Lexicon authairetos: self-chosen, i.e. of one's own accord Original Word: αὐθαίρετος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: authairetos Phonetic Spelling: (ow-thah'-ee-ret-os) Short Definition: of one's own accord Definition: of one's own accord, self-chosen. HELPS word-Studies 830 authaíretos (an adjective, derived from 846 /autós, "self" and 138 /hairéomai, "make a personal choice") – properly, act voluntarily (by free choice); literally describing a person's decision as originating from their own self, i.e. not required to choose a particular way. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom autos and haireóDefinitionself-chosen, i.e. of one's own accord NASB Translationhimself (1), own accord (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 830: αὐθαίρετοςαὐθαίρετος, ἀυθαιρετον (from αὐτός and ἁιρέομαι), self-chosen; in Greek writings especially of states or conditions, as δουλεία, Thucydides 6, 40, etc., more rarely of persons; voluntary, of free choice, of one's own accord (as στρατηγός, Xenophon, an. 5, 7, 29, explained § 28 by ὅς ἑαυτόν έ῾ληται): 2 Corinthians 8:3, 17.
Strong's of own accord From autos and the same as hairetizo; self-chosen, i.e. (by implication) voluntary -- of own accord, willing of self. see GREEK autos see GREEK hairetizo |
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