June 24, 2026

Power | Wednesday Word Study - Episode 4

Wednesday Word Study – Episode 4

Originally written August 31, 2011
posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/08/31/2200/

Power

Original Word: δύναμις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: dunamis
Phonetic Spelling: (doo’-nam-is)
Short Definition: might, power, marvelous works
Definition: (a) physical power, force, might, ability, efficacy, energy, meaning (b) plur: powerful deeds, deeds showing (physical) power, marvelous works.

1411 dýnamis (from 1410 /dýnamai, “able, having ability“) – properly, “ability to perform” (L-N); for the believer, power to achieve by applying the Lord’s inherent abilities. “Power through God’s ability” (1411 /dýnamis) is needed in every scene of life to really grow in sanctification and prepare for heaven (glorification). 1411 (dýnamis) is a very important term, used 120 times in the NT.

As a people we are drawn to power or the display of power. From early childhood we are enamored with super heroes and the great and mighty deeds they did. We all secretly wished we could do those things too!

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We were also taught that those things were fiction. There isn’t such a thing as a super hero. People can’t fly. People can’t stop bullets with their bare hands, people can’t walk through walls. So we abandoned the thought of being a super hero.

But this word dunamis is just exactly that – supernatural power. The Holy Spirit came to bring us His power; God’s power and ability into our lives. We’ve not lived it because we have not believed it. Believe today that you were meant to receive, posses and use dunamis in your life.

DUNAMIS: physical power – force – might – ability – efficacy – energy – powerful deeds – deeds showing physical power – marvelous works.

Maybe we really were meant to be super heroes.

Each Wednesday I will be posting a Wednesday Word Study to further elaborate on a significant word from the previous Monday’s Meditation episode. On Mondays I focus on one verse to meditate on for the week. On the Wednesday after I drill down to look at one specific word to gain further information and knowledge. Then on the following Friday I will post a teaching pulling it all together. Each week will provide a thorough study into a verse, a word, and then the overall concept.