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pō´ten-taÌ„t (δυναÌστης, dunaÌsteÌ„s, “mighty one,†from δυναμαι, duÌnamai, “to be ableâ€): A person who possesses great power and authority. Only in , “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 (the King James Version “the mighty,†the Revised Version (British and American) “princesâ€) and (“of great authorityâ€).