exousia <1849>
exousia exousia
| Pronunciation: | ex-oo-see'-ah |
| Origin: | from 1832 (in the sense of ability) |
| Reference: | TDNT - 2:562,238 |
| PrtSpch: | n f |
| In Greek: | exousia 29, exousiai 1, exousiaiv 3, exousian 55, exousiav 12, exousiwn 1, [exousian] 1 |
| In NET: | authority 55, right 9, power 9, ruling authority 7, authorities 5, powers 2, control 1, authority to rule 1, ability 1, access 1, disposal 1, in charge assigning 1, realm 1, rights 1, liberty 1, kingdom 1, in charge 1, jurisdiction 1, governing authorities 1 |
| In AV: | power 69, authority 29, right 2, liberty 1, jurisdiction 1, strength 1 |
| Count: | 103 |
| Definition: | 1) power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases 1a) leave or permission 2) physical and mental power 2a) the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises 3) the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege) 4) the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed) 4a) universally 4a1) authority over mankind 4b) specifically 4b1) the power of judicial decisions 4b2) of authority to manage domestic affairs 4c) metonymically 4c1) a thing subject to authority or rule 4c1a) jurisdiction 4c2) one who possesses authority 4c2a) a ruler, a human magistrate 4c2b) the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates 4d) a sign of the husband's authority over his wife 4d1) the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself 4e) the sign of regal authority, a crown Synonym : See Definition 5820 from 1832 (in the sense of ability); privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence:-authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength. see GREEK for 1832 |
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