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)

power, might, strength; ability, power; power, might; force; meaning