Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #87776

SR GNT Acts 8:10 Δύναμις (Dunamis) ‘this is the Power of god being called Great’ Strongs=14110 Lemma=dunamis
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=34 AD Event=Philip_preaches_in_Samaria TimeSeries=Philip_preaches_in_Samaria Referred to from Word #87780

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Only use of identical word form Δύναμις (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Δύναμις’ (N-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘Power’.

Acts 8:10 ‘this is the Power of god being called Great’ SR GNT Acts 8:10 word 12

OET-LV: 10 To _whom all from small to great were _giving _heed saying: This is the Power of_ the _god, which being _called great. (ACT_8:10)

OET-RV: 10 and the people there from the least to the most important said, “This power is from the great god.” (ACT 8:10)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘dunamis’ have 18 different glosses: ‘a miracle’, ‘our power’, ‘the miracles’, ‘the power’, ‘the powers’, ‘their ability’, ‘by miracles’, ‘of miracles’, ‘of power’, ‘with power’, ‘Power’, ‘ability’, ‘miracle’, ‘miracles’, ‘miracles received’, ‘power’, ‘power be’, ‘powers’.

Key: N=noun NFS=nominative,feminine,singular