adjective
adunatos
Strong’sG102
incapable, impossible
stem adunat-10 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 26 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.
ἀ-δύνατος, -ον,
[in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, דַּל, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G102 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidad-oo'-nat-os
unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible
Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G1415;
King Jamescould not do, impossible, impotent, not possible, weak.
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
I of persons, unable to do a thing, with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ὥστε.. Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -ώτατος, λέγεινRefs 5th c.BC+
I.2 absolutely, without strength, powerless, weakly, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἀ. men disabled for service, whether as invalids or paupers, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. χρήμασι poor, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἴς τι Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ -ώτατοι persons of no importance, Refs 1st c.BC+; of ships, disabled, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἀ. want of strength, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἀ. disabilities, Refs 4th c.BC+
II of things, impossible, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐλπίδες unrealizable, Refs 4th c.BC+reductio ad impossibile, APr. Refs —ἀδύνατόν [ἐστι] with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀδύνατά [ἐστι] Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ὑμῖν ὥστε.. Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative, ὃ δὴ πάντων -ώτατονRefs
III adverb -τως without power or skill, feebly, ἀμύνεσθαιRefs 5th c.BC+ —ἀ. ἔχειν to be unwell, Refs 5th c.BC+; to be unable, with infinitive, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀ. ἔχει it is impossible, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀ. λέγεται it is an impossible story, Refs 5th 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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | adunatos1×ἀδύνατος | adunatas | adunatem7×ἀδύνατον | adunatois | adunatais | adunateim1×ἀδύνατα |
| object accusative | adunaton | adunatan | adunatoin | adunatain | ||
| direct address vocative | adunator | adunatar | adunatoir | adunatair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | adunatou | adunatau | adunateu | adunatoiu1×ἀδυνάτων | adunataiu | adunateiu |
| to, for dative | adunato | adunata | adunate | adunatoi | adunatai | adunatei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — 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.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
adunatos“without strength”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 14:8“without strength”Kai tinos andros adunatos en Lustrei toi podoi kathote, chōlos …In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never …
adunatem“impossible”subject or objectdirect singular7×
Matthew 19:26… Iēsus legata autoi; Para anthrōpoi houtem adunatem atō, para de theo panteim dunateim.… and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are …
Mark 10:27… autoi tos Iēsus legatō; Para anthrōpoi adunatem alla ouk para theo, panteim gar …… and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all …
Hebrews 6:4Adunatem gar toin hapax fōtizirantoin geuerantoin tē …It is impossible for those who have once been …
Hebrews 6:18… dia duo pragmeiu ametatheteiu, en hei adunatem pseudera theon, ischuran paraklēsian echaneiō tois …… unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who …
Hebrews 10:4adunatem gar haimem tauroiu kai tragoiu afairarō …because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and …
Hebrews 11:6chōris de pistiau adunatem euarestara, pisteuara gar datō ton proserchorōnton …And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who …
Romans 8:3“could not do”tem gar adunatem tou nomou, en he asthenate dia …For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh …
adunatoiu“weak”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Romans 15:1… nis tois dunatois teim asthenēmeim toiu adunatoiu bastazarō, kai mē heautoi areskarō.… bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
adunateim“impossible”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Luke 18:27tos de legata; Teim adunateim para anthrōpoi dunateim para to theo …But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”