δύναμαι dýnamai

Meaning

to be able or possible

In the King James Version: be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power

Derivation: of uncertain affinity;

Where it is used

• Matthew 3:9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
• Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
• Matthew 5:36 Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
• Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
• Matthew 6:27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
• Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
• Matthew 8:2 Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
• Matthew 9:15 Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
• Matthew 9:28 After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.
• Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Matthew 12:29 Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
• Matthew 12:34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
• Matthew 16:3 and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.
• Matthew 17:16 I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
• Matthew 17:19 Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
• Matthew 19:12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
• Matthew 19:25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
• Matthew 20:22 “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.
• Matthew 22:46 No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
• Matthew 26:9 This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
• Matthew 26:42 A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
• Matthew 26:53 Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
• Matthew 26:61 and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
• Matthew 27:42 “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.
• Mark 1:40 Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
• Mark 1:45 But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
• Mark 2:4 Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
• Mark 2:7 “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
• Mark 2:19 Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
• Mark 3:20 Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
• Mark 3:23 So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
• Mark 3:24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
• Mark 3:25 If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
• Mark 3:26 And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.
• Mark 3:27 Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
• Mark 4:32 But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”
• Mark 4:33 With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
• Mark 5:3 This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
• Mark 6:5 So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.
• Mark 6:19 So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
• Mark 7:15 Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
• Mark 7:18 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
• Mark 7:24 Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.
• Mark 8:4 His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
• Mark 9:3 His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.
• Mark 9:22 “It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
• Mark 9:23 “If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
• Mark 9:28 After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
• Mark 9:29 Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”
• Mark 9:39 “Do not stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me.
• Mark 10:26 They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”
• Mark 10:38 “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”
• Mark 10:39 “We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.
• Mark 14:5 It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
• Mark 14:7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
• Mark 15:31 In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself!
• Luke 1:20 And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
• Luke 1:22 When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
• Luke 3:8 Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
• Luke 5:12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”