What does ἀδύνατος (adýnatos) mean in the Bible?
ἀδύνατος (adýnatos): Powerlessness in persons; impossibility in things—often emphasizing divine capability where human effort fails.
Greek · G102
ἀδύνατος
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ἀδύνατος G102
Pronunciation adýnatos
What does ἀδύνατος (adýnatos) mean in the Bible?
ἀδύνατος (adýnatos): Powerlessness in persons; impossibility in things—often emphasizing divine capability where human effort fails.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G102?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [It is] impossible (4), impossible (2), [this is] impossible (1), crippled (1), was powerless to do (1).
Where does ἀδύνατος (adýnatos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 19:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (4), Romans (2), Acts (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [It is] impossible 4× Hebrews 6:4, Hebrews 6:18, Hebrews 10:4, Hebrews 11:6
impossible 2× Matthew 19:26, Luke 18:27
[this is] impossible 1× Mark 10:27
crippled 1× Acts 14:8
was powerless to do 1× Romans 8:3
weak 1× Romans 15:1
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 19:26 ἀδύνατόν to impossible Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Mark 10:27 ἀδύνατον to [this is] impossible Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Luke 18:27 ἀδύνατα to impossible Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural Acts 14:8 ἀδύνατος to crippled Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Romans 8:3 ἀδύνατον to was powerless to do Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Romans 15:1 ἀδυνάτων to weak Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Hebrews 6:4 Ἀδύνατον to [It is] impossible Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Hebrews 6:18 ἀδύνατον to [it is] impossible Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Hebrews 10:4 ἀδύνατον to [it is] impossible Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Hebrews 11:6 ἀδύνατον to [it is] impossible Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 19:26
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 6
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 Acts 1 Romans 2 Hebrews 4
Source forms
ἀδύνατον 5x adynaton Mark 10:27, Romans 8:3, Hebrews 6:18, Hebrews 10:4
ἀδύνατα 1x adynata Luke 18:27
Ἀδύνατον 1x Adynaton Hebrews 6:4
ἀδύνατόν 1x adynaton Matthew 19:26
ἀδύνατος 1x adynatos Acts 14:8
ἀδυνάτων 1x adynatōn Romans 15:1
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 6x Matthew 19:26, Mark 10:27, Hebrews 6:4, Hebrews 6:18
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Romans 8:3
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Romans 15:1
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 14:8
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Luke 18:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Powerlessness in persons; impossibility in things—often emphasizing divine capability where human effort fails.
Strong's G102
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 5 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Hebrews 6:1-8 Source Gloss
unable
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Powerlessness in persons; impossibility in things—often emphasizing divine capability where human effort fails.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 19:26 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀδύνατόν adunaton
incapable, impossible
Read verse Mark 10:27 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀδύνατον, adunaton
incapable, impossible
Read verse Luke 18:27 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
ἀδύνατα adunata
incapable, impossible
Read verse Acts 14:8 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀδύνατος adunatov
incapable, impossible
Read verse Romans 8:3 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀδύνατον adunaton
incapable, impossible
Read verse Romans 15:1 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
ἀδυνάτων adunatwn
incapable, impossible
Read verse Hebrews 6:4 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀδύνατον adunaton
incapable, impossible
Read verse Hebrews 6:18 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀδύνατον adunaton
incapable, impossible
Read verse Hebrews 10:4 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀδύνατον adunaton
incapable, impossible
Read verse Hebrews 11:6 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀδύνατον adunaton
incapable, impossible
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Nominative (8) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 19:26 · Mark 10:27 · Heb 6:4 · Heb 6:18 · Heb 10:4 · Heb 11:6 6×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Luke 18:27 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 14:8 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Rom 15:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rom 8:3 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
impossible
impossible
impossible
Additional Occurrences
Luke 1:26–38 ἀδύνατον adýnatos
Impossible
Luke 18:18–30 ἀδύνατα adýnatos
Impossible
Mark 10:23–31 ἀδύνατος adýnatos
impossible, powerless
Showing 6 selected witnesses from 10 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀδύνατος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Emphasizes human inability. Hebrews 6:1-8
Declares human inability in salvation. Luke 18:18–30
Emphasizes the seriousness of the described apostasy. Mark 10:17–31
Canonical Themes
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain