Unable
ἀδύνατοςStrong’s G0102adunatos
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.”
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.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 10:27And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
- Luke 18:27And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
- Acts 14:8And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
- Romans 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
- Romans 15:1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
- Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
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
- Not able; not having sufficient strength or means; impotent; weak in power, or poor in substance.
- 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.