Strong G101ἀδυνατέω
be impossible
- Transliteration
- adunateō
- Pronunciation
- ad-oo-nat-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G102; to be unable that is (passively) impossible: - be impossible.
Detailed definition
ἀδυνατέω, -ῶ
(ἀδύνατος), [in LXX: Deu.17:8, Zec.8:6 (פּלא ni.), Job.42:2 (בּצר ni.), al.;]
1. Abbott-Smith omits this number to be unable (cl., Philo; π., see MM, VGT, see word).
2. In LXX and NT (Kennedy, Sources, 124; Hatch, Essays, 4; Field, Notes, 46 f.), to be impossible: Mat.17:20, Luk.1:37.
† (AS)
(ἀδύνατος), [in LXX: Deu.17:8, Zec.8:6 (פּלא ni.), Job.42:2 (בּצר ni.), al.;]
1. Abbott-Smith omits this number to be unable (cl., Philo; π., see MM, VGT, see word).
2. In LXX and NT (Kennedy, Sources, 124; Hatch, Essays, 4; Field, Notes, 46 f.), to be impossible: Mat.17:20, Luk.1:37.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G101 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be2
First verses
- Matthew 17:20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
- Luke 1:37For with God nothing shall be impossible.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀδῠνᾰτ-έω,
of persons, to be ἀδύνατος, lack strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 266, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Somno et Vigilia” 454a27)]: with infinitive, to be unable to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 7, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.23, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1165b22, “Pol.” 1287b17, etc.)]
II of things, to be impossible, [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Job.10.13, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.98 W., NT.Matt.17.20, NT.Luke.1.37, 3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 3.26.)]
of persons, to be ἀδύνατος, lack strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 266, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Somno et Vigilia” 454a27)]: with infinitive, to be unable to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 7, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.23, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1165b22, “Pol.” 1287b17, etc.)]
II of things, to be impossible, [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Job.10.13, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.98 W., NT.Matt.17.20, NT.Luke.1.37, 3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 3.26.)]