“power,” (a) used relatively, denotes “inherent ability, capability, ability to perform anything,” e.g., Mat 25:15<\/span>, “ability;” Act 3:12<\/span>, “power;” 2Th 1:7<\/span>, RV, “(angels) of His power” (AV, “mighty”); Heb 11:11<\/span>, RV, “power” (AV, “strength”); see ABILITY; (b) used absolutely, denotes (1) “power to work, to carry something into effect,” e.g., Luk 24:49<\/span>; (2) “power in action,” e.g., Rom 1:16<\/span>; 1Co 1:18<\/span>; it is translated “might” in the AV of Eph 1:21<\/span> (RV, “power”); so Eph 3:16<\/span>; Col 1:11<\/span> (1st clause); 2Pe 2:11<\/span>; in Rom 15:19<\/span>, AV, this noun is rendered “mighty;” RV, “(in the) power of signs.” The RV consistently avoids the rendering “might” for dunamis; the usual rendering is “power.” Under this heading comes the rendering “mighty works,” e.g., Mat 7:22<\/span>, RV (AV, “wonderful works”); 11:20-23; singular number in Mar 6:5<\/span>; in Mat 14:2<\/span>; Mar 6:14<\/span> the RV has “powers;” in 2Co 12:12<\/span>, RV, “mighty works” (AV, “mighty deeds”). See MIRACLE, especially POWER. <\/p>\n Note: Dunamis, “power,” is to be distinguished from exousia, “the right to exercise power.” See DOMINION, Note. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n denotes “might, strength, power,” (a) inherent and in action as used of God, Eph 1:19<\/span>, RV, “(the strength, kratos, of His) might” AV, “(His mighty) power,” i.e., power (over external things) exercised by strength; Eph 6:10<\/span>, “of His might;” 2Th 1:9<\/span>, RV, “(from the glory) of His might” (AV “power”); Rev 5:12<\/span>, RV, “might” (AV, “strength”); Rev 7:12<\/span>, “might;” (b) as an endowment, said (1) of angles, 2Pe 2:11<\/span>; here the order is No. 2 and No. 1, RV, “might and power,” which better expresses the distinction than the AV, “power and might;” in some mss. in Rev 18:2<\/span> it is said of the voice of an angle [see E, (c)]; the most authentic mss. have the adjective ischuros, “mighty;” (2) of men, Mar 12:30<\/span>, Mar 12:33<\/span>; Luk 10:27<\/span> (RV and AV, “strength,” in all three verses); 1Pe 4:11<\/span>, RV, “strength” (AV, “ability:” this belongs rather to No. 1). Either “strength” or “might” expresses the true significance of ischus. See ABILITY, POWER, STRENGTH. <\/p>\n Notes: (1) In Luk 9:43<\/span>, AV, megaleiotes, “greatness, majesty,” is translated “mighty power” (RV, “majesty”). (2) Cp. kratos (see POWER). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “powerful, mighty” (akin to A, No. 1), is used, with that significance, (1) of God, Luk 1:49<\/span>, “mighty;” Rom 9:22<\/span>, “power” (here the neuter of the adjective is used with the article, as a noun, equivalent to dunamis); frequently with the meaning “able” (see ABLE, C, No. 1); (2) of Christ, regarded as a prophet, Luk 24:19<\/span> (“in deed and word”); (3) of men: Moses, Act 7:22<\/span> (“in his words and works”); Apollos, Act 18:24<\/span>, “in the Scriptures;” of those possessed of natural power, 1Co 1:26<\/span>; of those possessed of spiritual power, 2Co 10:4<\/span>. For the shades of meaning in the translation “strong,” see Rom 15:1<\/span>; 2Co 12:10<\/span>; 2Co 13:9<\/span>. For Rev 6:15<\/span>, see No. 2, below; see STRONG. See also POSSIBLE. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “strong, mighty” (akin to A, No. 2, and with corresponding adjectival significance), is usually translated “strong;” “mighty” in Luk 15:14<\/span> (of a famine); Rev 19:6<\/span> (of thunders); Rev 19:18<\/span> (of men): in the following, where the AV has “mighty,” the RV substitutes “strong,” 1Co 1:27<\/span>; Rev 6:15<\/span> (AV, “might men”); Rev 18:10<\/span>, Rev 18:21<\/span>; Heb 11:34<\/span>, RV, “(waxed) mighty” (AV, “valiant”). See BOISTEROUS, POWERFUL, STRONG (where the word is analyzed). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “stronger, mightier,” the comparative degree of No. 2, is translated “mightier” in Mat 3:11<\/span>; Mar 1:7<\/span>; Luk 3:16<\/span>; “stronger” in Luk 11:22<\/span>; 1Co 1:25<\/span>; 1Co 10:22<\/span>. See STRONG. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “violent” (from bia, “force, violence, strength,” found in Act 5:26<\/span>; Act 21:35<\/span>; Act 24:7<\/span>; Act 27:41<\/span>), occurs in Act 2:2<\/span>, of wind. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “strong, mighty” (akin to kratos, “strength,” relative and manifested power: see MIGHTILY, below), is found in 1Pe 5:6<\/span>, of the “mighty” hand of God. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n is rendered “mighty” in Act 2:11<\/span>, RV See WONDERFUL, Note (2). <\/p>\n Notes: (1) In Luk 1:52<\/span>, AV, dunastes, “a potentate, prince,” is translated “mighty” (RV, “princes”). (2) In Rev 6:13<\/span>, AV, megas, “great,” is translated “mighty” (RV, “great”), of a wind. (3) In Rev 16:18<\/span>, AV, telikoutos, “so great” (when said of things), is translated “so mighty” (RV, “so great”), of an earthquake. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to be powerful” (akin to A, No. 1 and B, No. 1), is found in the most authentic mss. in Rom 14:4<\/span> (some have dunatos, B, No. 1), RV “(the Lord) hath power,” AV, “(God) is able;” similarly, as regard mss., in 2Co 9:8<\/span>, where the RV and AV have “(God) is able;” in 2Co 13:3<\/span>, AV, “is mighty,” RV, “is powerful” (according to the general significance of dunamis). <\/p>\n Note: In Gal 2:8<\/span>, AV, energeo, “to work, work in” (en, “in,” ergon, “work”), is first translated “wrought effectually,” then “was mighty in” (RV, “wrought for,” in both places; the probable meaning is “in me”). See EFFECTUAL, WORK. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “vigorously, vehemently” (eu, “well,” teino, “to stetch”), is translated “mightily” in Act 18:28<\/span>, AV, of the power of Apollos in “confuting” the Jews (RV, “powerfully”); in Luk 23:10<\/span> it is rendered “vehemently.” See POWERFUL, VEHEMENTLY. In the Sept., Jos 6:7<\/span>, “(let them sound) loudly.” <\/p>\n * The following phrases signify “mightily:” (a) en dunamei, Col 1:29<\/span>, of the inward power of God’s working, lit., “in power,” as RV marg. (en, “in,” and A, No. 1); (b) kata kratos, Act 19:20<\/span>, of the increase of the word of the Lord in a place, lit, “according to might;” (c) in Rev 18:2<\/span> some mss. have en ischui, lit., “in strength” (en, “in,” and A, No. 2), of the voice of an angel. <\/p>\n Might (Noun), Mighty, Mightily, Mightier “power,” (a) used relatively, denotes “inherent ability, capability, ability to perform anything,” e.g., Mat 25:15, “ability;” Act 3:12, “power;” 2Th 1:7, RV, “(angels) of His power” (AV, “mighty”); Heb 11:11, RV, “power” (AV, “strength”); see ABILITY; (b) used absolutely, denotes (1) “power to work, to carry something into effect,” e.g., … Continue reading “Might (Noun), Mighty, Mightily, Mightier”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"