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Strong G102ἀδύνατος

unable

Transliteration
adunatos
Pronunciation
ad-oo'-nat-os
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1 (as a negative particle) and G1415; unable that is weak (literally or figuratively); passively impossible: - could not do impossible impotent not possible weak.

Detailed definition

ἀ-δύνατος, -ον,
[in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, דַּל, etc.;]

1. of persons, unable, powerless: Act.14:8; figuratively Rom.15:1 (MM, VGT, see word).

2. Of things, impossible: Mat.19:26, Mrk.10:27, Luk.18:27, Rom.8:3, Heb.6:4,18 10:4 11:6.
† (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G102 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • impossible6
  • do1
  • impotent1
  • possible1
  • weak1

First verses

  1. Matthew 19:26
    But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
  2. Mark 10:27
    And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
  3. Luke 18:27
    And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
  4. Acts 14:8
    And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
  5. Romans 8:3
    For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
  6. Romans 15:1
    We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
  7. Hebrews 6:4
    For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
  8. Hebrews 6:18
    That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
  9. Hebrews 10:4
    For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
  10. Hebrews 11:6
    But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀδῠνᾰτ-ος, ον,

I of persons, unable to do a thing, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.138, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 272, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 56, etc.; ἀ. εἰπεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1379a2)]; ἀ. ὥστε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 1.13: _comparative_, τὸν δυνατώτερον τοῦ -ωτέρου [πλέον ἔχειν] 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 483d)]: superlative -ώτατος, λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 95.)]
I.2 absolutely, without strength, powerless, weakly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.9, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 596, “Andr.” 746)]; οἱ ἀ. men disabled for service, whether as invalids or paupers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24 at Title Page, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 49.4; ἐν τοῖς ἀ. μισθοφορεῖν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.103; ἀ. σώματι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.73)]; ἀ. χρήμασι poor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28)]; εἴς τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 366b)]; οἱ -ώτατοι persons of no importance, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1457.8)]; of ships, disabled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.16)]; τὸ ἀ. want of strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 296a)]; τὰ ἀ. disabilities, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.108.)]
II of things, impossible, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 665, “Hel.” 1043)]; ἐλπίδες unrealizable, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 58; τὸ ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 280b12; ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀ. ἀπαγωγή)]reductio ad impossibile, APr. [Refs (29b5; ὁ διὰ τοῦ ἀ. συλλογισμός, ἡ διὰ τοῦ ἀ. δεῖξις, [prev. work] 34b30, 45a35; ἀδύνατα βούλομαι Lynceus Comicus 1.12:)] —ἀδύνατόν [ἐστι] with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, +others)]; ἀδύνατά [ἐστι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.81, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.91, 6.106, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.59)]; ἀ. ὑμῖν ὥστε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338c; ὑμέας καταλελάβηκε ἀ. τι βοηθέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60; τὰ ἀ. καρτερεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1370; τολμᾶν ἀδύνατα [prev. author] “Hel.” 811; ἀδυνάτων ἐρᾶν [prev. author] “HF” 318, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 8, etc.; proverbial, ἀδύνατα θηρᾷς 15th c.AD: Macarius Paroemiographus 1.26: _comparative_ -ώτερον, ἔτι.. εἰ οἷόν τε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 192b, compare “Prm.” 138d)]: superlative, ὃ δὴ πάντων -ώτατον[Refs ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 15b.)]
III adverb -τως without power or skill, feebly, ἀμύνεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.3, compare 3.3.4 (_comparative_), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.3:)] —ἀ. ἔχειν to be unwell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 364b)]; to be unable, with infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1435a16)]; ἀ. ἔχει it is impossible, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.49U.)]; ἀ. λέγεται it is an impossible story, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.122 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus —Rare in poetry: Trag. only in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)]