The Greek word “dunamis”

Found more than a hundred times in the New Testament, the Greek noun “dunamis” meant “power,” “ability,” “force.”  This term describes the “power” of God (Mt. 22:29), the “power of the Son (Mt. 24:30; 26:64), “power” from the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8), and the kingdom which came during the first century (Mk. 9:1).  Some are ignorant of God’s “power” (Mk. 12:24).  The gospel is God’s “power” to salvation (Rom. 1:16).  Satan still has some “power” (2 Thess. 2:9).  Some “deny” the “power” of godliness (2 Tim. 3:5).  God’s “power” has given us all that pertains to “life and godliness” (2 Pet. 1:3).  This term is also significant in the final book of the New Testament (see Rev. 1:16; 3:8; 4:11; 5:12; 7:12; 11:17; 12:10; 13:2; 15:8; 17:13; 18:3; 19:1).