Be impossible
ἀδυνατέωStrong’s G0101adunateō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Adunateō is the Greek word usually translated “impossible”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”
Meaning
Usually translated “impossible”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- will be impossible 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
ἀδυνατέω adunateō · be impossible
ἀδυνατέω, -ῶ (ἀδύνατος), [in LXX: Deu.17:8, Zec.8:6 (פּלא ni.), Job.42:2 (בּצר ni.), al. ;] 1. Abbott-Smith omits this number to be unable (cl., Philo; π., see MM, VGT, see word). 2. In LXX and NT (Kennedy, Sources, 124; Hatch, Essays, 4; Field, Notes, 46 f.), to be impossible: Mat.17:20, Luk.1:37. † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “impossible” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IMPOSS'IBLE, adjective
[Latin impossibilis; in and possibilis, from possum, to be able.]
- That cannot be.
- Impracticable; not feasible; that cannot be done.“With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible” Matthew 19:26“Without faith it is impossible to please God” Hebrews 11:6
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.