ἀδύνατος
adunatos
unable
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedThe Greek word ἀδύνατος (adunatos) is defined as "unable." It appears 10 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in conveying a sense of limitation or incapability. The word is often used to describe things that are beyond human power or control. In biblical usage, ἀδύνατος is typically employed to convey a sense of impossibility or futility. It is used to describe situations where human effort or strength is insufficient to achieve a particular goal. This word highlights the limitations of human power and the need for divine intervention or assistance. The significance of ἀδύνατος lies in its recognition of human limitations and the need for reliance on a higher power. By acknowledging the things that are beyond human control, the word encourages a sense of humility and dependence on a power greater than oneself.
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Occurrences in Scripture
10 total occurrences across the text
Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Mark 10:27Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”
Luke 18:27But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
Acts 14:8At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.
Romans 8:3For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
Romans 15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Hebrews 10:4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
Hebrews 6:4For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
Hebrews 11:6Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.