(a.) One who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch.POTENTATE

po'-ten-tat (dunastes, "mighty one," from dunamai, "to be able"): A person who possesses great power and authority. Only in 1 Timothy 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 Maccabees 15:3, 13). It is used of men in Luke 1:52 (the King James Version "the mighty," the Revised Version (British and American) "princes") and Acts 8:27 ("of great authority").

1413. dunastes -- a ruler, a potentate
... a ruler, a potentate. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: dunastes
Phonetic Spelling: (doo-nas'-tace) Short Definition: a ruler, potentate ...
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2135. eunouchos -- a eunuch
... noo'-khos) Short Definition: a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber Definition: (a)
a chamberlain, keeper of the bed-chamber of an eastern potentate, eunuch, (b ...
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2362. thronos -- a throne
... thronos Phonetic Spelling: (thron'-os) Short Definition: a throne, seat Definition:
a (king's) throne, seat; meton: power, dominion; a potentate. ...
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1849. exousia -- power to act, authority
... ability); privilege, ie (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or
(objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of ...
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7333. razon -- potentate
... 7332, 7333. razon. 7334 . potentate. Transliteration: razon Phonetic Spelling:
(raw-zone') Short Definition: prince's. Word Origin ...
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7983. shilton -- mastery
... authority (1). power. (Aramaic) from shalat; a potentate; --power. see HEBREW
shalat. 7982, 7983. shilton. 7984 . Strong's Numbers.
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1 Timothy vi. 13-16
... without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: which in
his times He shall show, Who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of ...
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Certain Passages from Scripture, Urged against the Omnipotence of ...
... 39. Although it is written concerning God, "Blessed and only Potentate," [1948]
yet I have no misgiving that the Son of God is thereby severed from Him, seeing ...
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That the Son is Very God, of the Same Substance with the Father. ...
... For if He had said, "Whom in His own time the Father will show, who is the blessed
and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath ...
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That the Father and the Son must not be Divided is Proved by the ...
... must not be divided [2124] is proved by the words of the Apostle, seeing that it
is befitting to the Son that He should be blessed, only Potentate, and immortal ...
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Accession of Cyrus to the Throne.
... and yet, in subsequent years, when he had arrived at full maturity, have learned
to regard him simply in the light of a great political potentate, as likely as ...
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Contemporary Pagan and Heretical Hymns
... of which begins,. Lord, hail, potentate of the water, hail, ruler of the
earth, hail, potentate of the spirit.[47]. Hippolytus, a ...
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Introduction
... filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion and speak evil of dignities."
Yes, they "speak evil" of the Supreme Dignity, the "Only Potentate, the King ...
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God his Own Interpreter.
... The government is his. He is the "Only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord
of lords." (1 Timothy 6:15.). There is only One Potentate ...
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The Invasion of Greece and the Battle of Marathon.
... anger against the Athenians."Civil dissensions in Greece."The tyrants."Periander."
His message to a neighboring potentate."Periander's intolerable ...
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The Pearl.
... several generations. It passed, like provinces, from potentate to potentate
by natural inheritance or the fortunes of war. If it ...
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Potentate (1 Occurrence)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. POTENTATE. ... Only in 1 Timothy 6:15, "the blessed and
only Potentate" (= God). The same Greek word is used of Zeus in Sophocles (Ant. ...
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Potent (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (a.) Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as,
potent interest; a potent argument. 4. (n.) A prince; a potentate. ...
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Potiphar (4 Occurrences)

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Man (26072 Occurrences)
... temporal and spiritual power in any degree similar to that in which the man of sin
is here described as wielding it, he, be he pope or potentate, is beyond all ...
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Prince (160 Occurrences)
... In the other New Testament passages the word archon, "a potentate," "a person in
authority," "a magistrate," occurs most frequently (compare Matthew 9:34 ...
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Ruler (329 Occurrences)
... (9), (10) shilTon, "a commander," "an officer": "the rulers of the provinces" (Daniel
3:2); shalliT, "a person in power," "a potentate" (Daniel 2:10); there ...
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Elamites (2 Occurrences)
... he erected at Susa, but the principal buildings of this period were constructed
by Ba-sa-Susinak, son of Simbi-ishak, viceroy of Susa and potentate in Elam. ...
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Shew (226 Occurrences)
... (KJV). 1 Timothy 6:15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only
Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; (KJV DBY YLT). ...
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Elam (24 Occurrences)
... he erected at Susa, but the principal buildings of this period were constructed
by Ba-sa-Susinak, son of Simbi-ishak, viceroy of Susa and potentate in Elam. ...
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Names (133 Occurrences)
... 6:18); "King" (1 Timothy 1:17); "King of kings" (1 Timothy 6:15); "King of kings,"
"Lord of lords" (Revelation 17:14; Revelation 19:16); "Potentate" (1 Timothy ...
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Potentate (1 Occurrence)

1 Timothy 6:15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Potentate

Potent (1 Occurrence)

Potiphar (4 Occurrences)

Man (26072 Occurrences)

Prince (160 Occurrences)

Ruler (329 Occurrences)

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

Shew (226 Occurrences)

Elam (24 Occurrences)

Names (133 Occurrences)

Greece (15 Occurrences)

Ancient (64 Occurrences)

God (45911 Occurrences)

Temple (614 Occurrences)

Religion (23 Occurrences)

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