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Koine Greek wordlink #109361

SR GNT Rom 8:3 ἀδύνατον (adunaton) ‘for powerless is of the law in’ Strongs=1020 Lemma=adunatos
Word role=substantive adjective case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Referred to from Word #109365

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Only use of identical word form ἀδύνατον (S-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀδύνατον’ (S-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘powerless is’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘adunatos’ have 5 different glosses: ‘impossible’, ‘impossible it_is’, ‘impossible things’, ‘powerless’, ‘powerless is’.

Greek words (2) other than ἀδύνατον (S-ANS) with a gloss related to ‘powerless’

ACTs 14:8 ἀδύνατος (adunatos) S-NMS ‘and a certain man powerless in Lustra by the’ SR GNT Acts 14:8 word 4

ROM 15:1 ἀδυνάτων (adunatōn) S-GMP ‘the weaknesses of the powerless to_be bearing and not’ SR GNT Rom 15:1 word 9

Key: S=substantive adjective ANS=accusative,neuter,singular GMP=genitive,masculine,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular