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Strong's #102 - ἀδύνατος
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- without strength, impotent, powerless, weakly, disabled
- unable to be done, impossible
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ἀδῠνᾰτ-ος, ον,
I of persons,
1. unable to do a thing, c. inf., Hdt. 3.138, Epich. 272, E. HF 56, etc.; ἀ. εἰπεῖν Arist. Rh. 1379a2; ἀ. ὥστε.. Onos. 1.13: Comp., τὸν δυνατώτερον τοῦ -ωτέρου [πλέον ἔχειν ] Pl. Grg. 483d: Sup. -ώτατος, λέγειν Eup. 95.
2. abs., without strength, powerless, weakly, Hdt. 5.9, E. Ion 596, Andr. 746; οἱ ἀ. men disabled for service, whether as invalids or paupers, Lys. 24 tit., Arist. Ath. 49.4; ἐν τοῖς ἀ. μισθοφορεῖν Aeschin. 1.103; ἀ. σώματι Lys. 2.73; ἀ. χρήμασι poor, Th. 7.28; εἴς τι Pl. Hp.Mi. 366b; οἱ -ώτατοι persons of no importance, Phld. Herc. 1457.8; of ships, disabled, Hdt. 6.16; τὸ ἀ. want of strength, Pl. Hp.Ma. 296a; τὰ ἀ. disabilities, D. 18.108.
II of things, impossible, E. Or. 665, Hel. 1043; ἐλπίδες unrealizable, Democr. 58; τὸ ἀ. Arist. Cael. 280b12; ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀ. ἀπαγωγή reductio ad impossibile, APr. 29b5; ὁ διὰ τοῦ ἀ. συλλογισμός, ἡ διὰ τοῦ ἀ. δεῖξις, ib. 34b30, 45a35; ἀδύνατα βούλομαι Lync. 1.12: — ἀδύνατόν [ἐστι ] c. inf., Hdt. 1.32, al.; ἀδύνατά [ἐστι ] Pi. P. 2.81, Hdt. 1.91, 6.106, Th. 1.59; ἀ. ὑμῖν ὥστε.. Pl. Prt. 338c; ὑμέας καταλελάβηκε ἀ. τι βοηθέειν Hdt. 9.60; τὰ ἀ. καρτερεῖν E. IA 1370; τολμᾶν ἀδύνατα Id. Hel. 811; ἀδυνάτων ἐρᾶν Id. HF 318, cf. Luc. DDeor. 8, etc.; prov., ἀδύνατα θηρᾷς Macar. 1.26: Comp. -ώτερον, ἔτι.. εἰ οἷόν τε.. Pl. Tht. 192b, cf. Prm. 138d: Sup., ὃ δὴ πάντων -ώτατον Id. Phlb. 15b.
III Adv. -τως without power or skill, feebly, ἀμύνεσθαι Antipho 4.3.3, cf. 3.3.4 (Comp.), Lys. 12.3: — ἀ. ἔχειν to be unwell, Pl. Ax. 364b; to be unable, c. inf., Arist. Rh.Al. 1435a16; ἀ. ἔχει it is impossible, Epicur Ep 32.49U.; ἀ. λέγεται it is an impossible story, Phld. Rh. 2.122 S. — Rare in poetry: Trag. only in E.
ἀδύνατος, (δύναμαι) (from Herodotus down);
1. without strength, impotent: τοῖς ποσί, Acts 14:8; figuratively, of Christians whose faith is not yet quite firm, Romans 15:1 (opposed to δυνατός).
2. impossible (in contrast with δυνατόν): παρά τίνι, for (with) anyone, Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Luke 18:27; τό ἀδύνατος τοῦ νόμου 'what the law could not do' (this God effected by, etc.; (others take τό ἀδύνατος here as nominative absolutely, cf. Buttmann, 381 (326); Winer's Grammar, 574 (534); Meyer or Gifford at the passage)), Romans 8:3; followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Hebrews 6:4, 18; Hebrews 10:4; by an infinitive, Hebrews 11:6.
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ἀ -δύνατος , -ον ,
1. of persons, unable, powerless: Acts 14:8; fig., Romans 15:1 (MM, VGT, s.v.).
2. Of things, impossible: Matthew 19:1-30; Matthew 26:1-75, Mark 10:27, Luke 18:27, Romans 8:3, Hebrews 6:4; Hebrews 6:18; Hebrews 10:4; Hebrews 11:6.†
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In P Par 66.23 (late Ptol.) πρεσβύτεροι καὶ ἀδύνατοι are men ";not strong enough"; to work : cf. also P Lond 971.4 (iii/iv A.D.) ( = III. p. 128) ἀδύνατος γάρ ἐστιν ἡ γυνὴ διὰ ἀσθένιαν τῆς φύσε [ως ] and ib. 678.6 (B.C. 99–8) ( = III. p. 18) ἀ ]δύνατ [ος ὄμμ ]ασι. In Syll 802.35 (iii/B.C.) ἀδύνατος is associated with ἀπίθανος, applied to ἰάματα, ib. 512.24 (ii/B.C.) of witnesses unable to appear.
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