δύναμις

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power

δύναμις , -εως, ἡ (δύναμαι), [in LXX for עֹז ,גּבוּרָה ,צָבָה ,(חֵיל) חַיִל, etc.; 35 words in all ;] power, might, strength ; relatively, ability, power to perform: Mat.25:15 , Act.3:12 , Heb.11:11 ; κατὰ δ., 2Co.8:3; παρὰ δ., ib.; ὑπὲρ δ., 2Co.1:8; of pecuniary ability, 2Co.8:3 , Rev.18:3 ; absol., power, might : Luk.24:49 , Act.1:8 ; opposite to ἀσθένεια, 1Co.15:43; ἡ δ. τ. ἁμαρτίας, 1Co.15:56; of power in action, Rom.1:16, 20 1Co.1:18 , Php.3:10 , al.; ἡ δ. τ. θεοῦ, Mat.22:29 , Mrk.12:24 , Rom.1:20 , al.; opposite to μόρφωσις, 2Ti.3:5; in doxologies, Rev.4:11 7:12 , al.; ἐν δ., Mrk.9:1 , Luk.4:36 , Rom.1:4 , al.; of the power of performing miracles, Act.6:8 , 2Th.2:9 ; pl., Mat.13:54 , Mrk.6:14 , Gal.3:5 , al.; of the force or meaning of a word (Plat., al.), 1Co.14:11. By meton., of persons or things; __(a) of God, Mat.26:64 , Mrk.14:62 (Dalman, Words , 200ff.); __(b) of angels, Rom.8:38 , Eph.1:21 , 1Pe.3:22 ; __(with) of armies, pl. [LXX for צְבָאוֹת ], metaphorically, of the stars, Mat.24:29 , Mrk.13:25 , Luk.21:26 ; __(d) of that wh. manifests God's power: Christ, 1Co.1:24; τ. εὐαγγέλλιον, Rom.1:16; ἡ δ. τ. κυρίου, 1Co.5:4; __(e) of mighty works (Tr., Syn. , §xci), δ. ποιεῖν, Mrk.6:5 9:39 ; pl., Mat.7:22 , Mrk.6:2 , Luk.10:13 , al.; σημεῖακ. δ., Act.8:13; δ. κ. τέρατα κ. σημεῖα, Act.2:22 , 2Co.12:12 . SYN. : βία, ἐνέργεια, ἐξουσία, ἰσχύς, κράτος (see Tr., l.with; Cremer, 218, 236; DB , i, 616; iv, 29; DCG , i, 607; ii, 188). (AS)