δύναμαι, depon. verb, pres. indic. 2 pers. sing. δύνασαι and, acc. to a rarer form occasional in the poets and fr. Polyb. on to be met with in prose writ. also (cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 359; [ WH. App. p.168; W.§ 18, 2b.; Veitch 8. v.]), δύνῃ (Mk. ix. 22 sq. L T Tr WH; [Lk. xvi. 2 T WH Tr txt. ]; Rey. ii. 2); impf. ἐδυνάμην and Attic ἠδυνάμην, between which forms the Mss. and editions are almost everywhere divided, [in Mk. vi. 19; xiv. 5; Lk. Vili. 19; xix. 3; Jn. ix. 33; xii. 39 all edd. read 78., so RG in Mt. xxvi. 9; Lk. i. 22; Jn. xi. 37; Rev. xiv. 3; on the other hand, in Mt. xxii. 46; Lk. i. 22; Jn. xi. 37; Rey. xiv. 3, L T Tr WH all read ἐδ., so T WH in Mt. xxvi. 9; RGin Mt. xxii. 46. Cf. WH. App. p. 162; W. § 12, 1b.; B. 83 (29) ]; fut. δυνήσομαι ; 1 aor. ἠδυνήθην and (in Mk. vii. 24 T WH, after codd. 8B only; in Mt. xvii. 16 cod. B) ἠδυνάσθην (cf. [WH τι. 5. and p. 169]; Kiihner § 343 5. v.; [Veitch s. v.; W. 84 (81); B. 33 (29); Curtius, Das Verbum, ii. 402]); Sept. for ΠΩΣ; ἐδ be able, have power, whether by virtue of one’s own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favorable circumstances, or by permission of law or custom ; a. foll. by an inf. [W. $44, 3] pres. or aor. (on the distinction between which, cf. W. § 44,7). a. foli. ny a pres. inf.: Mt. vi. 24; ix. 15; Mikiiie 7.52. 11|5 23... lukceayae 39; Jn. iii. 2; ν. 19: Acts xxvii. 1δ: 1 Co. x. 21; eb. v. 7; 1 Jn. iii. 9; Rev. ix. 20, and often. β. foll. by an aor. inf.: Mt. iii. 9; v.14; Mk. i. 45; ii. 4; v. 3; Lk. viii. 19; xiii. 11; Jn. iii. 3 sq.3 vi. 52; vii. 34,36; Acts iv. 16 ΓΒ 6]; v.39; x. 47; Ro. viii. 39; xvi. 25; 1 Co. ii. 14; iii. 1; vi. 5; 2 Co. iii. 7; Gal. iii. 21; Eph. iii. 4,20; 1 Th. iii. 9; 1 Tim. vi. 7, 16; 2 Tim. ii. 13; 111. 7, 15; Heb. 11. 18; iii. 19; [xi. 19 Lchm.]; Jas. i. 21; Rev. 111. 8; v. 3; v.. 17, and very often. b. with inf. omitted, as being easily supplied from the context: Mt. xvi. 3 [here T br. WH reject the pass.]; xx. 22; Mk. vi.19; x.39; Lk. ix. 40; xvi. 26; xix. 3; Ro. viii. 7. c. joined with an accus. δύναμαί τι, to be able to do something (cf. Germ. ich vermag etwas): Mk. ix. 22; Lk. xii. 26; 2 Co. xiii. 8, (and in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. on). 4. absol., like the Lat. possum (as in Caes. b. gall. 1, 18, 6), i. q. to be able, capable, strong, powerful: 1 Co. iii. 2; x. 13. (2 Chr. xxxii. 13; 1 Mace. v. 40 sq.: in 2 Mace. xi. 13 cod. Alex., and often in Grk. writ. as Eur. Or. 889; Thue. 4, 105; Xen. an. 4, 5, 11 sq.; Isoc., Dem., Aeschin.)

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to be able, either intrinsically and absolutely, which is the ordinary signification; or, for specific reasons, Mt. 9:15; Lk. 16:2 See ability; (be) able; can.

δύναμαι, depon.,

[in LXX chiefly for יָכֹל ;]

to be able, have power, whether by personal ability, permission, or opportunity: c. inf. (M, Pr., 205; WM, § 44, 3) pres., Mt 6:24, Mk 2:7, Jo 3:2, I Co 10:21, al.; c. inf. aor., Mt 3:9, Mk 1:45, Jo 3:3, 4 Ro 8:39, al.; c. acc., to be able to do something: Mk 9:22, Lk 12:26; II Co 13:8; absol., to be able, capable, powerful: I Co 3:2 10:13.

δύναμαι. The following exx. of this common verb may be cited— P Par 471° (c. B.C. 153) (= Selections, p. 22) ἐνβέβληκαν (sc. οἱ θεοὶ) ὑμᾶς εἰς ὕλην μεγάλην Kal οὗ δυνάμεθα ἀποθανεῖν, ““they have cast us into a great forest, where we may possibly die,” P Oxy IV. 743% (B.c. 2) οὐκ ἠδυνάσθην συντυχεῖν ᾿Α., “1 was unable to meet A.,” 26. 7γ4413 (B.c. 1) [ΞΞ Selections, p. 33) πῶς δύναμαί σε ἐπιλαθεῖν ; ‘how can I forget you?”, P Lond 144™ (?i/a.p.) (ΞΞ 11. p. 253) ἵνα δυνηθῇ τὸ παιδάριόν μου ἐλθεῖν mpd[s ple, P Oxy LIT. 47218 (4 A.D. 130) οὐ δύναται γὰρ κεκλέφθαι τὸ μηδ᾽ ἀρχὴν γενόμενον μὴ δυνατὸν δ᾽ εἶναι, ‘for it is impossible for that to have been stolen which neither ever existed at all nor could exist” (Edd.). It takes an ace. ve? (as in Lk 1255) in P Ryl IL. 7758 (A.p. 192) οὐ yap δύναμαι κοσμητείαν. In P Leid {50 (ii/B.c.) ἔφη δύνασθαι τὰ ἔργα πάντα ἐπιτελέσιν ἐν ἡλι (?—was ὀλίγαις meant ?) ἡμέραι (/.—ats) we have 8. construed with the fut. inf. as a substitute for the aor. For the form δύνομαι, which is read by B* in Mt 191°, 2655 etc., cf. BGU 11. 388i. 8 (ii/iii a.p.) ἐγώ, ἃ δύνομαι ἐνθάδε εὑρίσκειν, ζητῶ, 70. I. 1545 (A.D. 216) ἀπέστ[η]ν τῆς κώμης οὐ δυνόμενος ὑποστῆναι τὸ βάρος τῆς λειτουργίας, P Cattiil. 22 (ji/B.c.) (= Chrest. II. p. 421): (see further Deissmann 4S, p. 193). In P Par 45" (B.c. 153) we have & σ᾽ οὐ δεδύνησμαι διασαφῆσαι διὰ τοῦ ἐπιστολίου, and in P Oxy VI. 93979 (iv/A.D.) εἴ πως ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου δυνηθείης ἱπρὸς ἡμᾶς] ἀφικέσθαι. According to Meisterhans Gr. p. 169, δύναμαι first begins to augment with ἢ in the Attic inscrr. after B.C. 300. It occurs in some of the earliest papyri, as P HibI. 2734 (iii/B.c. zz¢.), 3419 (8.6. 243-2). The future δυνηθήσομαι is found in P Lond 897! (a.p, 84) (=III. p. 207), and the aorist ἠδυνάσθην in P Petr ILI. 42 C (14)* (B.c. 255): see Mayser Gy. p. 393 for other forms. MGr has δύνομαι.

δύναμαι (dunamai) — be able. δύνᾰμαι [ῠ], 2nd pers. singular δύνασαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect δύνᾳ [Refs 7th c.BC+]; δύνῃ is subjunctive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural δυνέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; subjunctive δύνωμαι, Ionic dialect 2nd pers. singular δύνηαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect 2nd pers. singular ἐδύνω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐδυνέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future δυνήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect δυνᾱσοῦμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐδυνησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect δυν- [Refs]; subjunctive δυνήσωνται [Refs 7th c.BC+], never in good Attic dialect, falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+]passive forms, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, Lyric poetry, ἐδυνάσθην or δυνάσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Trag. and Attic dialect Prose ἐδυνήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect δεδύνημαι [Refs 4th c.BC+] —The double augment ἠδυνάμην is Attic dialect accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+], but Ionic dialect accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἠδύνω is required by metre in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; both forms occur in later writers: ἠδυνήθην occurs in [Refs 5th c.BC+] is a late form frequently in Papyrus as [Refs 2nd c.BC+] [ῠ, except in δῡναμένοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I. to be able, strong enough to do, with infinitive present et aorist, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: future infinitive is falsa lectio (πείσειν for πείθειν) in [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: frequently absolutely, with infinitive supplied from the context, εἰ δύνασαί γε if at least thou canst (i.e. περισχέσθαι), [Refs 8th c.BC+]: also with accusative pronoun or adjective, ὅσσον δύναμαι χερσίν τε ποσίν τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μέγα δυνάμενος very powerful, mighty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέγα δύναται, multum valet, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ δυνάμενοι men of power, rank, and influence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ δυνάμενοι, opposed to οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; opposed to οἱ πένητες, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δυνάμενος παρά τινι having influence with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τοῖς χρήμασι, τῷ σώματι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ δυνάμενος one that can maintain himself, [Refs]; of things, [διαφέρει] οἷς δύνανται differ in their potentialities, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

I.2. of moral possibility, to be able, dare, bear to do a thing, mostly with negative, οὔτε τελευτὴν ποιῆσαι δύναται [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I.2. b enjoy a legal right, δ. τῆς γεωργίας ἀπηλλάχθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

I.3. with ὡς and superlative, ὡς ἐδύναντο ἀδηλότατα as secretly as they could, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς δύναμαι μάλιστα κατατείνας as forcibly as I possibly can, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply ὡς ἐδύνατο in the best way he could, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. to be equivalent to, λόγοι ἔργα δυνάμενοι words that are as good as deeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.1. of money, to be worth, with accusative, ὁ σίγλος δύναται ἑπτὰ ὀβολούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, pass, be current, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. of Number, etc., to be equal or equivalent to, τριηκόσιαι γενεαὶ δυνέαται μύρια ἔτεα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυνήσεται τὴν ὑποτείνουσαν will be equivalent to the hypotenuse, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. of words, signify, mean, [Refs 5th c.BC+]is equivalent to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. b avail to produce, οὐδένα καιρὸν δύναται brings no advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. c of things, mean, 'spell', τὸ τριβώνιον τί δύνατα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ἀγγελίαι τοῦτο δύνανται they mean this much, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. in Mathematics texts, δύνασθαί τι to be equivalent when squared to a number or area, τοῖς ἐπιπέδοις ἃ δύνανται in the areas of which they [the lines] are the roots, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ΒΓ τῆς Α μεῖζον δύναται τῇ ΔΖ the square on ΒΓ is greater than the square on A by the square on ΔΖ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; αἱ δυνάμεναι αὐτά [τὰ μεγέθη] the lines representing their square roots,[Refs]; αὐξήσεις δυνάμεναί τε καὶ δυναστευόμεναι increments both in the roots and powers of numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ δυναμένη, [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II.4. b of numbers multiplied together, come to, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

III. impersonal, οὐ δύναται, with aorist infinitive, it cannot be, is not to be, τοῖσι Σπαρτιήτῃσι καλλιερῆσαι οὐκ ἐδύνατο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δύναται it is possible, [Refs 1st c.AD+]