Lexicon exousiazó: to exercise authority over Original Word: ἐξουσιάζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: exousiazó Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oo-see-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I exercise authority Definition: I exercise (wield) power (authority), pass: I am ruled, am held under authority. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1850 eksousiázō (from 1849 /eksousía, "delegated power," see there) – having authority to act; "empowered because authorized." See 1849 (eksousia). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom exousiaDefinitionto exercise authority over NASB Translationhave authority over (3), mastered (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1850: ἐξουσιάζωἐξουσιάζω; 1 future passive ἐξουσιασθήσομαι; ( ἐξουσία); equivalent to ἐξουσίαν ἔχω, to have power or authority, use power: ( ἐν πλείοσι ἐξουσιάζειν πολλῶν μοναρχιων, Aristotle, eth. Eud. 1, 5, p. 1216a, 2); ἐν ἀτιμοις, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 9, 44; τίνος, to be master of anyone, exercise authority over one, Luke 22:25; τοῦ σώματος, to be master of the body, i. e. to have full and entire authority over the body, to hold the body subject to one's will, 1 Corinthians 7:4. Passive followed by ὑπό τίνος, to be brought under the power of anyone, 1 Corinthians 6:12. (the Sept. several times in Nehemiah and Ecclesiastes, chiefly for מָשַׁל and שָׁלַט.) (Compare: κατεξουσιάζω.)
Strong's exercise authority upon, bring under the power of. From exousia; to control -- exercise authority upon, bring under the (have) power of. see GREEK exousia |
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