verb
adunatamō
Strong’sG101
to be impossible
stem adunat-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀδυνατέω, -ῶ
(< ἀδύνατος), [in LXX: De 17:8, Za 8:6 (פּלא ni.), Jb 42:2 (בּצר ni.), al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G101 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidad-oo-nat-eh'-o
to be unable, i.e. (passively) impossible
Fromfrom G102;
King Jamesbe impossible.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
of persons, to be ἀδύνατος, lack strength, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, to be unable to do, Refs 5th c.BC+
II of things, to be impossible, LXX+1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| adunatatiἀδυνατήσει | will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular | impossible | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | adunatamō | adunatame | adunatami | adunatama | adunatamē | adunatamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | adunatasō | adunatase | adunatasi | adunatasa | adunatasē | adunataselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | adunatatō | adunatate | adunatati2×ἀδυνατήσει | adunatata | adunatatē | adunatatelē |
| we 1st person plural | adunatanō | adunatane | adunatani | adunatana | adunatanē | adunatanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | adunatavō | adunatave | adunatavi | adunatava | adunatavē | adunatavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | adunatalō | adunatale | adunatali | adunatala | adunatalē | adunatalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | adunatameiō | adunatameia | adunatameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | adunataseiō | adunataseia | adunataseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | adunatateiō | adunatateia | adunatateiē |
| we 1st person plural | adunataneiō | adunataneia | adunataneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | adunataveiō | adunataveia | adunataveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | adunataleiō | adunataleia | adunataleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | adunatasōr | adunatasar | adunatasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | adunatatōr | adunatatar | adunatatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | adunatavōr | adunatavar | adunatavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | adunatalōr | adunatalar | adunatalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | adunatamoiō | adunatamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | adunatasoiō | adunatasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | adunatatoiō | adunatatoia |
| we 1st person plural | adunatanoiō | adunatanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | adunatavoiō | adunatavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | adunataloiō | adunataloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | adunatarō | adunatari | adunatara | adunatarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | adunatarōntos | adunatarintos | adunatarantos | adunatarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
adunat is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
adunatati“impossible”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Matthew 17:20… enthen ekei, kai metabaineti, kai oudenem adunatati vi.… it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Luke 1:37“impossible”hoti ouk adunatati para tou theou pantem rēmem.For no word from God will ever …