραυματιῶν καὶ ἀπὸ στέατοσ δυνατῶν τόξον Ἰωνάθαν οὐκ ἀπεστράφη κενὸν εἰσ τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ ρομφαία Σαοὺλ οὐκ ἀνέκαμψε κενή. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 1:22)
  • Ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν δυνατῶν Δαυίδ. Ἰεβοσθὲ ὁ Χαναναῖοσ, ἄρχων τοῦ τρίτου ἐστίν, Ἀδινὼν ὁ Ἀσωναῖοσ. οὗτοσ ἐσπάσατο τὴν ρομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ὀκτακοσίουσ στρατιώτασ εἰσάπαξ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 23:8)
  • ἐκ τῶν τριῶν ἔνδοξοσ, καὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ τρεῖσ οὐκ ἦλθε. καὶ ἔταξεν αὐτὸν Δαυὶδ πρὸσ τὰσ ἀκοὰσ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν δυνατῶν Δαυὶδ τοῦ βασιλέωσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 23:23)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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