ἀδύνατος
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What does ἀδύνατος (adýnatos) mean in the Bible?
ἀδύνατος (adýnatos) is a Greek word meaning "unable". ἀ-δύνατος, -ον, [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, דַּל, etc. Emphasizes human inability. This term runs through the canonical themes of Redemption.
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Meaning
Powerlessness in persons; impossibility in things—often emphasizing divine capability where human effort fails.
Why This Word Matters
Emphasizes human inability. Hebrews 6:1-8
Declares human inability in salvation. Luke 18:18–30
Emphasizes the seriousness of the described apostasy. Mark 10:17–31
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Canonical Themes
Biblical Occurrences
Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.
New Testament Witnesses
Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain