δύναμις

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: Matthew 25:15, Acts 3:12, Hebrews 11:11; κατὰ δ., 2 Corinthians 8:3; παρὰ δ., ib.; ὑπὲρ δ., 2 Corinthians 1:8; of pecuniary ability, 2 Corinthians 8:3, Revelation 18:3; absol., power, might: Luke 24:49, Acts 1:8; opposite to ἀσθένεια, 1 Corinthians 15:43; ἡ δ. τ. ἁμαρτίας, 1 Corinthians 15:56; of power in action, Romans 1:16, 20, 1 Corinthians 1:18, Philippians 3:10, al.; ἡ δ. τ. θεοῦ, Matthew 22:29, Mark 12:24, Romans 1:20, al.; opposite to μόρφωσις, 2 Timothy 3:5; in doxologies, Revelation 4:11; 7:12, al.; ἐν δ., Mark 9:1, Luke 4:36, Romans 1:4, al.; of the power of performing miracles, Acts 6:8, 2 Thessalonians 2:9; pl., Matthew 13:54, Mark 6:14, Galatians 3:5, al.; of the force or meaning of a word (Plat., al.), 1 Corinthians 14:11. By meton., of persons or things;

(a) of God, Matthew 26:64, Mark 14:62 (Dalman, Words, 200ff.);

(b) of angels, Romans 8:38, Ephesians 1:21, 1 Peter 3:22;

(with) of armies, pl. [LXX for צְבָאוֹת ], metaphorically, of the stars, Matthew 24:29, Mark 13:25, Luke 21:26;

(d) of that wh. manifests God's power: Christ, 1 Corinthians 1:24; τ. εὐαγγέλλιον, Romans 1:16; ἡ δ. τ. κυρίου, 1 Corinthians 5:4;

(e) of mighty works (Tr., Syn., §xci), δ. ποιεῖν, Mark 6:5; 9:39; pl., Matthew 7:22, Mark 6:2, Luke 10:13, al.; σημεῖακ. δ., Acts 8:13; δ. κ. τέρατα κ. σημεῖα, Acts 2:22, 2 Corinthians 12:12.

Synonyms: βία, ἐνέργεια, ἐξουσία, ἰσχύς, κράτος (see Tr., l.with; Cremer, 218, 236; DB, i, 616; iv, 29; DCG, i, 607; ii, 188).