- Transliteration: Dunamis - Phonetic: doo'-nam-is dynamite (n.) Look up dynamite at Dictionary.com 1867, fRomans Swedish dynamit, coined 1867 by its inventor, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), fRomans Greek dynamis "power" (see dynamic (adj.)) + -ite (2). Figurative sense of "something potentially dangerous" is fRomans 1922. Positive sense of "dynamic and excellent" by mid-1960s, perhaps originally African-American vernacular.-etymonline.com - Thayer Definition: 1. strength power, ability a. inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth b. power for performing miracles c. moral power and excellence of soul d. the power and influence which belong to riches and wealth e. power and resources arising fRomans numbers f. power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts - (fRomans Thayer) Total KJV Occurrences: 95 • abundance, 1: Revelation 18:3 • deeds, 1: 2 Corinthians 12:12 • meaning, 1: 1 Corinthians 14:11 • might, 4: Ephesians 1:21; Ephesians 3:16; Colossians 1:11; 2Pet 2:11 • mightily, 1: Colossians 1:29 • mighty, 2: Romans 15:19; 2Thess 1:7 • miracles, 8: Acts 2:22; Acts 8:13; Acts 19:11; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:29; Gal 3:5; Hebrews 2:4 • out, 1: Luke 6:19 • power, 58: Luke 1:17; Luke 1:35; Luke 4:14; Luke 4:36; Luke 5:17; Luke 9:1; Acts 3:12; Acts 4:7; Acts 4:33; Acts 6:8; Acts 8:10; Acts 10:38; Romans 1:4; Romans 1:16; Romans 1:20; Romans 9:17; Romans 15:13; Romans 15:19; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 2:5; 1 Corinthians 4:19; 1 Corinthians 4:20; 1 Corinthians 5:4; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 15:24; 1 Corinthians 15:43; 2 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Corinthians 6:7; 2 Corinthians 8:3(2); 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Corinthians 13:4(2); Ephesians 1:19; Ephesians 3:7; Ephesians 3:20; Phil 3:10; 1Thess 1:5; 2Thess 1:11; 2Thess 2:9; 2Tim 1:7; 2Tim 1:8; 2Tim 3:5; Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 7:16; 1Pet 1:5; 2Pet 1:3; 2Pet 1:16; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 5:12; Revelation 7:12; Revelation 11:17; Revelation 13:2; Revelation 15:8; Revelation 17:13; Revelation 19:1 • powers, 3: Romans 8:38; Hebrews 6:5; 1Pet 3:22 • strength, 5: 1 Corinthians 15:56; 2 Corinthians 1:8; Hebrews 11:11; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 12:10 • violence, 1: Hebrews 11:34 • virtue, 1: Mark 5:30 • work, 1: Mark 6:5 • works, 7: Matthew 11:20; Matthew 13:54; Matthew 13:58; Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:2; Mark 6:14; Luke 19:37 |
