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: Matt 25,15, ApG 3,12, Hebr 11,11; κατὰ δ., 2 Kor 8,3 παρὰ δ., ib.; ὑπὲρ δ., 2 Kor 1,8 of pecuniary ability, 2 Kor 8,3, Åb 18,3; absol., power, might: Luk 24,49, ApG 1,8; opposite to ἀσθένεια, 1 Kor 15,43 ἡ δ. τ. ἁμαρτίας, 1 Kor 15,56 of power in action, Rom 1,16, 20 1 Kor 1,18, Fil 3,10, al.; ἡ δ. τ. θεοῦ, Matt 22,29, Mark 12,24, Rom 1,20, al.; opposite to μόρφωσις, 2 Tim 3,5 in doxologies, Åb 4,11; 7,12, al.; ἐν δ., Mark 9,1, Luk 4,36, Rom 1,4, al.; of the power of performing miracles, ApG 6,8, 2 Thess 2,9; pl., Matt 13,54, Mark 6,14, Gal 3,5, al.; of the force or meaning of a word (Plat., al.), 1 Kor 14,11, By meton., of persons or things;

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

(b) of angels, Rom 8,38, Ef 1,21, 1 Pet 3,22;

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

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

(e) of mighty works (Tr., Syn., §xci), δ. ποιεῖν, Mark 6,5; 9,39; pl., Matt 7,22, Mark 6,2, Luk 10,13, al.; σημεῖακ. δ., ApG 8,13 δ. κ. τέρατα κ. σημεῖα, ApG 2,22, 2 Kor 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).