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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 Ἀβιμέλεχ πρὸσ Ἰσαάκ. ἄπελθε ἀφ̓ ἡμῶν, ὅτι δυνατώτεροσ ἡμῶν ἐγένου σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:16)
  • 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)
  • 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 εἶπε Μωυσῆσ. οὐ δυνατὸν γενέσθαι οὕτωσ. τὰ γὰρ βδελύγματα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων θύσομεν Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν. ἐὰν γὰρ θύσωμεν τὰ βδελύγματα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἐναντίον αὐτῶν, λιθοβοληθησόμεθα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 8:22)
  • 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 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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