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δύναμις

MainId: 001431000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: δ

StrongCodes: G1411

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 001431001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: δύναμις
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -εως
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'δύναμαι', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 001431001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 74.1
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Able, Capable
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-14 17:37:18
    DefinitionShort: the ability to perform a particular activity or to undergo some experience
    Glosses: ['ability', 'capability']
    Comments: In a number of languages the equivalent of ‘ability’ in {S:04700100800040} may be expressed simply by a modal such as ‘can,’ for example, ‘far beyond what we can endure.’
  LEXReferences: MAT 25:15, 1COR 4:19, 2COR 1:8, 2COR 8:3, 2COR 8:3, HEB 11:11
2. LEXID: 001431001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 76.1
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Power, Force
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-14 17:37:18
    DefinitionShort: the potentiality to exert force in performing some function
    Glosses: power
  LEXReferences: MAT 22:29, MAT 24:30, MARK 5:30, MARK 9:1, MARK 12:24, MARK 13:26, LUKE 1:17, LUKE 1:35, LUKE 4:14, LUKE 4:36, LUKE 5:17, LUKE 6:19, LUKE 8:46, LUKE 9:1, LUKE 10:19, LUKE 21:27, LUKE 22:69, LUKE 24:49, ACTs 1:8, ACTs 3:12, ACTs 4:7, ACTs 4:33, ACTs 6:8, ACTs 10:38, ROM 1:4, ROM 1:16, ROM 1:20, ROM 9:17, ROM 15:13, ROM 15:19, ROM 15:19, 1COR 1:18, 1COR 1:24, 1COR 2:4, 1COR 2:5, 1COR 4:20, 1COR 5:4, 1COR 6:14, 1COR 15:24, 1COR 15:43, 1COR 15:56, 2COR 4:7, 2COR 6:7, 2COR 12:9, 2COR 12:9, 2COR 13:4, 2COR 13:4, EPH 1:19, EPH 1:21, EPH 3:7, EPH 3:16, EPH 3:20, COL 1:11, COL 1:29, 1TH 1:5, 2TH 1:7, 2TH 1:11, 2TH 2:9, 2TIM 1:7, 2TIM 1:8, 2TIM 3:5, HEB 1:3, HEB 6:5, HEB 7:16, HEB 11:34, 1PET 1:5, 2PET 1:3, 2PET 1:16, 2PET 2:11, REV 1:16, REV 3:8, REV 4:11, REV 5:12, REV 7:12, REV 11:17, REV 12:10, REV 13:2, REV 15:8, REV 17:13, REV 18:3, REV 19:1
3. LEXID: 001431001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 76.7
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Power, Force
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-14 17:37:18
    DefinitionShort: a deed manifesting great power, with the implication of some supernatural force
    Glosses: ['mighty deed', 'miracle']
  LEXReferences: MAT 7:22, MAT 11:20, MAT 11:21, MAT 11:23, MAT 13:54, MAT 13:58, MAT 14:2, MARK 6:2, MARK 6:5, MARK 6:14, MARK 9:39, LUKE 10:13, LUKE 19:37, ACTs 2:22, ACTs 8:13, ACTs 19:11, 1COR 12:10, 1COR 12:28, 1COR 12:29, 2COR 12:12, GAL 3:5, PHP 3:10, 1TH 1:5, 2TH 2:9, HEB 2:4
4. LEXID: 001431001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.61
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Rule, Govern
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-14 17:37:18
    DefinitionShort: one who has the power to rule
    Glosses: ruler
    Comments: It is also possible to interpret δύναμις in {S:04500803800034} as meaning a supernatural power (see {D:12.44}).
  LEXReferences: ROM 8:38, 1COR 15:24
5. LEXID: 001431001005000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 12.44
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Supernatural Beings and Powers
  LEXSubDomains: Supernatural Powers
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-14 17:37:18
    DefinitionShort: (title for supernatural forces and powers) a supernatural power having some particular role in controlling the destiny and activities of human beings
    Glosses: ['power', 'authority', 'lordship', 'ruler', 'wicked force']
    Comments: Some scholars have believed that it is possible to reconstruct at least in part some of the hierarchy represented by these various supernatural forces and powers, on the basis of the neoplatonic system of nine such powers arranged in three orders of three each. NT terminology and usage does not, however, lend itself to such a classification, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to determine what are the significant differences between these supernatural powers and forces.|In the case of {S:04900102100014} some scholars apply the terms in question both to the supernatural and to the human sphere, thus emphasizing the totality of Christ’s rule. This has a considerable measure of justification in view of the concepts held by persons in the ancient world, since various earthly powers were supposed to reflect corresponding supernatural powers.|For the most part, translators have endeavored to render the various terms in somewhat different ways, for example, ἐξουσία as ‘authority’; δύναμις as ‘power’; κυριότης as ‘ruler’; and phrases such as τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις as ‘wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world.’ In a number of languages, however, there are simply not enough terms to designate various kinds of powers, authorities, and forces which could be employed in speaking of such supernatural impersonal powers. Accordingly, some translators have simply used a phrase such as ‘any and all kinds of supernatural powers.’ Where it is possible to make certain lexical distinctions between terms and phrases, this, of course, should be done, but in a number of contexts this may be impossible, and accordingly, some explanation in a marginal note may be required if the reader is to understand satisfactorily the intent of the passages in question.
  LEXReferences: MAT 24:29, MAT 26:64, MARK 13:25, MARK 14:62, LUKE 21:26, ACTs 8:10, ROM 8:38, 1COR 15:24, EPH 1:21, 1PET 3:22
6. LEXID: 001431001006000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 33.134
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Interpret, Mean, Explain
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-14 17:37:18
    DefinitionShort: the meaning or significance of a word or statement
    Glosses: ['meaning', 'what is intended']
    Comments: It is, of course, also possible to translate {S:04601401100012} as ‘if I cannot understand what has been said.’
  LEXReferences: 1COR 14:11