verb
dunatamō
Strong’sG1414
I am powerful, able
stem dunat-3 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.
δυνατέω, -ῶ
(< δυνατός),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1414 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddoo-nat-eh'-o
to be efficient (figuratively)
Fromfrom G1415;
King Jamesbe mighty.
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
={δύναμαι}, δυνατήσει τὸ συμβαῖνον ἴσχειν Refs 1st c.BC+
2 to be mighty, NT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dunatatōδυνατεῖ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | able | 3× |
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, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dunatamō | dunatame | dunatami | dunatama | dunatamē | dunatamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | dunatasō | dunatase | dunatasi | dunatasa | dunatasē | dunataselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dunatatō3×δυνατεῖ | dunatate | dunatati | dunatata | dunatatē | dunatatelē |
| we 1st person plural | dunatanō | dunatane | dunatani | dunatana | dunatanē | dunatanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | dunatavō | dunatave | dunatavi | dunatava | dunatavē | dunatavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | dunatalō | dunatale | dunatali | dunatala | dunatalē | dunatalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dunatameiō | dunatameia | dunatameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | dunataseiō | dunataseia | dunataseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dunatateiō | dunatateia | dunatateiē |
| we 1st person plural | dunataneiō | dunataneia | dunataneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | dunataveiō | dunataveia | dunataveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | dunataleiō | dunataleia | dunataleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | dunatasōr | dunatasar | dunatasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dunatatōr | dunatatar | dunatatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | dunatavōr | dunatavar | dunatavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | dunatalōr | dunatalar | dunatalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dunatamoiō | dunatamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | dunatasoiō | dunatasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dunatatoiō | dunatatoia |
| we 1st person plural | dunatanoiō | dunatanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | dunatavoiō | dunatavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | dunataloiō | dunataloia |
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 | dunatarō | dunatari | dunatara | dunatarē |
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 | dunatarōntos | dunatarintos | dunatarantos | dunatarēntos |
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
dunat 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
dunatatō“able”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular3×
Romans 14:4… kurio stēkatō ē piptatō; stēiti de, dunatatō gar tos kurios stēara auton.… will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
2 Corinthians 9:8dunatatō de tos theos pantan charitan perisseuara …And God is able to make all grace abound to …
2 Corinthians 13:3… hos eis vin ouk asthenatō alla dunatatō en vi,… in dealing with you but is powerful among you.