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δύναμις
dýnamis · Greek · Strong's G1411 · 119 occurrences
The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “strength”
What it means
force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself)
from G1410 (δύναμαι);
How the KJV renders it
ability, abundance, meaning, mightily, y deed, miracle, power, strength, violence, mighty work
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“strength”
also renders krátos (G2904), endynamóō (G1743), ischýs (G2479), exousía (G1849), ʼûwl (H193), ʼôwn (H202), ʼĕyâl (H353), ʼĕyâlûwth (H360), ʼêythân (H386), ʼamtsâh (H556), dôbeʼ (H1679), chêzeq (H2391), chayil (H2428), chôçen (H2633), kôach (H3581), mâʻôwz (H4581), nitsbâh (H5326), Nêtsach (H5332), ʻôz (H5797), ʻetsem (H6106), ʻotsmâh (H6109), rahab (H7293), tᵉqôph (H8632), tôqeph (H8633)
“power”
“abundance”
Questions this word decides
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
- What does John 1:1 mean ('the Word was God')?
- What does 1 Peter 3:21 mean ('baptism now saves you')?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- Can a Christian lose their salvation?
Where it appears
119 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:18 N-NSF1 Corinthians 1:24 N-ASF1 Corinthians 2:4 N-GSF1 Corinthians 2:5 N-DSF1 Corinthians 4:19 N-ASF1 Corinthians 4:20 N-DSF1 Corinthians 5:4 N-DSF1 Corinthians 6:14 N-GSF1 Corinthians 12:10 N-GPF1 Corinthians 12:28 N-APF1 Corinthians 12:29 N-NPF1 Corinthians 14:11 N-ASF1 Corinthians 15:24 N-ASF1 Corinthians 15:43 N-DSF1 Corinthians 15:56 N-NSF1 Peter 1:5 N-DSF1 Peter 3:22 N-GPF1 Thessalonians 1:5 N-DSF2 Corinthians 1:8 N-ASF2 Corinthians 4:7 N-GSF2 Corinthians 6:7 N-DSF2 Corinthians 8:3 N-ASF2 Corinthians 12:9 N-NSF2 Corinthians 12:12 N-DPF2 Corinthians 13:4 N-GSF2 Peter 1:3 N-GSF2 Peter 1:16 N-ASF2 Peter 2:11 N-DSF2 Thessalonians 1:7 N-GSF2 Thessalonians 1:11 N-DSF2 Thessalonians 2:9 N-DSF2 Timothy 1:7 N-GSF2 Timothy 1:8 N-ASF2 Timothy 3:5 N-ASFActs 1:8 N-ASFActs 2:22 N-DPFActs 3:12 N-DSFActs 4:7 N-DSFActs 4:33 N-DSFActs 6:8 N-GSFActs 8:10 N-NSFActs 8:13 N-APFActs 10:38 N-DSFActs 19:11 N-APFColossians 1:11 N-DSFColossians 1:29 N-DSFEphesians 1:19 N-GSFEphesians 1:21 N-GSFEphesians 3:7 N-GSFEphesians 3:16 N-DSFEphesians 3:20 N-ASFGalatians 3:5 N-APFHebrews 1:3 N-GSFHebrews 2:4 N-DPFHebrews 6:5 N-APFHebrews 7:16 N-ASFHebrews 11:11 N-ASFHebrews 11:34 N-ASFLuke 1:17 N-DSFLuke 1:35 N-NSF
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.