δύναμαι

δύναμαι — dýnamai

δύναμαι, deponent verb, present indicative 2 person singular δύνασαι and, according to a rarer form occasional in the poets and from Polybius on to be met with in prose writings also (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 359; (WHs Appendix, p. 168; Winers Grammar, § 13, 2 b.; Veitch, under the word)), δύνῃ (Mar 9:22 f L T Tr WH; (Luk 16:2 T WH Tr text); Rev 2:2); imperfect ἐδυναμην and Attic ἠδυναμην, between which forms the manuscripts and editions are almost everywhere divided (in Mar 6:19; Mar 14:5; Luk 8:19; Luk 19:3; Joh 9:33; Joh 12:39 all editions read ἠδυναμην, so R G in Mat 26:9; Luk 1:22; Joh 11:37; Rev 14:3; on the other hand, in Mat 22:46; Luk 1:22; Joh 11:37; Rev 14:3, L T Tr WH all read ἐδυναμην, so T WH in Mat 26:9; R G in Mat 22:46. Cf. WHs Appendix, p. 162; Winer's Grammar, § 12, 1 b.; B, 33 (29)); future δυνήσομαι; 1 aorist ἠδυνήθην and (in Mar 7:24 T WH, after manuscripts א B only; in Mat 17:16 manuscript B) ἠδυνάσθην (cf. (WH as above and p. 169); Kühner, § 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word; Winers Grammar, 84 (81); Buttmann, 33 (29); Curtius, Das Verbum, 2:402)); the Sept. for יָכֹל; to be able, have power, whether by virtue of one's own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favorable circumstances, or by permission of law or custom;

a. followed by an infinitive (Winers Grammar, § 44, 3) present or aorist (on the distinction between which, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 44, 7). α. followed by a present infinitive: Mat 6:24; Mat 9:15; Mar 2:7; Mar 3:23; Luk 6:39; Joh 3:2; Joh 5:19; Act 27:15; 1Co 10:21; Heb 5:7; 1Jn 3:9; Rev 9:20, and often. β. followed by an aorist infinitive: Mat 3:9; Mat 5:14; Mar 1:45; Mar 2:4; Mar 5:3; Luk 8:19; Luk 13:11; Joh 3:3; Joh 6:52; Joh 7:34; Joh 7:36; Act 4:16 (R G);; Rom 8:39; Rom 16:25; 1Co 2:14; 1Co 3:1; 1Co 6:5; 2Co 3:7; Gal 3:21; Eph 3:4; Eph 3:20; 1Th 3:9; 1Ti 6:7; 1Ti 6:16; 2Ti 2:13; 2Ti 3:7; 2Ti 3:15; Heb 2:18; Heb 3:19; ( Lachmann); Jas 1:21; Rev 3:8; Rev 5:3; Rev 6:17, and very often.

b. with an infinitive omitted, as being easily supplied from the context: Mat 16:3 (here T brackets WH reject the passage);; Mar 6:19; Mar 10:39; Luk 9:40; Luk 16:26; Luk 19:3; Rom 8:7.

c. joined with an accusative, δύναμαι τί, to be able to do something (cf. German ich vermag etwas): Mar 9:22; Luk 12:26; 2Co 13:8 (and in Greek writings from Homer on).

d. absolutely, like the Latinpossum (as in Cues. b. gall. 1, 18, 6), equivalent to to be able, capable, strong, powerful: 1Co 3:2; 1Co 10:13. (2Ch 32:13; 1Ma 5:40 f; in 2Ma 11:13 manuscript Alex., and often in Greek writings as Euripides, Or. 889; Thucydides 4, 105; Xenophon, an. 4, 5, 11f; Isocrates, Demosthenes, Aeschines)