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It is 'dunamis' in the Greek, but the translators missed the point and translated it 'virtue'.
The Land of Mist Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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It is 'dunamis' in the Greek, but the translators missed the point and translated it 'virtue'.
The Land of Mist Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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• If you have received it but rarely use it, use it daily & often to activate God's "dunamis" explosive power in your life to witness, to overcome our weakness and to pray effectively according to God's will.
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Baptism of Holy Spirit • Dunamis (Greek δυναμις) = power / force & authority • Root of english words: dynamic, dynamite, dynamo • God has given us "dunamis" / power & authority to live victorious life.
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Aristotle distinguishes between two different senses of the term dunamis.
Aristotle's Metaphysics Cohen, S. Marc 2008
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This connects the matter/form distinction to another key Aristotelian distinction, that between potentiality (dunamis) and actuality (entelecheia or energeia).
Aristotle's Metaphysics Cohen, S. Marc 2008
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I felt hungry for the dunamis the power and force of the Holy Spirit; that overwhelming, immersing, plunging, drenching; Baptizdo!
Baptizdo Belinda 2008
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I felt hungry for the dunamis the power and force of the Holy Spirit; that overwhelming, immersing, plunging, drenching; Baptizdo!
Archive 2008-04-01 Belinda 2008
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For, as Aristotle tells us, in this sense dunamis is related not to movement (kinêsis) but to actuality
Aristotle's Metaphysics Cohen, S. Marc 2008
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As a rational potency (dunamis meta logou) technê is capable of contrary effects.
Episteme and Techne Parry, Richard 2007
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Wiktionary: "Alternative form of dynamis"
May 2, 2025