Strong G830αὐθαίρετος
self-chosen
- Transliteration
- authairetos
- Pronunciation
- ow-thah'ee-ret-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
αὐθαίρετος, -ον
(αὐτός, αἱρέομαι), [in Sm.: Exo.35:5, 22 *;]
1. self-chosen.
2. of one's own accord: 2Co.8:3 8:17.†
(AS)
(αὐτός, αἱρέομαι), [in Sm.: Exo.35:5, 22 *;]
1. self-chosen.
2. of one's own accord: 2Co.8:3 8:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G830 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- accord1
- willing1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 8:3For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
- 2 Corinthians 8:17For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
αὐθ-αίρετος, ον,
self-chosen, self-elected, στρατηγοί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.29)]; στεφανηφόρος voluntary, i.e. undertaking the duty at one's own expense, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Ath.Mitt.” 36.159 (Syros, 2nd c.AD),compare “IG” 12(5).660,668; γυμνασίαρχος “OGI” 583.8; συνήγορος “POxy.” 1242.10)]. adverb -τως[Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Inscription Magn.” 163.15, “PLond.” 2.280.7 (1st c.AD).)]
II by free choice, of one-self, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 931; αὐ. ἐξῆλθε NT.2Cor.8.17)]; independent, free, εὐβουλία[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.78; ἡ τοῦ τέλους ἔφεσις οὐκ αὐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1114b6.)]
III of things, due to one's own choice, ὄλβος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 20)]; usually of evils, self-incurred, πημοναί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1231; οὐκ αὐθαίρετοι βροτοῖς ἔρωτες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 339; νόσοι.. αἱ μέν εἰσ᾽ αὐ. [prev. work] 292.4)]; κίνδυνοι, δουλεία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.144, 6.40; θάνατος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.36; λῦπαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 634; δυστύχημα [prev. author] 618)]. adverb -τως of free choice, [LXX+4th c.AD+ (LXX.2Mac.6.19, +others, Mitteis “Chr.” 361 (4th c.AD))]; πείθεσθαί τινι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 24)], independently, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 34.)]
self-chosen, self-elected, στρατηγοί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.29)]; στεφανηφόρος voluntary, i.e. undertaking the duty at one's own expense, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Ath.Mitt.” 36.159 (Syros, 2nd c.AD),compare “IG” 12(5).660,668; γυμνασίαρχος “OGI” 583.8; συνήγορος “POxy.” 1242.10)]. adverb -τως[Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Inscription Magn.” 163.15, “PLond.” 2.280.7 (1st c.AD).)]
II by free choice, of one-self, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 931; αὐ. ἐξῆλθε NT.2Cor.8.17)]; independent, free, εὐβουλία[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.78; ἡ τοῦ τέλους ἔφεσις οὐκ αὐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1114b6.)]
III of things, due to one's own choice, ὄλβος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 20)]; usually of evils, self-incurred, πημοναί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1231; οὐκ αὐθαίρετοι βροτοῖς ἔρωτες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 339; νόσοι.. αἱ μέν εἰσ᾽ αὐ. [prev. work] 292.4)]; κίνδυνοι, δουλεία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.144, 6.40; θάνατος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.36; λῦπαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 634; δυστύχημα [prev. author] 618)]. adverb -τως of free choice, [LXX+4th c.AD+ (LXX.2Mac.6.19, +others, Mitteis “Chr.” 361 (4th c.AD))]; πείθεσθαί τινι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 24)], independently, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 34.)]