Quick Definition
παντοκράτωρ, ορος, ὁ n.m. ruler of the universe
Strong's Definition
from 3956 and 2904; the all-ruling, i.e. God (as absolute and universal sovereign)
KJV Usage: Almighty, Omnipotent
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ορος | πᾶς + κρατέω
12.7{N:001} · Supernatural Beings and Powers · Supernatural Beings
the Almighty, the One who has all power a title for God, literally: all powerful In some languages the Almighty as a title for God may be expressed as ‘the one who controls everything’ or ‘the one who commands all things and all people.’
2CO 6:18 · REV 1:8 · REV 4:8 · REV 11:17 · REV 15:3 · REV 16:7 · REV 16:14 · REV 19:6 · REV 19:15 · REV 21:22
1 Items 12.4-12.8, (12.9) and 12.12 in this domain are titles for θεός[a] God (12.1). As titles, they have precisely the same reference as θεός[a], but they each contribute distinctive meanings which are legitimate qualifications of the referent in question.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παντοκράτωρ, -opos, 6, (πᾶς and xparéw), he who holds sway over all things; the ruler of all; almighty: of God, sense]; xxi. 12, ete.): i 476 . παρά 2Co. vi. 18 (fr. Jer. xxxviii. (xxxi.) 35); Rev.i. 8; iv. 8; xi. 17; xv. 3; xvi. 7, 14; xix. 6,15; xxi. 22. (Sept. for ni82¥ in the phrase Nixa¥ ΤῊ or Nay “ON Jehovah or God of hosts; also for "1; Sap. vii. 25; Sir. xlii. 17; 1. 14; often in Judith and 2 and 3 Macc. ; Anthol. Gr. iv. p. 151 ed. Jacobs; Inserr.; eccles. writ. [e. g. Teaching ete. 10,3; ef. Harnack’s notes on Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. init. and the Symb. Rom. (Patr. apost. opp. i. 2 p. 134)]-)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παντοκράτωρ pantokratōr 10x
almighty, omnipotent, 2 Cor. 6:18; Rev. 1:8; 4:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† παντοκράτωρ, -ορος, ὁ
(< πᾶς, κρατέω), [in LXX: freq. in Jb 5:8, 17, al. (שַׁדַּי), and for צְבָאוֹת, in the phrase θεός (κυρίος) π., II Ki 5:10, al., and freq. in Am, Za, Ma; also in Wi 7:25, Si 42:17 50:14, 17, and freq. in Jth, II, III Mac;]
almighty: II Co 6:18, Re 1:8 4:8 11:17 15:3 16:7, 14 19:6, 15 21:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παντοκράτωρ is common in the LXX (cf. Aristeas 185) usually for ΓΊΝΩΝ, and is found in the NT xovies, always, with one exception (2 Cor 618), in the book of Revelation, where Hort (Comm. ad Rey 18) understands the title as denoting “not One who can do anything, but One who holds together and controls all things.’’ Outside Jewish or Christian writers, he is able to cite only one occurrence of the word, viz. from a metrical Cretan inscr. παντοκράτωρ ‘Epvotvie (Hermes). We may compare an inscr. from Delos BCH vi. (1882), No. 25, p. 502 Διὶ τῷ πάντων κρατοῦντι kal Μητρὶ μεγάληι τῆι πάντων κρατούσῃ, cited by Cumont Les Religions Ovientales, p. 267 (Engl. Tr. p. 227), where see the whole note on this attribute of omnipotence assigned to the Syrian and Phrygian deities. The word is used as an imprecation in the account of a legal process, P Lips I. 40, where one of the parties is represented as saying ™ 18 εἰ μὴ ἦσαν πρὸς τῇ οἰκίᾳ μου, πάλαι ἂν o ᾿Ασυγκρίτιος τετελεύτηκεν, μὰ τὸν παντοκράτορα. It is not infrequent m the Christian papyri, e.g. BGU III. 948% (iv/v A.p.) ebxope τὸν παντοκράτοραν θεόν, P Oxy VI. 925! (a prayer—v/vi A.D.) (= Selections, p. 131) ὃ θ(εδ)ς ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὁ ἅγιος ὁ ἀληθινὸς... and BGU III. 954! (an amulet—vi/A.D.) (= Se/ections, p. 132) δέσποτα Qc(t) παντοκράτωρ ὁ πατὴ[ρ] τοῦ k(vpio)v. . .. We may add the interesting letter addressed to Paphnutius by Athanasius (can he be, as Bell suggests, St. Athanasius himself?) which, after the opening address, proceeds—6 m[a]vtok[pdtwp] θεὸς καὶ ὁ Χρι[στὸς] αὐτοῦ δοίη τὴν σὴν θεοσέβειαν [a ]papéverv ἡ[μῖν] πολὺν [χ]ρόϊνον (P Lond 1929%—mid. iv/a.v.). Cf. also Aazée/ 1067° (not earlier than Justinian) where the word is restored as an epithet of Χριστὸς ἄχραντος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παντοκράτωρ (pantokratōr) — almighty. παντο-κράτωρ [κρᾰ], ορος, ὁ, almighty, of Hermes, [LXX]; ὁ π. alone, the Almighty, [NT]