δύναμις: Difference between revisions

|astxt=[[δύναμις]], -εως, ἡ (< [[δύναμαι]]), [in LXX for עֹז ,גּבוּרָה ,צָבָה ,(חֵיל) חַיִל, etc.; 35 words in all;] <br />power, might, strength; relatively, ability, power to perform: Mt 25:15, Ac 3:12, He 11:11; κατὰ δ., II Co 8:3; παρὰ δ., ib.; [[ὑπὲρ]] δ., II Co 1:8; of pecuniary ability, II Co 8:3, Re 18:3; absol., power, might: Lk 24:49, Ac 1:8; opp. to [[ἀσθένεια]], I Co 15:43; ἡ δ. τ. ἁμαρτίας, I Co 15:56; of power in action, Ro 1:16, 20 I Co 1:18, Phl 3:10, al.; ἡ δ. τ. θεοῦ, Mt 22:29, Mk 12:24, Ro 1:20, al.; opp. to [[μόρφωσις]], II Ti 3:5; in doxologies, Re 4:11 7:12, al.; ἐν δ., Mk 9:1, Lk 4:36, Ro 1:4, al.; of the power of performing miracles, Ac 6:8, II Th 2:9; pl., Mt 13:54, Mk 6:14, Ga 3:5, al.; of the force or meaning of a word (Plat., al.), I Co 14:11. By meton., of persons or things;<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>of God, Mt 26:64, Mk 14:62 (Dalman, Words, 200ff.); <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>of angels, Ro 8:38, Eph 1:21, I Pe 3:22; <br /><b class="num">(c)</b>of armies, pl. [LXX for צְבָאוֹת], metaph., of the stars, Mt 24:29, Mk 13:25, Lk 21:26; <br /><b class="num">(d)</b>of that wh. manifests God's power: Christ, I Co 1:24; τ. εὐαγγέλλιον, Ro 1:16; ἡ δ. τ. κυρίου, I Co 5:4; <br /><b class="num">(e)</b>of mighty works (Tr., Syn., §xci), δ. ποιεῖν, Mk 6:5 9:39; pl., Mt 7:22, Mk 6:2, Lk 10:13, al.; σημεῖακ. δ., Ac 8:13; δ. κ. τέρατα κ. σημεῖα, Ac 2:22, II Co 12:12. SYN.: [[βία]], [[ἐνέργεια]], [[ἐξουσία]], [[ἰσχύς]], [[κράτος]] (v. Tr., l.c.; Cremer, 218, 236; DB, i, 616; iv, 29; DCG, i, 607; ii, 188).