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The Synonymous Words for
"Power", etc.
This Is
Appendix 172 From The Companion Bible.
- dunamis
= inherent power; the power of reproducing itself: from which we
have English dynamics, and dynamo, etc. See Acts 1:8.
- kratos
= strength (as exerted); power put forth with effect, and in
government: from which we have the English theocracy, government by
God: aristocracy, government by the best; democracy, government by
the people. The Greek enkrateia = mastery over one's
self = self-control, or having one's self reined in (from krateia,
a rein). This (that is to say, enkrateia) is the only
word renderd "temperance", and occurs only
in Acts 24:25.
Galatians 5:23.
2
Peter 1:6,
6.
- ischus
= strength (as an endowment), physical strength possessed. See, for
example, Mark 12:30.
- energeia
= energy; strength (No. 3 above) put forth from within in effectual
operation. See, for example, 2
Thessalonians 2:9.
- exousia
= authority, or delegated power; the liberty and right to put forth
power. See, for example, John 1:12.
- arche
= beginning; then, the chief rule or ruler. See Luke 12:11
(magistrates).
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