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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

  • καταρᾶσθε Μηρώζ, εἶπεν ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου, καταρᾶσθε, ἐπικατάρατοσ πᾶσ ὁ κατοικῶν αὐτήν, ὅτι οὐκ ἤλθοσαν εἰσ βοήθειαν Κυρίου, εἰσ βοήθειαν ἐν δυνατοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:23)
  • καὶ μετ’ αὐτὸν Ἐλεανὰν υἱὸσ πατραδέλφου αὐτοῦ υἱὸσ Σουδίτου ἐν τοῖσ τρισὶ δυνατοῖσ. οὗτοσ μετὰ Δαυὶδ ἦν ἐν Σερράν, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνειδίσαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖσ ἀλλοφύλοισ συνήχθησαν ἐκεῖ εἰσ πόλεμον, καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἀνὴρ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 23:9)
  • ταῦτα ἐποίησε Βαναίασ υἱὸσ Ἰωδαέ, καὶ αὐτῷ ὄνομα ἐν τοῖσ τρισὶ τοῖσ δυνατοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 23:22)
  • καὶ μετ̓ αὐτὸν Ἐλεάζαρ υἱὸσ Δωδαί̈ ὁ Ἀχωχί. οὗτοσ ἦν ἐν τοῖσ τρισὶ δυνατοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 11:12)
  • ταῦτα ἐποίησε Βαναίασ υἱὸσ Ἰωδαέ, καὶ τούτῳ ὄνομα ἐν τοῖσ τρισὶ τοῖσ δυνατοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 11:24)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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