Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

δύναμις

Vocabulary form: 
duvnamiV, -ewV,hJ
Definition: 

power, miracle

Frequency: 
119
GK: 
1539
Root: 
dunami
Cognates: 

This is the cognate noun of the verb duvnamai, but you cannot define the Greek by the English since English was not a language until hundreds of years later. See D.A. Carson, Exegetical Fallacies, pp. 32-33.

Mnemonic Singing: 

All hail the power of Jesus' name;
let angels prostrate fall.

Biblical Concordance

Romans 8:38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers (dynameis | δυνάμεις | nom pl fem),
Romans 9:17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might display my power (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem) in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:19 by the power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) of signs and wonders, by the power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled my ministry of proclaiming the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power (dynamis | δύναμις | nom sg fem) of God.
1 Corinthians 1:24 Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem) of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 2:4 My word and my message were not delivered with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem),
1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men but on the power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) of God.
1 Corinthians 4:19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the speech of these arrogant people but their power (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem).
1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem).
1 Corinthians 5:4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, with the power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) of our Lord Jesus,
1 Corinthians 6:14 and God both has raised the Lord and will raise us up by his power (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem).
1 Corinthians 12:10 to another performance of miracles (dynameōn | δυνάμεων | gen pl fem), to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles (dynameis | δυνάμεις | acc pl fem), then gifts of healing, those able to help others, those who can provide guidance, and various kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:29 Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all work miracles (dynameis | δυνάμεις | nom pl fem), do they?
1 Corinthians 14:11 But if I do not grasp the meaning (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem) of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
1 Corinthians 15:24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has destroyed every dominion, every authority and power (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem).
1 Corinthians 15:43 It is sown in humiliation, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem);
1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power (dynamis | δύναμις | nom sg fem) of sin is the law.
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we want you to know, brothers, about the affliction we suffered in Asia, that we were burdened excessively beyond our power (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem) to cope, so that we despaired even of living.
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in clay pots, so that the surpassing power (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem) belongs to God and does not come from us.
2 Corinthians 6:7 by the word of truth, by the power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) of God; with the weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left;
2 Corinthians 8:3 For — as I can testify — they gave according to their means (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem), and even beyond their means (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem); acting spontaneously,
2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power (dynamis | δύναμις | nom sg fem) is fulfilled in weakness.” Therefore I will most gladly boast in my weaknesses, in order that the power (dynamis | δύναμις | nom sg fem) of Christ may dwell in me.
2 Corinthians 12:12 The marks of an apostle were done among you with all persistence, along with signs and wonders and powerful (dynamesin | δυνάμεσιν | dat pl fem) deeds.
2 Corinthians 13:4 For indeed he was crucified in weakness, but he lives by the power (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem) of God. For indeed we are weak in him, but we will live with him by the power (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem) of God toward you.
Galatians 3:5 So does the one who gives you the Spirit and works miracles (dynameis | δυνάμεις | acc pl fem) among you do it by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
Ephesians 1:19 and what is the incomparable greatness of his power (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem) available for us who believe, according to the exercise of his mighty strength,
Ephesians 1:21 infinitely superior to every ruler, authority, power (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem), or dominion — every name that can be named — not only in this age but also in the age to come.
Ephesians 3:7 Of this gospel I became a servant according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given to me by the exercise of his power (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem).
Ephesians 3:16 in order that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) through his Spirit in your inner being,
Ephesians 3:20 Now to the one who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or imagine, according to the power (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem) that is working within us,
Philippians 3:10 that I may know him and the power (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem) of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Colossians 1:11 being strengthened with all power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) being strengthened according to his glorious might, glorious his for the display of all endurance and patience; while joyfully
Colossians 1:29 To this end I labor, striving according to his power that works powerfully in me. powerfully
1 Thessalonians 1:5 because our gospel did not come to you with words only, but also with power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) — with the Holy Spirit and full conviction — as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sakes.
2 Thessalonians 1:7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted, and to us as well, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem) angels
2 Thessalonians 1:11 With this in view we pray for you constantly, that our God will count you worthy of his calling, and by his power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) bring to fulfillment every good resolve and work of faith,
2 Thessalonians 2:9 The coming of the lawless one will be according to the activity of Satan, with all kinds of false miracles (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem), signs, and wonders,
2 Timothy 1:7 for God did not give us a spirit of fear but of power (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem) and of love and of self-control.
2 Timothy 1:8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony concerning our Lord nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the sake of the gospel by the power (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem) of God,
2 Timothy 3:5 having the appearance of godliness but denying its power (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem); and so avoid these people.
Hebrews 1:3 This Son is the radiance of his glory and the exact representation of his nature, and although sustaining all there is by the word of his power (dynameōs | δυνάμεως | gen sg fem), yet made purification for sins, and then sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Hebrews 2:4 while God supported their testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles (dynamesin | δυνάμεσιν | dat pl fem), and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
Hebrews 6:5 and have tasted the goodness of God’s word and the powers (dynameis | δυνάμεις | acc pl fem) of the coming age
Hebrews 7:16 he does so not on the basis of a law expressed in a carnal commandment, but on the basis of the power (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem) of an indestructible life.
Hebrews 11:11 By faith Abraham was enabled (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem) to become a father — even though Sarah herself was sterile and beyond the normal age of childbearing — because he regarded as faithful the one who had made the promise.
Hebrews 11:34 extinguished raging (dynamin | δύναμιν | acc sg fem) flames, escaped the edge of the sword; who after weakness were made strong, who became mighty in war and put foreign armies to flight.
1 Peter 1:5 who by the power (dynamei | δυνάμει | dat sg fem) of God are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 3:22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, all angels and authorities and powers (dynameōn | δυνάμεων | gen pl fem) being made subject to him.

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