Difference between revisions of "Power"

<div> '''A — 1: '''''Δύναμις''''' ''' (Strong'S #1411 — Noun [[Feminine]] — dunamis — doo'-nam-is ) </div> <p> for the different meanings of which see [[Ability]] , [[Might]] , is sometimes used, by metonymy, of persons and things, e.g., (a) of God, &nbsp;Matthew 26:64; &nbsp;Mark 14:62; (b) of angels, e.g., perhaps in &nbsp;Ephesians 1:21 , RV, "power," AV, "might" (cp. &nbsp;Romans 8:38; &nbsp;1 Peter 3:22 ); (c) of that which manifests God's "power:" Christ, &nbsp;1 Corinthians 1:24; the Gospel, &nbsp;Romans 1:16; (d) of mighty works (RV, marg., "power" or "powers"), e.g., &nbsp;Mark 6:5 , "mighty work;" so &nbsp;Mark 9:39 , RV (AV, "miracle"); &nbsp;Acts 2:22 (ditto); 8:13, "miracles;" &nbsp; 2 Corinthians 12:12 , RV, "mighty works" (AV, "mighty deeds"). </p> <div> '''A — 2: '''''Ἐξουσία''''' ''' (Strong'S #1849 — Noun Feminine — exousia — ex-oo-see'-ah ) </div> <p> denotes "freedom of action, right to act;" used of God, it is absolute, unrestricted, e.g., &nbsp;Luke 12:5 (RV marg., "authority"); in &nbsp; Acts 1:7 "right of disposal" is what is indicated; used of men, authority is delegated. Angelic beings are called "powers" in &nbsp; Ephesians 3:10 (cp. 1:21); 6:12; &nbsp; Colossians 1:6; &nbsp;2:15 (cp. 2:10). See Authority , No. 1, see also Principality. </p> <div> '''A — 3: '''''Ἰσχύς''''' ''' (Strong'S #2479 — Noun Feminine — ischus — is-khoos' ) </div> <p> "ability, force, strength," is nowhere translated "power" in the RV (AV in &nbsp;2 Thessalonians 1:9 ). See Ability , No. 2. </p> <div> '''A — 4: '''''Κράτος''''' ''' (Strong'S #2904 — Noun Neuter — kratos — krat'-os ) </div> <p> is translated "power" in the RV and AV in &nbsp;1 Timothy 6:16; &nbsp;Hebrews 2:14; in &nbsp;Ephesians 1:19 (last part); 6:10, AV, "power" (RV, "strength"): see [[Dominion]] , A, No. 1, [[Strength, A]]  No. 3. </p> <div> '''A — 5: '''''Δυνατός''''' ''' (Strong'S #1415 — Adjective — dunaton — doo-nat-os' ) </div> <p> the neuter of the adjective dunatos, "powerful" (akin to No. 1), is used as a noun with the article in &nbsp;Romans 9:22 , "(to make His) power (known)." See Able. </p> <div> '''A — 6: '''''Ἀρχή''''' ''' (Strong'S #746 — Noun Feminine — arche — ar-khay' ) </div> <p> "a beginning, rule," is translated "power" in &nbsp;Luke 20:20 , AV (RV, "rule"). See [[Beginning]] , B. </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Ἐξουσιάζω''''' ''' (Strong'S #1850 — Verb — exousiazo — ex-oo-see-ad'-zo ) </div> <p> "to exercise authority" (akin to A, No. 2), is used (a) in the Active Voice, &nbsp;Luke 22:25 , RV, "have authority" (AV, "exercise authority"), of the "power" of rulers; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 7:4 (twice), of marital relations and conditions; (b) in the Passive Voice, &nbsp; 1 Corinthians 6:12 , to be brought under the "power" of a thing; here, this verb and the preceding one connected with it, exesti, present a paronomasia, which Lightfoot brings out as follows: "all are within my power; but I will not put myself under the power of any one of all things." See Authority , B, No. 1. </p> &nbsp;Revelation 13:14,15&nbsp;Romans 16:25Able.