Dunamai δύναμαι

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Dunamai
δύναμαι
Transliterationdunamai
Strong's numberG1410
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossbe able
Occurrences210 in 201 verses
Most frequent inJohn (36)

Dunamai (Greek δύναμαι, Strong's G1410) is a Greek verb meaning “be able”. It occurs 210 times in 201 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

δύναμαι, depon.,
[in LXX chiefly for יָכֹל ;]
to be able, have power, whether by personal ability, permission, or opportunity: with inf. (M, Pr., 205; WM, §44, 3) pres., Mat.6:24, Mrk.2:7, Jhn.3:2, 1Co.10:21, al.; with inf. aor., Mat.3:9, Mrk.1:45, Jhn.3:3, 4 Rom.8:39, al.; with accusative, to be able to do something: Mrk.9:22, Luk.12:26; 2Co.13:8; absol., to be able, capable, powerful: 1Co.3:2 10:13.
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcan (51), able (33), could (28), cannot (15), may (7), might (5), thou canst (4), can ye (4), ye cannot (3), canst (3), he (3), mayest (3), and 26 other renderings
BSBcan (51), cannot (26), could (16), you cannot (11), you can (11), he cannot (7), can you (5), they were unable (5), is able (5), they could (4), could not (3), you will be able (3), and 43 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Dunamai, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

1 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 John

Jude

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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