other than a possibility (or probability) distinct from reality (or actuality). Dynamai signifies (in a pragmatic, almost mechanical sense) the presence and exercise of sufficient power. In the LXX this verb is preferred for the translation of yakōl, “to be able, to hold, to endure, to stand, to have it in one’s power, to prevail.” Just as the English language knows the concept of an “able man” in a physical, legal, or military sense, so in the LXX the adjective dynatos sometimes translates the