δύναμαι (dunamai) means “be able” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: doo'-nam-ahee Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
δύναμαι · dunamai · be able
δύναμαι, depon., [in LXX chiefly for יָכֹל ;] to be able, have power, whether by personal ability, permission, or opportunity: with inf. (M, Pr., 205; WM, §44, 3) pres., Mat.6:24, Mrk.2:7, Jhn.3:2, 1Co.10:21, al.; with inf. aor., Mat.3:9, Mrk.1:45, Jhn.3:3, 4 Rom.8:39, al.; with accusative, to be able to do something: Mrk.9:22, Luk.12:26; 2Co.13:8; absol., to be able, capable, powerful: 1Co.3:2 10:13. (AS)
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(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| can | 51 |
| cannot | 26 |
| could | 15 |
| you cannot | 10 |
| you can | 9 |
| can you | 5 |
| he cannot | 5 |
| is able | 5 |
| they could | 4 |
| they were unable | 4 |
| he is able | 3 |
| able | 2 |
| but he cannot | 2 |
| can we | 2 |
| could not | 2 |
| couldnt | 2 |
| how can | 2 |
| i am able | 2 |
| i cannot | 2 |
| unable | 2 |
| was able | 2 |
| we can | 2 |
| we cannot | 2 |
| you will be able | 2 |
| and was unable | 1 |
| and we have | 1 |
| are able | 1 |
| are unable | 1 |
| can anyone | 1 |
| can he | 1 |
| can i | 1 |
| can it do so | 1 |
| can they | 1 |
| cant i | 1 |
| could not see | 1 |
| has the right | 1 |
| he and his disciples could | 1 |
| he could | 1 |
| he could not | 1 |
| i can | 1 |
| it can | 1 |
| may we | 1 |
| she had been unable | 1 |
| so that you can | 1 |
| that enables him | 1 |
| that they were unable | 1 |
| they can | 1 |
| they cannot | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| was unable | 1 |
| we cannot do | 1 |
| we had authority | 1 |
| were unable | 1 |
| who can | 1 |
| who could | 1 |
| who is unable | 1 |
| will be able | 1 |
| will be able to | 1 |
| you are still not ready | 1 |
| you are unable | 1 |
| you can bear | 1 |
| you can do | 1 |
| you cannot do | 1 |
| you could not | 1 |
| you were not yet ready for solid food | 1 |
| you will be able to | 1 |
| you will not be able | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| can | 42 |
| could | 15 |
| cannot | 10 |
| he cannot | 7 |
| is able | 7 |
| thou canst | 5 |
| ye cannot | 5 |
| able | 4 |
| come | 4 |
| he could | 4 |
| may | 4 |
| they could | 4 |
| can ye | 3 |
| may be able | 3 |
| might | 3 |
| shall be able | 3 |
| was able | 3 |
| ye | 3 |
| ye may | 3 |
| are ye able | 2 |
| can we | 2 |
| he is able | 2 |
| i am able | 2 |
| i cannot | 2 |
| mayest | 2 |
| able to do | 1 |
| are | 1 |
| be | 1 |
| be able | 1 |
| be saved | 1 |
| can be | 1 |
| can there | 1 |
| can they | 1 |
| cannot i | 1 |
| canst | 1 |
| could have | 1 |
| hate | 1 |
| he that is able | 1 |
| hear | 1 |
| him that was able | 1 |
| him which is able | 1 |
| is able to | 1 |
| it were possible | 1 |
| might have been | 1 |
| shall | 1 |
| she could | 1 |
| they cannot | 1 |
| they might | 1 |
| they were able | 1 |
| thou canst do | 1 |
| thou canst make | 1 |
| thou mayest be | 1 |
| to him that is of power | 1 |
| unto him that is able | 1 |
| we are able | 1 |
| we can | 1 |
| we can do | 1 |
| we cannot | 1 |
| when he could | 1 |
| when they could | 1 |
| when we might | 1 |
| which are able | 1 |
| which cannot | 1 |
| which could | 1 |
| which is able | 1 |
| who can | 1 |
| ye are able | 1 |
| ye could | 1 |
| ye may be able | 1 |
| ye were not able | 1 |
Page 2 of 4. 200 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”
Read word by word“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?”
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordIt could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
Read word by wordThe poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
Read word by wordIn the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself!
Read word by wordAnd 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.”
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordProduce 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.
Read word by wordWhile 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.”
Read word by wordBut the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Read word by wordJesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
Read word by wordJesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
Read word by wordHow can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Read word by wordThen Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.
Read word by wordI begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
Read word by wordAnd suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
Read word by wordWho of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Read word by wordSo if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
Read word by wordand a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
Read word by wordStill another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
Read word by word“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
Read word by wordAnd whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
Read word by wordIn the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
Read word by wordSo he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
Read word by wordNo servant 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.”
Read word by wordAnd besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
Read word by wordThose who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
Read word by wordHe was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
Read word by wordIn fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
Read word by wordFor I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
Read word by word“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
Read word by wordHe came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
Read word by wordJesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Read word by word“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
Read word by wordJesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Read word by word“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
Read word by wordJohn replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
Read word by wordSo Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
Read word by wordI can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Read word by wordHow can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
Read word by word“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Read word by wordAt this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
Read word by wordOn hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
Read word by wordThen Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
Read word by wordThe world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
Read word by wordYou will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
Read word by wordWhat does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
Read word by wordAgain He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
Read word by wordSo the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
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