What does δύναμις · ἐξουσία mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G1411, G1849
δύναμιν καὶ ἐξουσίαν
Power · authority
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δύναμις G1411 power
Pronunciation dýnamis
Power manifested in action and results, not mere authority or physical strength alone
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ἐξουσία G1849 authority
Pronunciation exousía
Liberty or power to act; authority as rightful power, especially judicial and governmental authority
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What does δύναμιν καὶ ἐξουσίαν (dynamin kai exousian) mean in the Bible?
δύναμις · ἐξουσία is a Greek phrase meaning "Effective power and rightful authority granted for a task.".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1411, G1849?
G1411, G1849 is connected to 119 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Effective power and rightful authority granted for a task.
Source Gloss
Effective power and rightful authority granted for a task.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 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 8 Aligned forms 119 Case pattern Accusative (40) Number pattern Singular (93)
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 11:20 · Matt 11:21 · Matt 11:23 · Matt 13:54 · Matt 14:2 · Matt 24:29 · Mark 6:2 · Mark 6:14 · Mark 13:25 · Luke 10:13 · Luke 21:26 · Rom 8:38 · 1 Cor 12:29 13×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 1:35 · Luke 5:17 · Luke 6:19 · Acts 8:10 · Rom 1:16 · Rom 1:20 · 1 Cor 1:18 · 1 Cor 15:56 · 2 Cor 12:9 · Rev 7:12 · Rev 12:10 · Rev 19:1 13×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 24:30 · Matt 26:64 · Mark 13:26 · Mark 14:62 · Luke 21:27 · Luke 22:69 · Acts 6:8 · 1 Cor 2:4 · 1 Cor 6:14 · 2 Cor 4:7 · 2 Cor 13:4 · Eph 1:19 · Eph 1:21 · Eph 3:7 · 2 Thess 1:7 · 2 Tim 1:7 21×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Luke 19:37 · 1 Cor 12:10 · 1 Pet 3:22 3×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 9:1 · Luke 1:17 · Luke 4:14 · Luke 4:36 · Acts 3:12 · Acts 4:7 · Acts 4:33 · Acts 10:38 · Rom 1:4 · Rom 15:13 · Rom 15:19 · 1 Cor 2:5 · 1 Cor 4:20 · 1 Cor 5:4 · 1 Cor 15:43 · 2 Cor 6:7 26×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 2:22 · 2 Cor 12:12 · Heb 2:4 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 22:29 · Matt 25:15 · Mark 5:30 · Mark 6:5 · Mark 9:39 · Mark 12:24 · Luke 8:46 · Luke 9:1 · Luke 10:19 · Luke 24:49 · Acts 1:8 · Rom 9:17 · 1 Cor 1:24 · 1 Cor 4:19 · 1 Cor 14:11 · 1 Cor 15:24 33×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 7:22 · Matt 13:58 · Acts 8:13 · Acts 19:11 · 1 Cor 12:28 · Gal 3:5 · Heb 6:5 7×
Word Origins
δύναμιν καὶ ἐξουσίαν is built from this root:
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