Strong's: force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself)
KJV: --ability, abundance, meaning, might(-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle(-s), power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work.
See: δύναμαιδύνᾰμις [ ῠ], ἡ,
gen. εως, Ion. ιος, Ion. dat. δυνάμι: (δύναμαι): -
I
1. power, might, in Hom., esp. of bodily strength, εἴ μοι δ. γε παρείη Od. 2.62, cf. Il. 8.294; οἵη ἐμὴ δ. καὶ χεῖρες Od. 20.237; ἡ δ. τῶν νέων Antipho 4.3.2, etc.: generally, strength, power, ability to do anything, πὰρ δύναμιν beyond one’s strength, Il. 13.787; in Prose, παρὰ δ. τολμηταί Th. 1.70, etc.; ὑπὲρ δ. D. 18.193; opp. κατὰ δ. as far as lies in one, Hdt. 3.142, etc. (κὰδ δ. Hes. Op. 336); εἰς δύναμιν Cratin. 172, Pl. R. 458e, etc.; πρὸς τὴν δ. Id. Phdr. 231a.
2. outward power, influence, authority, A. Pers. 174 (anap.), Ag. 779 (lyr.); καταπαύσαντα τὴν Κύρου δ. Hdt. 1.90; δυνάμει προὔχοντες Th. 7.21, etc.; ἐν δ. εἶναι, γενέσθαι, X. HG 4.4.5, D. 13.29.
3. force for war, forces, δ. ἀνδρῶν Hdt. 5.100, cf. Pl. Mx. 240d, Plb. 1.41.2, LXX [Gen 21:22], OGI 139.8 (ii B. C.); μετὰ δυνάμεων ἱκανῶν Wilcken Chr. 10 (ii B. C.), etc.; δ. καὶ πεζὴ καὶ ἱππικὴ καὶ ναυτική X. An. 1.3.12; πέντε δυνάμεσι πεφρουρημένον, of the five projecting rows of sarissae in the phalanx, Ascl. Tact. 5.2,al.
4. a power, quantity, χρημάτων δ. Hdt. 7.9. ά.
5. means, κατὰ δύναμιν Arist. EE 1243b12; opp. παρὰ δ., [2Co 8:3]; κατὰ δ. τῶν ὑπαρχόντων BGU 1051.17 (Aug.).
II
1.power, faculty, capacity, αἱ ἀμφὶ τὸ σῶμα δ. Hp. VM 14; αἱ τοῦ σώματος δυνάμεις Pl. Tht. 185e; ἡ τῆς ὄψεως δ. Id. R. 532a; ἡ τῶν λεγόντων δ. D. 22.11: c. gen. rei, capacity for, τῶν ἔργων Arist. Pol. 1309a35; τοῦ λέγειν Id. Rh. 1362b22; τοῦ λόγου, τῶν λόγων, Men. 578, Alex. 94; δ. στρατηγική Plb. 1.84.6; δ. ἐν πραγματείᾳ Id. 2.56.5; δ. συνθετική D.H. Comp. 2: abs., any natural capacity or faculty, that may be improved and may be used for good or ill, Arist. Top. 126a37, cf. MM 1183b28.
2. elementary force, such as heat, cold, etc., Hp. VM 16, Arist. PA 646a14; ἡ τοῦ θερμοῦ δ. ib. 650a5; θερμαντικὴ δ. Epicur. Fr. 60, cf. Polystr. p.23 W. property, quality, ἰδίην δύναμιν καὶ φύσιν ἔχειν Hp. VM 13, cf. Nat.Hom. 5, Vict. 1.10; esp. of the natural properties of plants, etc., αἱ δ. τῶν φυομένων, τῶν σπερμάτων, X. Cyr. 8.8.14, Thphr. HP 8.11.1; productive power, τῆς γῆς Id. Oec. 16.4; μετάλλων Id. Vect. 4.1: generally, function, faculty, δύναμις φυσική, ζωική, ψυχική, Gal. 10.635; περὶ φυσικῶν δ., title of work by Galen. in pl., agencies, ὑπάρχειν ἐν τῇ φύσει τὰς τοιαύτας δυνάμεις (sc. the gods) Polystr.p.10 W. function, meaning, of part in whole, Id. p.17 W. in Music, function, value, of a note in the scale, δ. ἐστι τάξις φθόγγου ἐν συστήματι Cleonid. Harm. 14, cf. Aristox. Harm. p.69M.; μέση κατὰ δύναμιν, opp. κατὰ θέσιν, Ptol. Harm. 2.5.
3. faculty, art, or craft, Pl. R. 532d, Arist. Metaph. 1018a30, EN 1094a10, Arr. Epict. 1.1.1; δ. σκεπτική the doctrine of the Sceptics, S.E. M. 7.1.
4. a medicine, Timostr. 7, etc.; δ. ἁπλαῖ Hp. Decent. 9, Aret. CD 1.4, etc.; δ. πολυφάρμακοι Plu. 2.403c, Gal. 13.365: in pl., collection of formulae or prescriptions, Orib. 10.33. action of medicines, περὶ τῆς ἁπλῶν φαρμάκων δ., title of work by Galen; also, potency, δυνάμει θερμά, ψυχρά, Id. 1.672, al.
5. magically potent substance or object, PMag.Leid.V. 8.12: in pl., magical powers, Hld. 4.7.
III
1. force or meaning of a word, Lys. 10.7, Pl. Cra. 394b, Diog.Oen. 12, Phld. Sign. 31, etc. phonetic value of sounds or letters, Plb. 10.47.8, D.H. Comp. 12, Luc. Jud.Voc. 5, etc.
2. worth or value of money, Th. 6.46, 2.97, Plu. Lyc. 9, Sol. 15. capability of existing or acting, potentiality, opp. actuality (ἐνέργεια), Arist. Metaph. 1047b31, 1051a5, etc.: hence δυνάμει as Adv., virtually, ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει.. ἐστί D. 3.15; opp. ἐνεργείᾳ, Arist. APo. 86a28, al.; opp. ἐντελεχείᾳ, Id. Ph. 193b8, al. Math., power, κατὰ μεταφορὰν ἡ ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ λέγεται δ. Id. Metaph. 1019b33; usu.
1.second power, square, κατὰ δύναμιν in square, Pl. Ti. 54b, cf. Theol.Ar. 11, etc.: chiefly in dat., [ εὐθεῖα] δυνάμει ἴση a line the square on which is equal to an area, ἡ BA ἐλάσσων ἐστὶν ἢ διπλασίων δυνάμει τῆς AK the square on BA is less than double of the square on AK, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 2.9: εὐθεῖαι δ. σύμμετροι commensurable in square, Euc. 10 Def. 2; ἡ δυνάμει δεκάς the series 12 + 22... + 102, Theol.Ar. 64. square number, Pl. Ti. 32a. square of an unknown quantity (x2), Dioph. Def. 2, al.
2. square root of a number which is not a perfect square, surd, opp. μῆκος, Pl. Tht. 147d.
3. product of two numbers, ἡ ἀμφοῖν (sc. τριάδος καὶ δυάδος) δ. ἑξάς Ph. 1.3, cf. Iamb. in Nic. p.108 P.; δυνάμει in product, Hero Metr. 1.15, Theol.Ar. 33. concrete, powers, esp. of divine beings, αἱ δ. τῶν οὐρανῶν LXX [Isa 34:4], cf. [1Pe 3:22], al., Ph. 1.587, Corp.Herm. 1.26, Porph. Abst. 2.34: sg., [Act 8:10], PMag.Par. 1.1275; πολυώνυμος δ., of God, Secund. Sent. 3. manifestation of divine power, miracle, [Mat 11:21], al., Buresch Aus Lydien 113, etc.
δύναμις dynamis 119x
power;
strength, ability, [Mat 25:15]; [Heb 11:11]; e
fficacy, [1Co 4:19-20]; [Php 3:10]; [1Th 1:5]; [2Ti 3:5];
energy, [Col 1:29]; [2Ti 1:7];
meaning, purport of language, [1Co 14:11]; a
uthority, [Luk 4:36]; [Luk 9:1];
might, power, majesty, [Mat 22:29]; [Mat 24:30]; [Act 3:12]; [Rom 9:17]; [2Th 1:7]; [2Pe 1:16];
in NT a manifestation or instance of power, mighty means, [Act 8:10]; [Rom 1:16]; [1Co 1:18]; [1Co 1:24];
ἡ δύναμις, omnipotence, [Mat 26:64]; [Luk 22:69]; [Mat 14:2];
pl. authorities, [Rom 8:38]; [Eph 1:21]; [1Pe 3:22];
miraculous power, [Mar 5:30]; [Luk 1:35]; [Luk 5:17]; [Luk 6:19]; [Luk 8:46]; [Luk 24:49]; [1Co 2:4];
a miracle, [Mat 11:20-21], et al. freq.;
a worker of miracles, [1Co 12:28-29];
from the Hebrew αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν, the heavenly luminaries, [Mat 24:29]; [Mar 13:25]; [Luk 21:26];
αἱ δυνάμεις, the spiritual powers, [Mat 14:2]; [Mar 6:14] ability; miracle; power.
G1411 — δύναμις
δυνάμεως, ἡ; (from Homer down); the Sept. for חַיִל, גְּבוּרָה, עֹז, כֹּחַ, צָבָא (an army, a host); strength, ability, power;
a. universally, "inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth": [Luk 1:17]; [Act 4:7]; [1Co 4:20]; [2Co 4:7]; [2Co 12:9] (ἡ δύναμις ἐν ἀσθένεια τελεῖται (R G τελειοῦται)); ; [1Th 1:5]; [Heb 7:16]; [Heb 11:34]; [Rev 1:16]; [Rev 17:13]; ἰδίᾳ δυνάμει, [Act 3:12]; μεγάλη δυνάμει, [Act 4:33]; ἑκάστῳ κατά τήν ἰδίαν δύναμιν, [Mat 25:15]; ὑπέρ δύναμιν, beyond our power, [2Co 1:8]; ἐν δυνάμει namely, ὤν, endued with power, [Luk 4:36]; [1Co 15:43]; so in the phrase ἔρχεσθαι ἐν δυνάμει, [Mar 9:1]; powerfully, [Col 1:29]; [2Th 1:11]; contextually, equivalent to evidently, [Rom 1:4]; ἐν δυνάμει σημείων καί τεράτων, through the power which I exerted upon their souls by performing miracles, [Rom 15:19]; δύναμις εἰς τί, [Heb 11:11]; δύναμις ἐπί τά δαιμόνια καί νόσους θεραπεύειν, [Luk 9:1]; ἡ δύναμις τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ νόμος, sin exercises its power (upon the soul) through the law, i. e. through the abuse of the law, [1Co 15:56]; τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, the power which the resurrection of Christ has, for instructing, reforming, elevating, tranquilizing, the soul, [Phi 3:10]; τῆς εὐσεβείας, inhering in godliness and operating upon souls, [2Ti 3:5]; δυνάμεις μέλλοντος αἰῶνος (see αἰών, 3), [Heb 6:5]; τό πνεῦμα τῆς δυνάμεως (see πνεῦμα, 5), [1Pe 4:14] Lachmann; [2Ti 1:7]; δύναμις is used of the power of angels: [Eph 1:21] (cf. Meyer at the passage]) [2Pe 2:11]; of the power of the devil and evil spirits, [1Co 15:24]; τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, i. e. of the devil, [Luk 10:19]; τοῦ δράκοντος, [Rev 13:2]; angels, as excelling in power, are called δυνάμεις (cf. (Philo de mutat. nora. § 8 δυνάμεις ἀσωματοι) Meyer as above; Lightfoot on [Col 1:16]; see ἄγγελος): [Rom 8:38]; [1Pe 3:22]. ἡ δύναμις τοῦ Θεοῦ, universally, the power of God: [Mat 22:29]; [Mar 12:24]; [Luk 22:69]; [Act 8:10]; [Rom 1:20]; [Rom 9:17]; [1Co 6:14]; δύναμις ὑψίστου, [Luk 1:35]; ἡ δύναμις, especially in doxologies, the kingly power of God, [Mat 6:13] Rec.; [Rev 4:11]; [Rev 7:12]; [Rev 11:17]; [Rev 12:10]; [Rev 15:8]; [Rev 19:1]; and the abstract for the concrete (as הַגְּבוּרָה in Jewish writings; cf. Buxtorf Lex. talm. col. 385 (p. 201f, Fischer edition)) equivalent to ὁ δυνατός, [Mat 26:64]; [Mar 14:62]; δύναμις τοῦ Θεοῦ is used of the divine power considered as acting upon the minds of men, [1Co 2:5]; [2Co 6:7]; [Eph 3:7], [Eph 3:20]; ([2Ti 1:8]; [1Pe 1:5]); εἰς τινα, [2Co 13:4] (but WH in brackets); [Eph 1:19]; ἐνδύεσθαι δύναμιν ἐξ ὕψους, [Luk 24:49]; by metonymy, things or persons in which God's saving power shows its efficacy are called δυνάμεις Θεοῦ: thus, ὁ Χριστός, [1Co 1:24]; ὁ λόγος τοῦ σταυροῦ, [1Co 1:18]; τό εὐαγγέλιον, with the addition εἰς σωτηρίαν παντί, etc. [Rom 1:16] (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 36, 3 b.). δύναμις is ascribed to Christ, now in one sense and now in another: a power to heal disease proceeds from him, [Mar 5:30]; [Luk 5:17]; [Luk 6:19]; [Luk 8:46] the kingly power of the Messiah is his, [Mat 24:30]; ([Mar 13:26]); [Luk 21:27]; [2Pe 1:16]; [Rev 5:12]; ἄγγελοι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ (see ἄγγελος, 2), ministering to his power, [2Th 1:7] (Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3 b. 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, [Heb 1:3]; moral power, operating on the soul, [2Co 12:9] R G; and called ἡ θεία αὐτοῦ δύναμις in [2Pe 1:3]; ἡ δύναμις τοῦ κυρίου, the power of Christ invisibly present and operative in Christian church formally assembled, [1Co 5:4]. δύναμις τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος: [Act 1:8] (Winer's Grammar, 125 (119)); πνεῦμα ἅγιον καί δύναμις, [Act 10:38]; ἀπόδειξις πνεύματος καί δυνάμεως (see ἀπόδειξις, b.), [1Co 2:4]; ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ πνεύματος, under or full of the power of the Holy Spirit, [Luk 4:14]; ἐν δυνάμει πνεύματος ἁγίου, by the power and influence of the Holy Spirit, [Rom 15:13]; by the power which, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, I exerted upon their souls, [Rom 15:19].
b. specifically, the power of performing miracles: [Act 6:8]; πᾶσα δύναμις, every kind of power of working miracles (with the addition of καί σημείοις καί τέρασι), [2Th 2:9]; plural: ([Mat 13:54]; [Mat 14:2]; [Mar 6:14]); [1Co 12:28]; [Gal 3:5]; ἐνεργήματα δυνάμεων, [1Co 12:10]; by metonymy, of the cause for the effect, a mighty work (cf. Winers Grammar, 32; Trench, § xci.): δύναμιν ποιεῖν, [Mar 6:5]; [Mar 9:39]; so in the plural, [Mar 6:2] [Luk 19:37]; joined with σημεῖα, [Act 8:13]; with σημεῖα καί τέρατα, [Act 2:22]; [2Co 12:12]; [Heb 2:4] (?); ποιεῖν δυνάμεις, [Mat 7:22]; (); [Act 19:11]; γίνονται δυνάμεις, [Mat 11:20]f, 23; [Luk 10:13].
c. moral power and excellence of soul: [1Co 4:19]; [2Co 4:7]; [Eph 3:16]; [Col 1:11].
d. the power and influence which belong to riches; (pecuniary ability), wealth: τοῦ στρήνους, 'riches ministering to luxury' (Grotius), [Rev 18:3]; κατά δύναμιν καί ὑπέρ (others, δύναμιν, according to their means, yea, beyond their means, [2Co 8:3]; (in this sense, for חַיִל, the Sept. [Deu 8:17]; [Rth 4:11]; not infrequent Greek writings, as Xenophon, Cyril 8, 4, 34; an. 7, 7, 21 (36)).
e. power and resources arising from numbers: [Rev 3:8].
f. power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts, (so, 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: [Mat 24:29]; [Luk 21:26]; and δυνάμεις ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, [Mar 13:25]; equivalent to הַשָּׁמַיִם צְבָא, [2Ki 17:16]; [2Ki 23:4]; [Isa 34:4]; [Jer 8:2]; [Dan 8:10], etc. (cf. σαβαώθ).
g. Like the Latinvis andpotestas, equivalent to the (force i. e.) meaning of a word or expression: [1Co 14:11]; (Plato, Crat., p. 394 h.; Polybius 20, 9, 11; Dionysius Halicarnassus 1, 68; Dio Cuss. 55, 3; others).
δύναμις , - εω s, ἡ
( < δύαμαι ),
[in LXX for H2428, H6635, H1369, H5797, 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 ., 2C ο 1:8; of pecuniary ability, [2Co 8:3], [Rev 18:3]; absol. , power, might: [Luk 24:49], [Act 1:8]; opp . to ἀσθένεια , [1Co 15:43]; ἡ δ . τ . ἁμαρτίας , [1Co 15:56]; of power in action, [Rom 1:16]; Rom 1:20 , [1Co 1:18], [Php 3:10], al. ; ἡ δ . τ . θεοῦ , [Mat 22:29], [Mar 12:24], [Rom 1:20], al. ; opp . to μόρφωσις , [2Ti 3:5]; in doxologies, [Rev 4:11]; [Rev 7:12], al. ; ἐν δ ., [Mar 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], [Mar 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], [Mar 14:62] ( Dalman, Words , 200 ff .);
(b) of angels, [Rom 8:38], Eph 1:21 , [1Pe 3:22];
( c ) of armies, pl. [ LXX for H6635 ], metaph ., of the stars, [Mat 24:29], [Mar 13:25], [Luk 21:26];
(d) of that WH . manifests God's power: Christ, [1Co 1:24]; τ . εὐαγγέλιον , [Rom 1:16]; ἡ , δ . τ . κυρί o υ , [1Co 5:4];
(e) of mighty works ( Tr., Syn. , § xci), δ . ποιεῖν , [Mar 6:5]; [Mar 9:39]; pl., [Mat 7:22], [Mar 6:2], [Luk 10:13], al. ; σημεῖα κ . δ ., [Act 8:13]; δ . κ . τέρατα κ . σημεῖα , [Act 2:22], [2Co 12:12].
SYN.: βία G970, ἐνέργεια G1753, ἐξουσία G1849, ἰσχύς G2479, κράτ o ς G2904 ( v. Tr., l.c .; Cremer , 218, 236; DB, i, 616; iv, 29; DCG, i, 607; ii, 188).
δύναμις原文音譯:dÚnamij 低那米士
詞類次數:名詞(120)
原文字根:才能 相當於:H2428(חַיִל / חֵילֵךְ) H3581(כֹּחַ) H6633(צָבָא)
字義溯源:能力,權力,才能,力量,異能,大能,權能,權勢,奇事,強壯,實質,威勢,威能,有能,意思;源自(G1410(δύναμαι)*=能夠)。在新約這字用來描寫:
1)神的大能([太22:29])
2)主耶穌基督的權能([林前5:4])
3)聖靈的能力([羅15:13])
4)福音的大能([羅1:16])
5)十字架的大能([林前1:18])
6)神的愛奇妙能力([羅8:38][,39])
7)人子降臨的大能力([可13:25])自然,還有其他的大能大力。
同義字:1)
G1411(
δύναμις)能力,權力 2)
G1849(
ἐξουσία)特權,權柄 3)
G2479(
ἰσχύς)力量 4)
G2904(
κράτος)權力,權能 5)
G2963(
κυριότης)統治權,主治的
出現次數:總共(120);太(13);可(10);路(15);徒(10);羅(8);林前(15);林後(10);加(1);弗(5);腓(1);西(2);帖前(1);帖後(3);提後(3);來(6);彼前(2);彼後(3);啓(12)
譯字彙編:
1)能力(41)[太24:30];[可5:30];[可13:26];[路1:17];[路1:35];[路4:14];[路4:36];[路5:17];[路6:19];[路8:46];[路9:1];[路10:19];[路24:49];[徒1:8];[徒3:12];[徒4:7];[徒4:33];[徒6:8];[徒10:38];[羅15:13];[羅15:18];[羅15:18];[林前1:24];[林前6:14];[林後1:8];[林後4:7];[林後12:9];[林後12:9];[弗1:19];[弗3:16];[西1:11];[提後1:7];[提後1:8];[來11:11];[彼前1:5];[彼後1:3];[啓1:16];[啓12:10];[啓13:2];[啓15:8];[啓17:13];
2)異能(18)[太7:22];[太11:20];[太11:21];[太11:23];[太13:54];[太13:58];[太14:2];[可6:2];[可6:5];[可6:14];[可9:39];[路10:13];[路19:37];[徒8:13];[林後12:12];[加3:5];[帖後2:9];[來2:4];
3)權能(16)[可9:1];[路21:27];[羅1:20];[羅9:17];[林前4:19];[林前4:20];[林前5:4];[帖前1:5];[來1:3];[來6:5];[彼後1:16];[啓4:11];[啓5:12];[啓7:12];[啓11:17];[啓19:1];
4)大能(15)[太22:29];[可12:24];[羅1:4];[羅1:16];[林前1:18];[林前2:5];[林後6:7];[林後13:4];[林後13:4];[弗3:7];[弗3:20];[腓3:10];[西1:29];[帖後1:11];[來7:16];
5)力量(4)[林後8:3];[林後8:3];[彼後2:11];[啓3:8];
6)權勢(4)[太24:29];[可13:25];[路21:26];[林前15:56];
7)威勢(2)[來11:34];[啓18:3];
8)權能者的(2)[太26:64];[可14:62];
9)行異能的(2)[林前12:28];[林前12:29];
10)有能的(2)[羅8:38];[弗1:21];
11)有能者(1)[林前15:24];
12)強壯(1)[林前15:43];
13)實質(1)[提後3:5];
14)有能力的(1)[彼前3:22];
15)意思(1)[林前14:11];
16)權能的(1)[帖後1:7];
17)奇事(1)[徒19:11];
18)權能者(1)[路22:69];
19)才幹(1)[太25:15];
20)用異能(1)[徒2:22];
21)能者(1)[徒8:10];
22)大能的(1)[林前2:4];
23)權柄(1)[太6:13];
24)異能的(1)[林前12:10]