δύναμις dunamis

Greek word for “power” · Strong’s G1411 · used 119 times in 115 verses

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Meaning

δύναμις, -εως, ἡ; (δύναμαι);

How it is translated

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

• power 87
• miracles 15
• powers 5
• miraculous powers 2
• work of power 2
• their ability 2
• miraculous powers? 1
• ability 1
• mighty works 1
• do miracles? 1
• mighty 1
• full strength 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 11 (3), Mark 6 (3), Romans 1 (3), 1 Corinthians 12 (3), 1 Corinthians 15 (3), Ephesians 3 (3), Matthew 13 (2), Matthew 24 (2), Mark 9 (2), Mark 13 (2)

Forms

• δύναμιν 31
• δυνάμει 26
• δυνάμεως 21
• δυνάμεις 20
• δύναμις 13
• δυνάμεων 3
• δυνάμεσιν 3
• δύναμίν 2

Words used with it

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

• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 17
• δόξα doxa “glory” 13
• κατά kata “according to” 16
• τε te “and/both” 11
• ἐξουσία exousia “authority” 9
• μέγας megas “great” 11
• σημεῖον sēmeion “sign” 8
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 11
• τέρας teras “wonders” 6
• σοφία sophia “wisdom” 7
• δεξιός dexios “right” 7
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 11

Key verses

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

• Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria,…
• Acts 10:38 — How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was…
• Romans 1:16 — For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
• 2 Corinthians 12:9 — And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities,…
• 1 Thessalonians 1:5 — For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you…
• 2 Thessalonians 1:7 — And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9 — Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
• 2 Timothy 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the…
• Hebrews 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged…
• 1 Peter 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1 Peter 3:22 — Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
• Revelation 19:1 — And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

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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.