noun · masculine
dunastos
Greekδυνάστης (dunastēs)
Strong’sG1413
a ruler, potentate
stem dunast-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δυνάστης, -ου, ὁ
(< δύναμαι), [in LXX for גִּבּוֹר, עָרִיץ, בַּיִת, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1413 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddoo-nas'-tace
a ruler or officer
Fromfrom G1410;
King Jamesof great authority, mighty, potentate.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | dunastos2×δυνάστης | dunastois |
| object accusative | dunaston | dunastoin1×δυνάστας |
| direct address vocative | dunastor | dunastoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | dunastou | dunastoiu |
| to, for dative | dunasto | dunastoi |
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
dunasto 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
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
dunastos“sovereign”subjectnominative singular2×
Acts 8:27“court official”kai anistanaratos poreuita, kai idou anēros Aithiopsos eunouchos dunastos Kandakau basilisau Aithiopsoiu, hos ate epi pantau tau gazau autau, hos erchatelē proskunaritos eis Ierousalēm,So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
1 Timothy 6:15“sovereign”han kairoi idioi deiknuati tos makarios kai monos dunastos, tos basilevos toiu basilarōtoiu kai kurios toiu kurieuarōtoiu,which the blessed and only Sovereign One— the King of kings and Lord of lords— will bring about in His own time.
dunastoin“mighty”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 1:52“mighty”kathairata dunastoin apo thronoiu kai hupsata tapeinoin,He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.