Almighty
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G3841 is a divine title commonly rendered Almighty, describing God as the One whose sovereign power encompasses all rule. Revelation joins the title with God's eternal identity, holiness, worship, judgment of violent empire, and the joy of his reign; 2 Corinthians joins it with God's reception of sons and daughters.
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G3841 is a divine title commonly rendered Almighty, describing God as the One whose sovereign power encompasses all rule. Revelation joins the title with God's eternal identity, holiness, worship, judgment of violent empire, and the joy of his reign; 2 Corinthians joins it with God's reception of sons and daughters.
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Almighty (10).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 6:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (9), 2 Corinthians (1).
G3841 is a divine title commonly rendered Almighty, describing God as the One whose sovereign power encompasses all rule. Revelation joins the title with God's eternal identity, holiness, worship, judgment of violent empire, and the joy of his reign; 2 Corinthians joins it with God's reception of sons and daughters. Almighty does not mean arbitrary force, domination as a virtue, or approval of whatever a powerful person can accomplish.
It does not promise believers control, immunity from suffering, or national supremacy. G3841 helps teachers confess God's unrivaled sovereignty, holy power, covenant care, final justice, and eschatological hope while rejecting triumphalism, abuse, coercive fatherhood, prosperity formulas, and the claim that might makes right in family, church, politics, or mission.
G3841 is a divine title concentrated in Revelation and used once in 2 Corinthians. Its contexts bind almighty power to eternity, holiness, covenant belonging, righteous judgment, worship, and the defeat of violent opposition.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
The Lord God names himself the Alpha and Omega, the One who is, was, and is to come, the Almighty, joining power with eternal identity.
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
The living creatures ceaselessly worship the thrice-holy Lord God Almighty, placing the title within holiness and worship.
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
God promises to receive a separated and reconciled people as sons and daughters, and the title Almighty accompanies covenant fatherhood.
And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
A multitude rejoices because the Lord God Almighty reigns as Babylon's violence is judged and the Lamb's wedding approaches.
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Greek word. Sovereign ruler holding absolute power over all creation, emphasizing God's universal dominion and authority.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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G3841 names power that belongs uniquely to God and is revealed through God's holy purposes. Revelation 1 places the title beside the Alpha and Omega and God's lordship over time. Revelation 4 surrounds it with ceaseless worship of the One who is holy. Revelation 19 celebrates the Almighty's reign after exposing and judging Babylon's seductive violence, while the approaching wedding of the Lamb makes the goal communion rather than domination.
Second Corinthians uses the title in a promise of familial reception, not coercive control. These contexts resist every attempt to model human leadership on unlimited force. A parent, pastor, ruler, donor, or institution is never almighty and must accept accountability, limits, consent, and correction. Believers may trust God's final justice while lamenting, seeking safety, receiving treatment, reporting crimes, and doing patient public work.
G3841 offers hope to people facing powers they cannot defeat alone. It does not make suffering unreal, authorize vengeance, or guarantee that a ministry, nation, or favored individual will prevail in every conflict.
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G3841 is a Greek divine title formed from words for all and ruling or holding power, conventionally rendered Almighty. It names God in these New Testament contexts and does not confer unlimited authority on human agents who invoke God.
The title echoes Old Testament Greek renderings associated with the Lord of hosts and Israel's God. Revelation gathers those resonances into worship, holiness, judgment, and reign centered on God and the Lamb, while 2 Corinthians applies the title to covenant reception.