authority, exousia, G1849

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Strong’s number: G1849

Greek Lexical Dictionary: Strong’s #1849 – ἐξουσία

Greek Word: ἐξουσία, ας, ἡ

Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine

Transliteration: exousia

Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oo-see’-ah)

Quick Definition: power to act, authority

Usage: (a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.

Etymology: from 1537 /ek, “out from,” which intensifies 1510 /eimí, “to be, being as a right or privilege”; from (G1832) (in the sense of ability)

NASB Translation: authorities (7), authority (65), charge (1), control (1), domain (2), dominion (1), jurisdiction (1), liberty (1), power (11), powers (1), right (11).

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New Testament usage: authority, exousia G1849

Strong’s #1849 – ἐξουσία found in 93 verses

Mat 7:29; Mat 8:9; Mat 9:6; Mat 9:8; Mat 10:1; Mat 21:23; Mat 21:24; Mat 21:27; Mat 28:18; Mar 1:22; Mar 1:27; Mar 2:10; Mar 3:15; Mar 6:7; Mar 11:28; Mar 11:29; Mar 11:33; Mar 13:34; Luk 4:6; Luk 4:32; Luk 4:36; Luk 5:24; Luk 7:8; Luk 9:1; Luk 10:19; Luk 12:5; Luk 12:11; Luk 19:17; Luk 20:2; Luk 20:8; Luk 20:20; Luk 22:53; Luk 23:7; Joh 1:12; Joh 5:27; Joh 10:18; Joh 17:2; Joh 19:10; Joh 19:11; Act 1:7; Act 5:4; Act 8:19; Act 9:14; Act 26:10; Act 26:12; Act 26:18; Rom 9:21; Rom 13:1; Rom 13:2; Rom 13:3; 1Co 7:37; 1Co 8:9; 1Co 9:4; 1Co 9:5; 1Co 9:6; 1Co 9:12; 1Co 9:18; 1Co 11:10; 1Co 15:24; 2Co 10:8; 2Co 13:10; Eph 1:21; Eph 2:2; Eph 3:10; Eph 6:12; Col 1:13; Col 1:16; Col 2:10; Col 2:15; 2Th 3:9; Tit 3:1; Heb 13:10; 1Pe 3:22; Jud 1:25; Rev 2:26; Rev 6:8; Rev 9:3; Rev 9:10; Rev 9:19; Rev 11:6; Rev 12:10; Rev 13:2; Rev 13:4; Rev 13:5; Rev 13:7; Rev 13:12; Rev 14:18; Rev 16:9; Rev 17:12; Rev 17:13; Rev 18:1; Rev 20:6; Rev 22:14.

Septuagint 17 times in 15 verses

2Ki 20:13; Psa 113:2; Psa 135:8; Psa 135:9; Pro 17:14; Ecc 8:8; Dan 3:2; Dan 3:3; Dan 4:3; Dan 4:26; Dan 4:34; Dan 7:6; Dan 7:14; Dan 7:27; Dan 11:5.

Englishman’s Concordance: ἐξουσία (exousia)

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Lexicons: authority, exousia G1849

Thayer’s G1849:

power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
1. leave or permission
physical and mental power
1. the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)
the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
1. universally
  1. authority over mankind
2. specifically
  1. the power of judicial decisions
  2. of authority to manage domestic affairs
3. metonymically
  1. a thing subject to authority or rule 4c
4. jurisdiction
  1. one who possesses authority 4c
5. a ruler, a human magistrate 4c
6. the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates
7. a sign of the husband’s authority over his wife
  1. the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
8. the sign of regal authority, a crown

Strong’s G1849: From G1832 (in the sense of ability); privilege, that is, (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence: – authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength.

Mounce G1849: authority, power, the right to control or govern; dominion, the area or sphere of jurisdiction; a ruler, human or supernatural

Related words: G1850 (verb);

Hebrew Equivalent Word: Strong #: 1884 ‑ דְּתָבַר (deth‑aw‑bawr’); 4475 ‑ מֶמְשָׁלָה (mem‑shaw‑law’); 7 9 82 ‑ שֶׁלֶט (sheh’‑let); 7985 ‑ שָׁלְטָן (shol‑tawn’); 7989 ‑ שַׁלִּיט (shal‑leet’); 8614 ‑ תִּפְתָּי (tif‑tah’ee);

PreceptsAustin: exousia

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