δυνατός: Difference between revisions

|txtha=δυνατή, δυνατόν ([[δύναμαι]]); (from [[Pindar]] [[down]]), the Sept. for גִּבּור; [[able]], [[powerful]], [[mighty]], [[strong]];<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[absolutely]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> [[mighty]] in [[wealth]] and [[influence]]: ); οἱ δυνατοί, the [[chief]] men, Josephus, b. j. 1,12, 4 ἧκον Ἰουδαίων οἱ δυνατοί; [[Xenophon]], Cyril 5,4, 1; [[Thucydides]] 1,89; [[Polybius]] 9,23, 4). ὁ [[δυνατός]], the preeminently [[mighty]] [[one]], [[almighty]] God, [[strong]] in [[soul]]: to [[bear]] calamities and trials [[with]] [[fortitude]] and [[patience]], [[δυνατός]] [[εἰμί]] [[with]] an infinitive, "to be [[able]] (to do [[something]]; (Buttmann, 260 (224); Winer's Grammar, 319 (299))): R G; R G; δύναται; [[δυνατός]] ἐν τίνι, [[mighty]], i. e. excelling in [[something]]: ἐν ἔργῳ καί λόγῳ, ἐν λόγοις καί ἔργοις, ἐν γραφαῖς:, excelling in [[knowledge]] of the Scriptures, [[πρός]] τί, [[mighty]], i. e. having [[power]] for [[something]]: δυνατόν (in [[passive]] [[sense]], cf. Buttmann, 190 (165)) [[possible]]: εἰ δυνατόν (ἐστι), [[οὐκ]] ἦν δυνατόν followed by infinitive δυνατόν τί ἐστι τίνι (Buttmann, 190 (165)), [[παρά]] Θεῷ πάντα δυνατά ἐστι, Τό δυνατόν [[αὐτοῦ]], [[what]] his [[power]] could do, equivalent to [[τήν]] δύναμιν [[αὐτοῦ]], Winer's Grammar, § 34,2.