ἀδυνάτων

adýnatos

weak

Not able, powerless or incapable (of something); lacking strength, ability, or capacity — often describing what cannot be done or what is impossible, whether due to inherent limitation, external constraint, or contextual impossibility. The term is used both of persons ('powerless, incapable') and situations or actions ('impossible, not feasible').

G102

Romans 15:1 · Word #9

Lexicon G102

Lemmaἀδύνατος
Transliterationadýnatos
Strong'sG102
DefinitionNot able, powerless or incapable (of something); lacking strength, ability, or capacity — often describing what cannot be done or what is impossible, whether due to inherent limitation, external constraint, or contextual impossibility. The term is used both of persons ('powerless, incapable') and situations or actions ('impossible, not feasible').

Morphology ADJ.S GEN M PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech ADJ.S — Substantive Adjective — An adjective functioning as a noun
Case GEN — Genitive — Possession, source, or separation
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

Phraseweak
Literalpowerless/weak

Lexical Info

Lemmaἀδύνατος
Strong'sG102

SIBI-P1 Translation G102-02

impossible thing

Morphological NotesPredicate adjective; neuter, nominative, singular (Gr,NS,,,,ANS), functioning substantivally.
Rendering RationaleThe adjective literally means 'not able' or 'not possible' (alpha privative + δυνατός). Rendered as 'impossible thing' to reflect the neuter nominative singular form, which often functions substantivally to denote something inherently not able or not feasible.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

powerless ones

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
RationaleChanged 'impossible thing' to 'powerless ones' since the context refers to persons who are lacking strength, not an impossible object, consistent with the SILEX definition and matching the substantival use here.
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