Difference between revisions of "Potentate"
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56851" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56851" /> == | ||
<p> The word occurs only in the designation of God in 1 Timothy 6:15, ‘the blessed and only [[Potentate]] (δυνάστης), the King of kings, and Lord of lords.’ This is the only instance in the | <p> The word occurs only in the designation of God in 1 Timothy 6:15, ‘the blessed and only [[Potentate]] (δυνάστης), the King of kings, and Lord of lords.’ This is the only instance in the NT in which the word δυνάστης is applied to God. It occurs with tolerable frequency in this sense in the apocryphal books, e.g. Sirach 46:5-6, 2 [[Maccabees]] 3:24; 2 Maccabees 12:15, 3 Maccabees 2:3. It is characteristic of the Pastoral [[Epistles]] to set God in the foreground as the author of salvation, and the heaping up of attributes in this passage to denote the [[Divine]] sovereignty may be merely an instance of this tendency. Some, however, find underlying it a protest against [[Gnostic]] misrepresentations, or against the growing practice of Emperor-worship. </p> <p> G. Wauchope Stewart. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68195" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68195" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62036" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62036" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> PO'TENTATE, n. A person who possesses great power or sway a prince a sovereign an emperor, king or monarch. </p> <p> Exalting him not only above earthly princes and potentates, but above the highest of the celestial hierarchy. </p> | ||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78803" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78803" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7346" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7346" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' pō´ten ''''' - ''''' tāt ''''' ( δυνάστης , <i> ''''' dunástēs ''''' </i> , "mighty one," from δυναμαι , <i> ''''' dúnamai ''''' </i> , "to be able"): | <p> ''''' pō´ten ''''' - ''''' tāt ''''' ( δυνάστης , <i> ''''' dunástēs ''''' </i> , "mighty one," from δυναμαι , <i> ''''' dúnamai ''''' </i> , "to be able"): A person who possesses great power and authority. Only in 1 Timothy 6:15 , "the blessed and only Potentate" (= God). The same Greek word is used of [[Zeus]] in [[Sophocles]] ( <i> Ant. </i> 608), and of God in [[Apocrypha]] (e.g. [[Sirach]] 46:5; 2 Macc 15:3, 13). It is used of men in Luke 1:52 (the King James Version "the mighty," the Revised Version (British and American) "princes") and Acts 8:27 ("of great authority"). </p> | ||
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Revision as of 11:00, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [1]
The word occurs only in the designation of God in 1 Timothy 6:15, ‘the blessed and only Potentate (δυνάστης), the King of kings, and Lord of lords.’ This is the only instance in the NT in which the word δυνάστης is applied to God. It occurs with tolerable frequency in this sense in the apocryphal books, e.g. Sirach 46:5-6, 2 Maccabees 3:24; 2 Maccabees 12:15, 3 Maccabees 2:3. It is characteristic of the Pastoral Epistles to set God in the foreground as the author of salvation, and the heaping up of attributes in this passage to denote the Divine sovereignty may be merely an instance of this tendency. Some, however, find underlying it a protest against Gnostic misrepresentations, or against the growing practice of Emperor-worship.
G. Wauchope Stewart.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
δυνάστης, 'powerful one.' Jehovah is the only Potentate. 1 Timothy 6:15 . The word occurs also in Luke 1:52 : Jehovah "hath put down 'the mighty' from their thrones." And in Acts 8:27 , the eunuch was a man 'of great authority': they at times had more power than the kings.
King James Dictionary [3]
PO'TENTATE, n. A person who possesses great power or sway a prince a sovereign an emperor, king or monarch.
Exalting him not only above earthly princes and potentates, but above the highest of the celestial hierarchy.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [4]
1 Timothy 6:15Authority
Webster's Dictionary [5]
(a.) One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch.
Holman Bible Dictionary [6]
1 Timothy 6:15
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]
pō´ten - tāt ( δυνάστης , dunástēs , "mighty one," from δυναμαι , dúnamai , "to be able"): A person who possesses great power and authority. Only in 1 Timothy 6:15 , "the blessed and only Potentate" (= God). The same Greek word is used of Zeus in Sophocles ( Ant. 608), and of God in Apocrypha (e.g. Sirach 46:5; 2 Macc 15:3, 13). It is used of men in Luke 1:52 (the King James Version "the mighty," the Revised Version (British and American) "princes") and Acts 8:27 ("of great authority").
References
- ↑ Potentate from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
- ↑ Potentate from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Potentate from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Potentate from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
- ↑ Potentate from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Potentate from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Potentate from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
