All 5 Uses of
omnipotent
in
Moby Dick
- So omnipotent is art; which in many a district of New Bedford has superinduced bright terraces of flowers upon the barren refuse rocks thrown aside at creation's final day.†
Chpt 4-6 *omnipotent = all powerful
- The vast swells of the omnipotent sea;†
Chpt 46-48
- But, in general, they toil with their jack-knives alone; and, with that almost omnipotent tool of the sailor, they will turn you out anything you please, in the way of a mariner's fancy.†
Chpt 55-57
- But the bird has a voice, and with plaintive cries will make known her fear; but the fear of this vast dumb brute of the sea, was chained up and enchanted in him; he had no voice, save that choking respiration through his spiracle, and this made the sight of him unspeakably pitiable; while still, in his amazing bulk, portcullis jaw, and omnipotent tail, there was enough to appal the stoutest man who so pitied.†
Chpt 79-81
- I know that of me, which thou knowest not of thyself, oh, thou omnipotent.†
Chpt 118-120
Definition:
all powerful
note: "omni" means "all". It is often said that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent (all powerful, all knowing, and all present; i.e., present everywhere)