G1413: δυνάστης (dynástēs)

G1413 δυνάστης (dynástēs)

Greek

Quick Definition

δυνάστης, ου, ὁ n.m. a ruler, potentate

Strong's Definition

from 1410; a ruler or officer

KJV Usage: of great authority, mighty, potentate

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

δυνάστης (G1413)

noun, m. | -ου | δύναμαι

37.62 · Control, Rule · Rule, Govern

official, ruler (derivative of δύναμις[d] ‘ruler,’ 37.61) one who is in a position of authority to command others

LUK 1:52 · ACT 8:27 · 1TI 6:15

¹ ACT 8:27 In ACT 8:27 δυνάστης reinforces the meaning of εὐνοῦχος in the sense of ‘court official’ (see 37.85).

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

δυνάστης, -ov, ὁ, (δύναμαι) : fr. [Soph. and] Hat. on; powerful ; 1. a prince, potentate: Lk. i. 52; used of God (Sir. xlvi. 5; 2 Mace. xv. 3, 23, ete.; of Zeus, Soph. Ant. 608), 1 Tim. vi. 15. 2. a courtier, high officer, royal minister: Acts viii. 27 [A. V. (a eunuch) of great authority; but see Meyer ad loc.], (δυνάσται Φαραώ, Gen. ΤΣ

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

δυνάστης dynastēs 3x

a potentate, sovereign; prince, Lk. 1:52; 1 Tim. 6:15; a person of rank and authority, Acts 8:27*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

δυνάστης, -ου, ὁ

(< δύναμαι), [in LXX for גִּבּוֹר, עָרִיץ, בַּיִת, etc. ;]

a prince, ruler, potentate: Lk 1:52; of God (Si 46:5, 16, II Mac 15:3), I Ti 6:15; of a high official (cf. δυνάσται Φαραώ, Ge 50:4), Ac 8:27 (Cremer, 221).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

δυνάστης. In OG/S 573% (1[Δ.0..} the title of δυνάστης is applied to the son of Archelaus who succeeded his father in the government of Cilicia without the title of King. It describes the chief of a Thracian clan in Sy// 31.555 (8.6. 118) συνεπελθόντος μετ᾽ αὐτῶν Τίπα τοῦ τῶν Μαίδων δυνάστου μετ᾽ ὄχλίου πἸλείονος. The Commagene rescript, OG/S 383° (middle of i/B.c.) has ὅστις te ἂν βασιλεὺς ἢ δυνάστης ἐν μακρῶι χρόνωι ταύτην ἀρχὴν παραλάβῃ, and τό. 44182 (p.c. 81) αἵδε ἀπεδέξαντο τῶν πόλεων καὶ βασιλέζων] καὶ δυναστῶν τήν τε ἀσυλίαν τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ τὸϊν] ἀγῶνα τὸν τιθέμενον κατὰ πενταετηρίδα ᾿Εἰκάτηι Σωτείραι ᾿Εἰπιφανεῖ κτλ. For δυναστεύω see the Canopic decree, OG/S 56 (B.C. 237) τήν TE χώραν ἐν εἰρήνηι διατετήρηκεν προπολεμῶν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς πρὸς πολλὰ ἔθνη καὶ τοὺς ἐν αὐτοῖς δυναστεύοντας, and for δυναστεία, BGU II. 4287 (ii/A.p.). This last word is applied to the Divine sovranty in Aristeas 194 kal yap ὃ θεὸς διδοὺς ἀνοχὰς καὶ ἐνδεικνύμενος τὰ τῆς δυναστείας φόβον ἐγκατασκευάζει πάσῃ διανοίᾳ, ‘for God also by granting a reprieve and making but a display of His sovranty instils terror into every breast.” 2 δύο

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

δυνάστης (dunastēs) — ruler. δῠνάστ-ης, ου, ὁ, lord, master, ruler, of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνδρες δ. the chief men in a state, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; petty chief, princelet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμπροὶ δυνάσται, of the stars, [Refs 4th c.BC+]