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|txtha=δυνάμεως, ἡ; (from [[Homer]] [[down]]); the Sept. for חַיִל, גְּבוּרָה, עֹז, כֹּחַ, צָבָא (an [[army]], a [[host]]); [[strength]], [[ability]], [[power]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> [[universally]], "[[inherent]] [[power]], [[power]] residing in a [[thing]] by [[virtue]] of its [[nature]], or [[which]] a [[person]] or [[thing]] exerts and puts [[forth]]": ἡ [[δύναμις]] ἐν [[ἀσθένεια]] τελεῖται (R G τελειοῦται)); [[ἰδίᾳ]] δυνάμει, [[μεγάλη]] δυνάμει, ἑκάστῳ [[κατά]] [[τήν]] ἰδίαν δύναμιν, [[ὑπέρ]] δύναμιν, [[beyond]] [[our]] [[power]], ἐν δυνάμει [[namely]], ὤν, endued [[with]] [[power]], ἔρχεσθαι ἐν δυνάμει, [[powerfully]], [[evidently]], ἐν δυνάμει σημείων [[καί]] τεράτων, [[through]] the [[power]] [[which]] I exerted [[upon]] [[their]] souls by performing miracles, [[δύναμις]] [[εἰς]] τί, [[δύναμις]] [[ἐπί]] τά δαιμόνια [[καί]] νόσους θεραπεύειν, ἡ [[δύναμις]] τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ [[νόμος]], [[sin]] exercises its [[power]] ([[upon]] the [[soul]]) [[through]] the [[law]], i. e. [[through]] the [[abuse]] of the [[law]], τῆς ἀναστάσεως [[τοῦ]] Χριστοῦ, the [[power]] [[which]] the [[resurrection]] of Christ has, for instructing, reforming, elevating, tranquilizing, the [[soul]], τῆς εὐσεβείας, inhering in [[godliness]] and operating [[upon]] souls, δυνάμεις μέλλοντος αἰῶνος ([[see]] [[αἰών]], 3), τό [[πνεῦμα]] τῆς δυνάμεως ([[see]] [[πνεῦμα]], 5), [[δύναμις]] is used of the [[power]] of angels: [[τοῦ]] ἐχθροῦ, i. e. of the [[devil]], [[τοῦ]] δράκοντος, δυνάμεις (cf. ([[Philo]] de mutat. nora. § 8 δυνάμεις ἀσωματοι) Meyer as [[above]]; Lightfoot on [[ἄγγελος]]): ἡ [[δύναμις]] [[τοῦ]] Θεοῦ, [[universally]], the [[power]] of God: [[δύναμις]] ὑψίστου, ἡ [[δύναμις]], [[especially]] in doxologies, the [[kingly]] [[power]] of God, הַגְּבוּרָה in Jewish writings; cf. Buxtorf Lex. talm. Colossians 385 (p. 201f, Fischer edition)) equivalent to ὁ [[δυνατός]], [[δύναμις]] [[τοῦ]] Θεοῦ is used of the [[divine]] [[power]] considered as acting [[upon]] the minds of men, [[εἰς]] τινα, WH in brackets); ἐνδύεσθαι δύναμιν ἐξ ὕψους, δυνάμεις Θεοῦ: [[thus]], ὁ [[Χριστός]], ὁ [[λόγος]] [[τοῦ]] σταυροῦ, τό [[εὐαγγέλιον]], [[with]] the [[addition]] [[εἰς]] σωτηρίαν παντί, etc. Winer's Grammar, § 36,3b.). [[δύναμις]] is ascribed to Christ, [[now]] in [[one]] [[sense]] and [[now]] in [[another]]: a [[power]] to [[heal]] [[disease]] [[proceeds]] from him, ἄγγελοι τῆς δυνάμεως [[αὐτοῦ]] ([[see]] [[ἄγγελος]], 2), [[ministering]] to his [[power]], Winer's Grammar, § 34,3b. [[note]]); [[metaphysical]] (or [[essential]]) [[power]], viz. [[that]] [[which]] belongs to him as ὁ [[θεῖος]] [[λόγος]], in the [[expression]] τό ῤῆμα τῆς δυνάμεως [[αὐτοῦ]], the [[word]] uttered by his [[power]], equivalent to his [[most]] [[powerful]] [[will]] and [[energy]], R G; and called ἡ [[θεία]] [[αὐτοῦ]] [[δύναμις]] in ἡ [[δύναμις]] [[τοῦ]] κυρίου, the [[power]] of Christ [[invisibly]] [[present]] and [[operative]] in Christian [[church]] [[formally]] [[assembled]], [[δύναμις]] [[τοῦ]] ἁγίου πνεύματος: Winer's Grammar, 125 (119)); [[πνεῦμα]] [[ἅγιον]] [[καί]] [[δύναμις]], [[ἀπόδειξις]] πνεύματος [[καί]] δυνάμεως ([[see]] [[ἀπόδειξις]], b.), ἐν τῇ δυνάμει [[τοῦ]] πνεύματος, [[under]] or [[full]] of the [[power]] of the Holy Spirit, ἐν δυνάμει πνεύματος ἁγίου, by the [[power]] and [[influence]] of the Holy Spirit, the [[power]] of performing miracles: [[πᾶσα]] [[δύναμις]], [[every]] [[kind]] of [[power]] of [[working]] miracles ([[with]] the [[addition]] of [[καί]] σημείοις [[καί]] τέρασι), ἐνεργήματα δυνάμεων, a [[mighty]] [[work]] (cf. Winer s Grammar, 32; Trench, § xci.): δύναμιν ποιεῖν, σημεῖα, σημεῖα [[καί]] τέρατα, ποιεῖν δυνάμεις, γίνονται δυνάμεις, [[moral]] [[power]] and [[excellence]] of [[soul]]: the [[power]] and [[influence]] [[which]] belong to [[riches]]; ([[pecuniary]] [[ability]]), [[wealth]]: [[τοῦ]] στρήνους, '[[riches]] [[ministering]] to [[luxury]]' (Grotius), [[κατά]] δύναμιν [[καί]] [[ὑπέρ]] (others, δύναμιν, according to [[their]] [[means]], [[yea]], [[beyond]] [[their]] [[means]], חַיִל, the Sept. [[Xenophon]], Cyril 8,4, 34; an. 7,7, 21 (36)).<br /><b class="num">e.</b> [[power]] and [[resources]] arising from numbers: [[power]] consisting in or resting [[upon]] armies, forces, hosts, (Song of Solomon, [[both]] in [[singular]] and in plural, [[often]] in Greek writings from [[Herodotus]], [[Thucydides]], [[Xenophon]], on; in the Sept. and in Apocrypha); [[hence]], δυνάμεις [[τοῦ]] οὐρανοῦ, the [[host]] of [[heaven]], Hebraistically the stars: δυνάμεις ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, הַשָּׁמַיִם צְבָא, [[σαβαώθ]]).<br /><b class="num">g.</b> Like the Latin vis and potestas, equivalent to the ([[force]] i. e.) [[meaning]] of a [[word]] or [[expression]]: [[Plato]], Crat., p. 394h.; [[Polybius]] 20,9, 11; [[Dionysius]] [[Halicarnassus]] 1,68; [[Dio]] Cuss. 55,3; others). [ SYNONYMS: [[βία]], [[δύναμις]], [[ἐνέργεια]], [[ἐξουσία]], [[ἰσχύς]], [[κράτος]] [[βία]], [[force]], [[effective]], [[often]] [[oppressive]] [[power]], exhibiting itself in [[single]] deeds of [[violence]]; [[δύναμις]], [[power]], [[natural]] [[ability]], [[general]] and [[inherent]]; [[ἐνέργεια]], [[working]], [[power]] in [[exercise]], [[operative]] [[power]]; [[ἐξουσία]], [[primarily]] [[liberty]] of [[action]]; [[then]], [[authority]] — [[either]] as delegated [[power]], or as [[unrestrained]], [[arbitrary]] [[power]]; [[ἰσχύς]], [[strength]], [[power]] ([[especially]] [[physical]]) as an [[endowment]] [[κράτος]], [[might]], [[relative]] and manifested [[power]] — in the N. T. [[chiefly]] of God; τῷ [[κράτει]] τῆς ἰσχύος, [[τήν]] ἐνέργειαν τῆς δυναμμεως, [[τήν]] ἐνέργειαν [[τοῦ]] κράτους τῆς ἰσχύος, Schmidt, [[chapter]] 148; Lightfoot on Ephesians 1:19.]