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δύναμαι

dunamaibe ableHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb210 occurrences19 books201 verses

Definition

δύναμαι, depon.,

[in LXX chiefly for יָכֹל ;]

to be able, have power, whether by personal ability, permission, or opportunity: with inf. (M, Pr., 205; WM, §44, 3) pres., Matthew 6:24, Mark 2:7, John 3:2, 1 Corinthians 10:21, al.; with inf. aor., Matthew 3:9, Mark 1:45, John 3:3, 4 Romans 8:39, al.; with accusative, to be able to do something: Mark 9:22, Luke 12:26; 2 Corinthians 13:8; absol., to be able, capable, powerful: 1 Corinthians 3:2; 10:13.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as δύναμαι:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

210 total
  1. Mark 9:23δύνῃ · You can
    “If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
  2. Mark 9:28ἠδυνήθημεν · couldn’t
    After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
  3. Mark 9:29δύναται · cannot
    Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”
  4. Mark 9:39δυνήσεται · can
    “Do not stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me.
  5. Mark 10:26δύναται · can
    They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”
  6. Mark 10:38δύνασθε · Can you
    “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”
  7. Mark 10:39Δυνάμεθα · We can
    “We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.
  8. Mark 14:5ἠδύνατο · could
    It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
  9. Mark 14:7δύνασθε · you can
    The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
  10. Mark 15:31δύναται · [but] He cannot
    In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself!
  11. Luke 1:20δυνάμενος · unable
    And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
  12. Luke 1:22ἐδύνατο · [and] was unable
    When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
  13. Luke 3:8δύναται · can
    Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
  14. Luke 5:12δύνασαί · You can
    While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
  15. Luke 5:21δύναται · can
    But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
  16. Luke 5:34δύνασθε · Can you
    Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
  17. Luke 6:39δύναται · Can
    Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
  18. Luke 6:42δύνασαι · can you
    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  19. Luke 8:19ἠδύναντο · they were unable
    Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.
  20. Luke 9:40ἠδυνήθησαν · they were unable
    I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
  21. Luke 11:7δύναμαι · I cannot
    And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
  22. Luke 12:25δύναται · can
    Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
  23. Luke 12:26δύνασθε · you cannot [do]
    So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
  24. Luke 13:11δυναμένη · could
    …and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
  25. Luke 14:20δύναμαι · I cannot
    Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
  26. Luke 14:26δύναται · he cannot
    “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
  27. Luke 14:27δύναται · cannot
    And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
  28. Luke 14:33δύναται · cannot
    In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
  29. Luke 16:2δύνῃ · you cannot
    So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
  30. Luke 16:13δύναται · can; δύνασθε · You cannot
    No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
  31. Luke 16:26δύνωνται · cannot
    And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
  32. Luke 18:26δύναται · can
    Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
  33. Luke 19:3ἠδύνατο · could not [see]
    He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
  34. Luke 20:36δύνανται · they can
    In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
  35. Luke 21:15δυνήσονται · will be able to
    For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
  36. John 1:46δύναταί · Can
    “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
  37. John 3:2δύναται · could
    He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
  38. John 3:3δύναται · can
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
  39. John 3:4δύναται · can; δύναται · Can he
    “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
  40. John 3:5δύναται · can
    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  41. John 3:9δύναται · can
    “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
  42. John 3:27δύναται · can
    John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
  43. John 5:19δύναται · can
    So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
  44. John 5:30δύναμαι · can
    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
  45. John 5:44δύνασθε · can
    How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
  46. John 6:44δύναται · can
    “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
  47. John 6:52δύναται · can
    At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
  48. John 6:60δύναται · can
    On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”