duvnami" duvnami", dunavmew", hJ; (from Homer down); the Septuagint for lyIj', hr;WbG?, z[o, j"Ko, ab;x; (an army, a host); strength, ability, power; a. universally, "inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth": ; ; ; ; (hJ duvnami" ejn ajsqevneia telei'tai (R G teleiou'tai)); ; ; ; ; ; ; ijdiva/ dunavmei, ; megavlh dunavmei, ; eJkavstw/ katav thvn ijdivan duvnamin, ; uJpevr duvnamin, beyond our power, ; ejn dunavmei namely, w[n, endued with power, ; ; so in the phrase e[rcesqai ejn dunavmei, ; powerfully, ; ; contextually, equivalent to evidently, ; ejn dunavmei shmeivwn kaiv teravtwn, through the power which I exerted upon their souls by performing miracles, ; duvnami" eij" tiv, ; duvnami" ejpiv tav daimovnia kaiv novsou" qerapeuvein, ; hJ duvnami" th'" aJmartiva" oJ novmo", sin exercises its power (upon the soul) through the law, i. e. through the abuse of the law, ; th'" ajnastavsew" tou' Cristou', the power which the resurrection of Christ has, for instructing, reforming, elevating, tranquilizing, the soul, ; th'" eujsebeiva", inhering in godliness and operating upon souls, ; dunavmei" mevllonto" aijw'no" (see aijwvn, 3), ; tov pneu'ma th'" dunavmew" (see pneu'ma, 5), Lachmann; ; duvnami" is used of the power of angels: (cf. Meyer at the passage]) ; of the power of the devil and evil spirits, ; tou' ejcqrou', i. e. of the devil, ; tou' dravkonto", ; angels, as excelling in power, are called dunavmei" (cf. (Philo de mutat. nora. sec. 8 dunavmei" ajswmatoi) Meyer as above; Lightfoot on ; see a[ggelo"): ; . hJ duvnami" tou' Qeou', universally, the power of God: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; duvnami" uJyivstou, ; hJ duvnami", especially in doxologies, the kingly power of God, Rec.; ; ; ; ; ; ; and the abstract for the concrete (as hr;WbG?h' in Jewish writings; cf. Buxtorf Lex. talm. col. 385 (p. 201f, Fischer edition)) equivalent to oJ dunatov", <<ref:BHS/GNT_Mat