Impossible
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (a.) Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible.

2. (n.) An impossibility.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
IMPOSSIBLE

im-pos'-i-b'-l (verb adunateo; adjective adunatos): "To be impossible" is the translation of adunateo, "to be powerless," "impotent" (Matthew 17:20 Luke 1:37, the Revised Version (British and American) "void of power") adunatos, "powerless," etc., is translated "impossible" Matthew 19:26 Mark 10:27 Luke 18:27 Hebrews 6:4, 18; Hebrews 11:6; "impossible" in Hebrews 6:4 is in the Revised Version (British and American) transferred to 6:6); anendektos, "not to be received" or "accepted," is also translated "impossible" (Luke 17:1). In several of these passages it is affirmed that "nothing is impossible with God," but, of course, this means nothing that is consistent with the Divine nature, e.g. (as Hebrews 6:18) it is not possible for God to lie. So, when it is said that nothing is impossible to faith, the same limitation applies and also that of the mind or will of God for us. But much more is possible to a strong faith than a weak faith realizes, or even believes.

W. L. Walker

Greek
418. anendektos -- impossible
... impossible. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anendektos Phonetic Spelling:
(an-en'-dek-tos) Short Definition: impossible Definition: impossible ...
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102. adunatos -- unable, powerless
... unable, powerless. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: adunatos Phonetic
Spelling: (ad-oo'-nat-os) Short Definition: incapable, impossible Definition: of ...
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101. adunateo -- to be unable
... to be unable. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: adunateo Phonetic Spelling:
(ad-oo-nat-eh'-o) Short Definition: to be impossible Definition: to be impossible ...
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419. anexeraunetos -- unsearchable
... 419 (from 1 "not," which negates the intensified term, 1830 , "search out ") --
properly, impossible to fully investigate, no matter how great the effort ...
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412. aneklaletos -- unspeakable
... 412 (from 1 "not" and 1583 , " tell") -- properly, unable to fully describe or report;
impossible to communicate (convey) adequately by words; hence, , (used ...
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638. apopnigo -- to choke
... 638 (from 575 , "away from" and 4155 , "choke") -- properly, choke ; ;
suffocate, make impossible to breathe (take in life). Word ...
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1415. dunatos -- strong, mighty, powerful
... Word Origin from dunamai Definition strong, mighty, powerful NASB Word Usage able
(6), could (1), impossible* (1), influential men (1), man of power (1 ...
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411. anekdiegetos -- inexpressible
... 411 (from 1 "not" and 1555 , " declare") -- properly, (beyond words);
(inexplicable), impossible to estimate (used only in 2 Cor 9:15). ...
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421. anexichniastos -- that cannot be traced out
... 421 (literally, "not able to trace the steps of") -- properly, impossible to "track"
("trace the steps of"); unable to follow or fully comprehend ...
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379. anapologetos -- without excuse
... genuine. 379 ("without rationale or convincing argument") refers to what
is , ie impossible to accept (without solid logic). 379 ...
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Strong's Hebrew
1219. batsar -- to cut off, make inaccessible, enclose
... NASB Word Usage cut off (1), fortified (24), fortify (2), gather (3), gathered
(1), gatherer (1), gatherers (2), impenetrable (1), impossible (1), mighty ...
/hebrew/1219.htm - 6k
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Impossible Silence
... IMPOSSIBLE SILENCE. ... Two things Peter and John adduced as making silence
impossible"a definite divine command, and an inward impulse. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/impossible silence.htm

An Impossible Neutrality
... LXIV AN IMPOSSIBLE NEUTRALITY. John xviii.28-38. (PASSION DAY"FRIDAY). The ...
Jesus. He was attempting a neutrality which was impossible. ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/lxiv an impossible neutrality.htm

'Impossible, --Only I Saw It'
... THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS IMPOSSIBLE,"ONLY I SAW IT'. 'Then Elisha said, Hear
ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, Tomorrow ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/impossibleonly i saw it.htm

For it is Impossible that the Good which is the Result of Accident ...
... Chapter XLIV. For it is impossible that the good which is the result
of accident? For it is impossible that the good which is ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter xliv for it is.htm

A Resurrection is not Impossible.
... Chapter II."A Resurrection is Not Impossible. Let us, then, consider the
subject in the way I have indicated. If all disbelief ...
/.../chapter ii a resurrection is not.htm

How it is Impossible for one who Trusts to his Own Judgment to ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XI. How it is impossible for one who trusts
to his own judgment to escape being deceived by the devil's illusions. ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xi how it is.htm

That it is Impossible for any one to Worship the True God Together ...
... of the gods. Chap. xix."that it is impossible for any one to worship the
true god together with false deities. But some one will ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xix that it is impossible.htm

It is not Impossible that Some Believers May Pass through a ...
... Chapter 69."It is Not Impossible that Some Believers May Pass Through a
Purgatorial Fire in the Future Life. And it is not impossible ...
/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 69 it is not impossible.htm

Now it is Impossible, as Far as Manual Exercise Goes...
... II."Ascetic and Moral. Chapter XX. Now it is impossible, as far as manual
exercise goes? Now it is impossible, as far as manual ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter xx now it is.htm

Impossible that Marcion's Christ Should Reprove the Faithless ...
... Chapter XXIII."Impossible that Marcion's Christ Should Reprove the Faithless Generation
Such Loving Consideration for Infants as the True Christ Was Apt to ...
/.../chapter xxiii impossible that marcions christ.htm

Thesaurus
Impossible (31 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) An impossibility. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. IMPOSSIBLE.
im-pos'-ib'-l (verb adunateo; adjective adunatos): "To be ...
/i/impossible.htm - 17k

Possible (133 Occurrences)
... Matthew 19:26 Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with
God all things are possible." (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS ...
/p/possible.htm - 36k

Disciples (277 Occurrences)
... Some have therefore sought to maintain that we have here only a confused variant
of the appointment of the Twelve; but this is impossible in the light of ...
/d/disciples.htm - 39k

Seventy (97 Occurrences)
... Some have therefore sought to maintain that we have here only a confused variant
of the appointment of the Twelve; but this is impossible in the light of ...
/s/seventy.htm - 47k

Atheism
... It has often been held that this is, in fact, impossible. ... History has shown again
and again how impossible it is to bring the mind to rest in this doctrine. ...
/a/atheism.htm - 13k

Dial (2 Occurrences)
... It is impossible, therefore, to accept the suggestion that the dial of Ahaz may
have been improperly constructed, so as to produce a reversal of the motion of ...
/d/dial.htm - 19k

Necessary (75 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise;
not to be avoided; inevitable. 2. (a.) Impossible...
/n/necessary.htm - 30k

Jael (6 Occurrences)
... It is really impossible to justify Jael's act, though it is not impossible to
understand it or properly to appreciate Deborah's approval of the act as found in ...
/j/jael.htm - 14k

Gethsemane (2 Occurrences)
... old, they appeared venerable to the traveler Maundrell more than two centuries ago,
but that they go back to the time claimed is impossible, for Josephus ...
/g/gethsemane.htm - 11k

Thorns (56 Occurrences)
... It is therefore impossible definitely to determine what was the exact plant
or tree, whose thorny branches were selected for this purpose. ...
/t/thorns.htm - 25k

Resources
How can I stay encouraged when finding a good job seems impossible? | GotQuestions.org

Why did Jesus tell people to “go and sin no more” if sinlessness is impossible? | GotQuestions.org

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Impossible: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Impossible (31 Occurrences)

Matthew 16:22
And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.
(BBE)

Matthew 17:20
He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain,'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 19:26
Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:42
Again a second time He went away and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is impossible for this cup to pass without my drinking it, Thy will be done."
(WEY)

Mark 2:19
"Can a wedding party fast while the bridegroom is among them?" replied Jesus. "So long as they have the bridegroom with them, fasting is impossible.
(WEY)

Mark 10:27
Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 1:37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
(KJV WEY DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 14:20
"Another said, "'I am just married. It is impossible for me to come.'
(WEY)

Luke 17:1
He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Luke 18:27
But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:7
It is impossible for the world to hate you; but me it does hate, because I give testimony concerning it that its conduct is evil.
(WEY)

John 8:21
Again He said to them, "I am going away. Then you will try to find me, but you will die in your sins. Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come."
(WEY)

John 8:22
The Jews began to ask one another, "Is he going to kill himself, do you think, that he says, 'Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come'?"
(WEY)

Acts 2:24
whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
(See NAS NIV)

Acts 21:34
Some of the crowd shouted one accusation against Paul and some another, until, as the uproar made it impossible for the truth to be ascertained with certainty, the Tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
(WEY)

Romans 8:3
For what was impossible to the Law--powerless as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature;
(WEY)

Romans 11:33
Oh, how inexhaustible are God's resources and God's wisdom and God's knowledge! How impossible it is to search into His decrees or trace His footsteps!
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 3:1
And as for myself, brethren, I found it impossible to speak to you as spiritual men. It had to be as to worldlings--mere babes in Christ.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 12:21
It is also impossible for the eye to say to the hand, "I do not need you;" or again for the head to say to the feet, "I do not need you."
(WEY)

Ephesians 2:9
so that it may be impossible for any one to boast.
(WEY)

Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
(KJV WEY DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Hebrews 6:6
and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
(WEB WEY ASV NAS)

Hebrews 6:18
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 10:4
For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
(WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 11:6
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:6
Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 6:5
For they came up with their livestock and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 13:2
Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 21:18
And after all this the Lord sent on him a disease of the stomach from which it was impossible for him to be made well.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 4:10
And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.
(BBE)

Amos 2:14
And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:
(BBE)

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