δύναμις | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

δύναμις, -εως,ἡ

Definition

power, miracle

Erasmian

Modern

Root

δυναμι

Frequency

119

1539

Cognates

This is the cognate noun of the verb duvnamai, but you cannot define the Greek by the English since English was not a language until hundreds of years later. See D.A. Carson, Exegetical Fallacies, pp. 32-33.

Mnemonic Singing

All hail the power of Jesus' name;
let angels prostrate fall.

Song

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 7:22	On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| acc pl fem) works?’
Matthew 11:20	Then he began to reprimand the towns in which most of his mighty (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) works (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) had been done, because they did not repent:
Matthew 11:21	“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) works (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, had been done the mighty works (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) done in you they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Matthew 11:23	And as for you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the mighty (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) works (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) done in you had been done in Sodom, had been done the mighty works (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) done in you it would have remained to this day.
Matthew 13:54	And upon arriving at his hometown, he taught them in their synagogue so that they were amazed and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) powers?
Matthew 13:58	And he did not do many miracles (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| acc pl fem) there because of their unbelief.
Matthew 14:2	And he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead; and that is why miraculous (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) powers are at work in him.”
Matthew 22:29	Jesus answered them, saying, “You are mistaken, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power (dynamin \| δύναμιν \| acc sg fem) of God.
Matthew 24:29	“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky and the powers (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) of the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew 24:30	And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power (dynameōs \| δυνάμεως \| gen sg fem) and great glory.
Matthew 25:15	To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one — to each according to his ability (dynamin \| δύναμιν \| acc sg fem). Then he went on his journey.
Matthew 26:64	Jesus said to him, “It is as you have said. Yet I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of The Power (dynameōs \| δυνάμεως \| gen sg fem) and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Mark 5:30	And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself that power (dynamin \| δύναμιν \| acc sg fem) had gone out from him, immediately power (dynamin \| δύναμιν \| acc sg fem) had gone out turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” touched clothes?”
Mark 6:2	And when the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many, when they heard him, were astonished, saying, “Where does this man get these things? What wisdom has been given to him? How are such mighty (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) works done through his hands? his are done
Mark 6:5	And he was not able there, to do any mighty work (dynamin \| δύναμιν \| acc sg fem) there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people laid on his hands and healed them.
Mark 6:14	King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead. That is why miraculous (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) powers (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) are at work miraculous powers (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) in him.”
Mark 9:1	And he said to them, “I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power.” (dynamei \| δυνάμει \| dat sg fem)
Mark 9:39	But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work (dynamin \| δύναμιν \| acc sg fem) in my name and be able soon after to speak evil of me.
Mark 12:24	Jesus said to them, “Are you not mistaken for this reason, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power (dynamin \| δύναμιν \| acc sg fem) of God?
Mark 13:25	and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers (dynameis \| δυνάμεις \| nom pl fem) in the heavens will be shaken.
Mark 13:26	And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds, with great power (dynameōs \| δυνάμεως \| gen sg fem) and glory.
Mark 14:62	And Jesus said, “I am; and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power (dynameōs \| δυνάμεως \| gen sg fem) and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
Luke 1:17	He will go on before him, in the spirit and power (dynamei \| δυνάμει \| dat sg fem) of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers toward their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, in order to establish for the Lord a people who are prepared for him.”
Luke 1:35	And the angel answered, saying to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power (dynamis \| δύναμις \| nom sg fem) of the Most High will overshadow you: therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.
Luke 4:14	Then Jesus returned in the power (dynamei \| δυνάμει \| dat sg fem) of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him spread throughout the whole countryside.