1413. dunastés

Strong's Concordance

dunastés: a ruler, a potentate

Original Word: δυνάστης, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: dunastés
Phonetic Spelling: (doo-nas'-tace)
Definition: a ruler, a potentate
Usage: (lit: a man who rules by force), a ruler, potentate; also: courtier, member of the court.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 1413 dynástēs – a potentate (someone mighty in power). See 1411 (dynamis).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from dunamai
Definition
a ruler, a potentate
NASB Translation
court official (1), rulers (1), Sovereign (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1413: δυνάστης

δυνάστης, δυνάστου, ὁ (δύναμαι); from (Sophocles and) Herodotus on; powerful;

1. a prince, potentate: Luke 1:52; used of God (Sir. 46:5; 2 Macc. 15:3, 23, etc.; of Zeus, Sophocles Ant. 608), 1 Timothy 6:15.

2. a courtier, high officer, royal minister: Acts 8:27 (A. V. (a eunuch) of great authority; but see Meyer at the passage) (δυνάσται Φαραώ, Genesis 50:4).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

ruler, officer, potentate

From dunamai; a ruler or officer -- of great authority, mighty, potentate.

see GREEK dunamai

Forms and Transliterations

δυνάσται δυνάσταις δυναστας δυνάστας δυνάστη δυνάστην δυναστης δυνάστης δυνάστου δυναστών dunastas dunastes dunastēs dynastas dynástas dynastes dynastēs dynástes dynástēs

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 1:52 N-AMP
GRK: καθεῖλεν δυνάστας ἀπὸ θρόνων
NAS: He has brought down rulers from [their] thrones,
KJV: He hath put down the mighty from
INT: He put down rulers from thrones

Acts 8:27 N-NMS
GRK: Αἰθίοψ εὐνοῦχος δυνάστης Κανδάκης βασιλίσσης
NAS: eunuch, a court official of Candace,
KJV: an eunuch of great authority under Candace
INT: an Ethiopian a eunuch one in power [under] Candace queen

1 Timothy 6:15 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ μόνος δυνάστης ὁ βασιλεὺς
NAS: and only Sovereign, the King
KJV: and only Potentate, the King of kings,
INT: and alone Ruler the King

Strong's Greek 1413
3 Occurrences

δυνάστας — 1 Occ.
δυνάστης — 2 Occ.