Topic
Potentate
6 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 46:5ISBE
He called upon the most high Lord, when the enemies pressed upon him on every side; and the great Lord heard him.
- 2 Maccabees 15:3ISBE
Then the most ungracious wretch demanded, if there were a Mighty one in heaven, that had commanded the sabbath day to be kept.
- 2 Maccabees 15:13ISBE
This done, in like manner there appeared a man with gray hairs, and exceeding glorious, who was of a wonderful and excellent majesty.
- Luke 1:52ISBE
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
- Acts 8:27ISBE
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
- 1 Timothy 6:15ISBE
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
po'-ten-tat (dunastes, "mighty one," from dunamai, "to be able"): A person who possesses great power and authority. Only in 1Ti 6:15, "the blessed and only Potentate" (= God). The same Greek word is used of Zeus in Sophocles (Ant. 608), and of God in Apocrypha (e.g. Sirach 46:5; 2 Macc 15:3,13). It is used of men in Lu 1:52 (the King James Version "the mighty," the Revised Version (British and American) "princes") and Ac 8:27 ("of great authority").
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.