δυναστεία
power, dominion
Where this word appears
A sample of passages — one per book it occurs in — where δυναστεία appears in the Greek Septuagint (of 42 total occurrences). Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 6:6 δυναστεία Go, speak to the children of Israel, saying, I am the Lord; and I will lead you forth from the tyranny of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from bondage, and I will ransom you with a high arm, and great judgment.
- 1 Kings 15:23 δυναστεία And the rest of the history of Asa, and all his mighty deeds which he wrought, and the cities which he built, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
- 2 Kings 10:34 δυναστεία And the rest of the acts of Ju, and all that he did, and all his might, and the wars wherein he engaged, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1 Chronicles 29:12 δυναστεία From you come wealth and glory: you, O Lord, rule over all, the Lord of all dominion, and in your hand is strength and rule; and you are almighty with your hand to increase and establish all things.
- 2 Chronicles 20:6 δυναστεία And he said, O Lord God of my fathers, are not you God in heaven above, and are not you Lord of all the kingdoms of the nations? and is there not in your hand the might of dominion, and there is no one who can resist you?
- Job 37:6 δυναστεία commanding the snow, Be you upon the earth, and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.
- Psalms 19:7 δυναστεία Some glory in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God.
- Jeremiah 25:15 δυναστεία
- Ezekiel 22:25 δυναστεία whose princes in the midst of her are as roaring lions seizing prey, devouring souls by oppression, and taking bribes; and your widows are multiplied in the midst of you.
- Daniel 3:44 δυναστεία
- Amos 2:16 δυναστεία And the strong shall find no confidence in power: the naked shall flee away in that day, says the Lord.
- Micah 3:8 δυναστεία Surely I will strengthen myself with the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of power, to declare to Jacob his transgressions, and to Israel his sins.
- Nahum 2:4 δυναστεία in the ways, and the chariots shall clash together, and shall be entangled in each other in the broad ways: their appearance is as lamps of fire, and as gleaming lightnings.
About this word
About this word
δυναστεία (dynasteía), “power, dominion,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 42 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →