Gloss
to be able, have ability, to have the power to accomplish an action; humans have variously limited abilities, God is unlimited
Forms of the word
Dictionary
δύναμαι
Greek transliteration
dynamai
Simplified transliteration
dynamai
Principal Parts
(ἠδυνάμην), δυνήσομαι, -, -, -, ἠδυνήθην <ε>ορ</ε> ἠδυνάσθην
Numbers
Strong's number
1410
GK Number
1538
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
210
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-6b
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for δύναμαι
| Mark 10:26 | They were even more astonished, saying to themselves, “Then who is able (dynatai | δύναται | pres pass ind 3 sg) to be saved?” |
| Mark 10:38 | But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able (dynasthe | δύνασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” |
| Mark 10:39 | They said to him, “We are able.” (dynametha | δυνάμεθα | pres pass ind 1 pl) And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; |
| Mark 14:5 | For this ointment could (ēdynato | ἠδύνατο | imperf pass ind 3 sg) have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly. |
| Mark 14:7 | For you will always have the poor with you, and whenever you want you can (dynasthe | δύνασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) do something good for them, but you will not always have me. |
| Mark 15:31 | So also the ruling priests, mocking among themselves, with the scribes, were saying, “Others he saved; himself he (dynatai | δύναται | pres pass ind 3 sg) can (dynatai | δύναται | pres pass ind 3 sg) not save! |
| Luke 1:20 | And now you will be reduced to silence and not be able (dynamenos | δυνάμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) to speak until the day in which these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.” |
| Luke 1:22 | When he came out, he (edynato | ἐδύνατο | imperf pass ind 3 sg) was (edynato | ἐδύνατο | imperf pass ind 3 sg) not able (edynato | ἐδύνατο | imperf pass ind 3 sg) to speak to them; and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple (he kept gesturing to them and remained mute). |
| Luke 3:8 | Bear, then, fruits worthy of repentance. Do not even begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able (dynatai | δύναται | pres pass ind 3 sg), out of these stones, to raise up children to Abraham. |
| Luke 5:12 | It happened that, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man full of leprosy. And seeing Jesus, he fell on his face and implored him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can (dynasai | δύνασαι | pres pass ind 2 sg) make me clean.” |
| Luke 5:21 | And the scribes and the Pharisees began to ponder, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able (dynatai | δύναται | pres pass ind 3 sg) to forgive sins except God alone?” |
| Luke 5:34 | So Jesus said to them, “Certainly you (dynasthe | δύνασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? |
| Luke 6:39 | He spoke to them also a parable: “Can (dynatai | δύναται | pres pass ind 3 sg) a blind man lead a blind man? Won’t they both fall into a ditch? |
| Luke 6:42 | How can (dynasai | δύνασαι | pres pass ind 2 sg) you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye. |
| Luke 8:19 | The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him, but they (ēdynanto | ἠδύναντο | imperf pass ind 3 pl) were (ēdynanto | ἠδύναντο | imperf pass ind 3 pl) not able (ēdynanto | ἠδύναντο | imperf pass ind 3 pl) to get near him because of the crowd. |
| Luke 9:40 | And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they (ēdynēthēsan | ἠδυνήθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) could (ēdynēthēsan | ἠδυνήθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) not.” |
| Luke 11:7 | and he from inside answers, ‘Do not cause me trouble; already the door has been locked and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’ |
| Luke 12:25 | And which of you by worrying can (dynatai | δύναται | pres pass ind 3 sg) add a single hour to his span of life? |
| Luke 12:26 | If then, you (dynasthe | δύνασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) are (dynasthe | δύνασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) unable to (dynasthe | δύνασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) accomplish (dynasthe | δύνασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) such an insignificant thing, why do you worry about other things? |
| Luke 13:11 | and there was a woman there who had had a spirit of weakness for eighteen years. She was bent over and not able (dynamenē | δυναμένη | pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) to straighten up at all. |
| Luke 14:20 | And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and because of this I (dynamai | δύναμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) am (dynamai | δύναμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) not able (dynamai | δύναμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) to come.’ |
| Luke 14:26 | “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 14:27 | Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 14:33 | In the same way, therefore, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 16:2 | So he called him in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Hand over the account of your stewardship, because you (dynē | δύνῃ | pres pass ind 2 sg) cannot be (dynē | δύνῃ | pres pass ind 2 sg) my manager any longer.’ |
