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ἀδύνατοςStrong’s G0102

adunatos

Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament

In short

Adunatos is the Greek word usually translated “impossible”, “crippled” and “powerless”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.

“But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “impossible”, “crippled” and “powerless”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • impossible 7
  • crippled 1
  • powerless 1
  • weak 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 4
  • Romans 2
  • Matthew 1
  • Mark 1
  • Luke 1
  • Acts 1

6 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀδύνατος adunatos · unable

ἀ-δύνατος, -ον, [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, דַּל, etc. ;] 1. of persons, unable, powerless: Act.14:8; figuratively Rom.15:1 (MM, VGT, see word). 2. Of things, impossible: Mat.19:26, Mrk.10:27, Luk.18:27, Rom.8:3, Heb.6:4,18 10:4 11:6. † (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “unable” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

UNA'BLE, adjective

  1. Not able; not having sufficient strength or means; impotent; weak in power, or poor in substance.
  2. Not having adequate knowledge or skill.

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.