ἀδύνατος adunatos

Greek word for “unable” · Strong’s G102 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ἀ-δύνατος, -ον; 1. of persons, unable, powerless:; figuratively (MM, VGT, see word).; 2. Of things, impossible:, 10:4 11:6.; †

How it is translated

Glosses given for adunatos in context, with how often each is used:

• impossible 6
• crippled 1
• powerless being 1
• weak 1
• impossible it is 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Hebrews 6 (2), Matthew 19 (1), Mark 10 (1), Luke 18 (1), Acts 14 (1), Romans 8 (1), Romans 15 (1), Hebrews 10 (1), Hebrews 11 (1)

Forms

• ἀδύνατον 6
• ἀδύνατόν 1
• ἀδύνατα 1
• ἀδύνατος 1
• ἀδυνάτων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with adunatos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• δυνατός dunatos “able” 4
• ἐμβλέπω emblepō “to look into/upon” 2
• παρά para “from/with/beside” 3
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2

Key verses

The verses using adunatos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 19:26 — But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
• Mark 10:27 — And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
• Luke 18:27 — And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
• Acts 14:8 — And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
• Romans 8:3 — For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in…
• Romans 15:1 — We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
• Hebrews 6:4 — For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
• Hebrews 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope…
• Hebrews 10:4 — For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
• Hebrews 11:6 — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.