dynatos · possible, powerful

What it means

dynatos (δυνατός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “possible, powerful”.

Possible; also strong, powerful, able.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. One who has strength and ability to act.
2. Within reach: "nothing is beyond God".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• possible ×13
• able ×8
• powerful ×4
• strong ×3
• mighty ×2
• power ×1
• who have authority ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×5
• Luke×4
• Acts×6
• Romans×5
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×3
• Galatians×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×1
• James×1

• Matthew 19:26

  But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

• Matthew 24:24

  For false messiahs and false prophets will rise and will perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.

• Matthew 26:39

  And going forward a little, he fell on his face praying and saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not as I want, but as you want.”

• Mark 9:23

  And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for the one who believes.”

• Mark 10:27

  Looking at them, Jesus says, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

• Mark 13:22

  For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the chosen.

• Mark 14:35

  And going forward a little, he was falling on the ground and praying that if it is possible, the hour might pass from him.

• Mark 14:36

  And he was saying, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you; take this cup away from me; yet not what I want, but what you want.”

• Luke 1:49

  for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

• Luke 14:31

  Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

• Luke 18:27

  But he said, “The things impossible with men are possible with God.”

• Luke 24:19

  And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a man, a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

• Acts 2:24

  Him God raised up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

• Acts 7:22

  And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in his words and deeds.

• Acts 11:17

  So if God gave them the same gift as also to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus the Messiah, who was I to be able to hinder God?”

• Acts 18:24

  Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures.

• Acts 20:16

  For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

• Acts 25:5

  “So,” he says, “let those among you who have authority, going down with me, accuse him, if there is anything wrong in the man.”

• Romans 4:21

  and was fully convinced that what he had promised he was able also to do.

• Romans 9:22

  But what if God, wanting to show his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

• Romans 11:23

  And they too, if they do not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.

• Romans 12:18

  If possible, as far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people.

• Romans 15:1

  Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.

• 1 Corinthians 1:26

  For consider your calling, brothers: that not many were wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

• 2 Corinthians 10:4

  for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but powerful for God for the demolition of strongholds, demolishing arguments

• 2 Corinthians 12:10

  Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions and distresses, for the sake of the Messiah; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

• 2 Corinthians 13:9

  For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong; this also we pray for: your restoration.

• Galatians 4:15

  Where then is your happiness? For I testify to you that if it had been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

• 2 Timothy 1:12

  for which reason I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

• Titus 1:9

  holding fast to the trustworthy word that accords with the teaching, so that he may be able both to exhort with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.

• Hebrews 11:19

  reasoning that God was able even to raise people from the dead; from which he also received him back, as a symbol.

• James 3:2

  For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body.