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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 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)
  • καὶ ἦν ὁ πόλεμοσ κραταιὸσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἀλλοφύλουσ πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ Σαούλ. καὶ ἰδὼν Σαοὺλ πάντα ἄνδρα δυνατὸν καὶ πάντα ἄνδρα υἱὸν δυνάμεωσ καὶ συνήγαγεν αὐτοὺσ πρὸσ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 14:52)
  • καὶ ἐξήνεγκε Μαναὴμ τὸ ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ, ἐπὶ πᾶν δυνατὸν ἰσχύϊ, δοῦναι τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων, πεντήκοντα σίκλουσ τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ ἑνί. καὶ ἀπέστρεψε βασιλεὺσ Ἀσσυρίων καὶ οὐκ ἔστη ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ γῇ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 15:20)
  • καὶ ἀπέστειλε Κύριοσ ἄγγελον, καὶ ἐξέτριψε πάντα δυνατὸν πολεμιστὴν καὶ ἄρχοντα καὶ στρατηγὸν ἐν τῇπαρεμβολῇ βασιλέωσ Ἀσσούρ, καὶ ἀπέστρεψε μετὰ αἰσχύνησ προσώπου εἰσ τὴν γῆν ἑαυτοῦ. καὶ ἦλθεν εἰσ οἶκον Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῶν ἐξελθόντων ἐκ κοιλίασ αὐτοῦ κατέβαλον αὐτὸν ἐν ρομφαίᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 32:21)
  • καὶ ἔγραψε πᾶσι τοῖσ Ἰουδαίοισ τοῖσ ἀναβαίνουσιν ἀπὸ τῆσ βασιλείασ εἰσ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ, πάντα δυνατὸν καὶ τοπάρχην καὶ σατράπην καὶ οἰκονόμον μὴ ἀπελεύσεσθαι ἐπὶ τὰσ θύρασ αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:49)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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