Power

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Contents 1 dunamis 2 exousia 3 ischus 4 kratos

dunamis

Strong 1411: strength, power, ability

1. inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth
   1. power for performing miracles
   2. moral power and excellence of soul
   3. the power and influence which belong to riches and wealth
   4. power and resources arising from numbers
   5. power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts

exousia

Strong 1849: privilege, force, capacity, competency, freedom, mastery, authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength.

1. power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
   1. leave or permission
2. physical and mental power
   1. the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
3. the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)
4. the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
   1. universally
      1. authority over mankind
   2. specifically
      1. the power of judicial decisions
      2. of authority to manage domestic affairs
   3. metonymically
      1. a thing subject to authority or rule
         1. jurisdiction
      2. one who possesses authority
         1. a ruler, a human magistrate
         2. the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates
      3. a sign of the husband's authority over his wife
         1. the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
   4. the sign of regal authority, a crown

ischus

Strong 2479: force, ability, might, power, strength.

1. ability, force, strength, might

kratos

Strong 2904: vigor, dominion, might, power, strength

1. force, strength
2. power, might: mighty with great power
   1. a mighty deed, a work of power
3. dominion