Strong G1849ἐξουσία
authority
- Transliteration
- exousia
- Pronunciation
- ex-oo-see'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1832 (in the sense of ability);
privilege that is (subjectively) force capacity 6
competency freedom or (objectively) mastery (concretely magistrate superhuman 6
potentate token of control) delegated influence: - authority jurisdiction liberty power right strength.
privilege that is (subjectively) force capacity 6
competency freedom or (objectively) mastery (concretely magistrate superhuman 6
potentate token of control) delegated influence: - authority jurisdiction liberty power right strength.
Detailed definition
ἐξουσία, -ας, ἡ
(ἔξεστι), [in LXX: 4Ki.20:13, Psa.113 (114):2 135 (136)8, 9, Isa.39:2, Jer.28 (51):28 (מֶמְשָׁלָה), frequently in Da for Aram. שָׁלְטָן, etc., Wis.10:14, Sir.9:13, al.;]
1. prop., liberty or power to act, freedom to exercise the inward force or faculty expressed by δύναμις (which see): 1Co.9:12; ἐ. ἔχειν, 2Th.3:9; id. before inf., Jhn.10:18, 1Co.9:4, 5; with genitive obj., Rom.9:21; before ἐπί, with accusative, Rev.22:14; περί, 1Co.7:37.
2. Later (cf. Milligan, Th., 114; MM, Exp., xiv), of the power of right, authority: Mat.21:33, Mrk.11:28, Luk.20:2; of Messianic authority, Mat.9:6, Mrk.2:10, al.; of apostolic authority, 2Co.10:8 13:10; of the authority of government: Mat.8:9 28:18, Ju 25, Rev.12:10, al.; esp. of judicial authority, Luk.20:20, Jhn.19:10, 11.
3. Meton.,
__(a) jurisdiction: Luk.23:7 (cf. 1Ma.6:11, Isa.39:2);
__(b) a ruler or magistrate: Rom.13:1-3; pl., Luk.12:11, Rom.13:1, Tit.3:1;
__(with) of supramundane powers (syn. with ἀρχή, δύναμις, θρόνος, κυριότης): 1Co.15:24, Eph.1:21 3:10, Col.2:10, 1Pe.3:22, al. (Cremer. 236).
SYN.: see: δύναμις. (AS)
(ἔξεστι), [in LXX: 4Ki.20:13, Psa.113 (114):2 135 (136)8, 9, Isa.39:2, Jer.28 (51):28 (מֶמְשָׁלָה), frequently in Da for Aram. שָׁלְטָן, etc., Wis.10:14, Sir.9:13, al.;]
1. prop., liberty or power to act, freedom to exercise the inward force or faculty expressed by δύναμις (which see): 1Co.9:12; ἐ. ἔχειν, 2Th.3:9; id. before inf., Jhn.10:18, 1Co.9:4, 5; with genitive obj., Rom.9:21; before ἐπί, with accusative, Rev.22:14; περί, 1Co.7:37.
2. Later (cf. Milligan, Th., 114; MM, Exp., xiv), of the power of right, authority: Mat.21:33, Mrk.11:28, Luk.20:2; of Messianic authority, Mat.9:6, Mrk.2:10, al.; of apostolic authority, 2Co.10:8 13:10; of the authority of government: Mat.8:9 28:18, Ju 25, Rev.12:10, al.; esp. of judicial authority, Luk.20:20, Jhn.19:10, 11.
3. Meton.,
__(a) jurisdiction: Luk.23:7 (cf. 1Ma.6:11, Isa.39:2);
__(b) a ruler or magistrate: Rom.13:1-3; pl., Luk.12:11, Rom.13:1, Tit.3:1;
__(with) of supramundane powers (syn. with ἀρχή, δύναμις, θρόνος, κυριότης): 1Co.15:24, Eph.1:21 3:10, Col.2:10, 1Pe.3:22, al. (Cremer. 236).
SYN.: see: δύναμις. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1849 appears in 93 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- power62
- authority26
- right2
- jurisdiction1
- liberty1
- strength1
First verses
- Matthew 7:29For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
- Matthew 8:9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
- Matthew 9:6But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
- Matthew 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
- Matthew 10:1And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
- Matthew 21:23And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
- Matthew 21:24And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Matthew 21:27And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
- Matthew 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
- Mark 1:22And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
- Mark 1:27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
- Mark 2:10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
- Mark 3:15And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
- Mark 6:7And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
- Mark 11:28And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
- Mark 11:29And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Mark 11:33And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Mark 13:34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
- Luke 4:6And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
- Luke 4:32And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐξουσ-ία, ἡ,
(ἔξεστι) power, authority to do a thing, with infinitive, χαίρειν καὶ νοσεῖν ἐ. πάρεστι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 88.11 codices; αὐτῷ ἐ. ἦν σαφῶς εἰδέναι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.6, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.12)]; ἐξουσίαν ὁ νόμος δέδωκε permission to do.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182e; ἐ. ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Cri.” 51d, etc.; ἐ. λαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.24, etc.; λαβὼν ἐ. ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.45)]; ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς εἰρήνης ἐ. with the freedom permitted by peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.44: with _genitive_ objecti, ἐ. ἔχειν θανάτου)] power of life and death, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.86)]; πρᾶγμα οὗ τὴν ἐ. ἔχουσιν ἄλλοι control over.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 57)]; ἐ. τινός power over, licence in a thing, τοῦ λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 461e)]; ἐν μεγάλῃ ἐ. τοῦ ἀδικεῖν[Refs ([prev. work] 526a, compare “R.” 554c)]; κατὰ τὴν οὐκ ἐ. τῆς ἀγωνίσεως from want of qualification for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.50)]: absolutely, power, authority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 784.)]
2 abuse of authority, licence, arrogance, ὕβρις καὶ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.38, compare 3.45, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.200; ἡ ἄγαν ἐ. [prev. work]272; ἄμετρος ἐ. “OGI” 669.51 (1st c.AD).)]
3 Lit. Crit., ἐ. ποιητική poetic licence, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.17, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.10b.)]
II office, magistracy, ἀρχαὶ καὶ ἐ. [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.135b; οἱ ἐν ταῖς ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1095b21; οἱ ἐν ἐ. ὄντες [prev. author] “Rh.” 1384a1; οἱ ἐπ᾽ ἐξουσιῶν LXX.Dan.3.2)]; ἡ ὑπατικὴ ἐ. the consulate, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.113, etc.; also ἡ ὕπατος ἐ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.1)]; ἡ ταμιευτικὴ ἐ. the quaestorship, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.77)]; δημαρχικὴ ἐ., see at {δημαρχικό; ἡ τοῦ θαλάμου ἐ}., in the Roman empire, lordship of the bedchamber, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.3.)]
II.2 concrete, body of magistrates, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.32)]; αἱ ἐ. (as we say) the authorities, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Luke.12.11, +others, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 17.)]
II.2.b ἡ ἐ. as an honorary title, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1103 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
III abundance of means, resources, ἐξουσίας ἐπίδειξις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31; πλοῦτος καὶ ἐ. [prev. author] 1.123, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.138; ἐνδεεστέρως ἢ πρὸς τὴν ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.39; τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 828d)]; excessive wealth, opposed to οὐσία, [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 25a.5D.)]
IV pomp, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 34.)]
(ἔξεστι) power, authority to do a thing, with infinitive, χαίρειν καὶ νοσεῖν ἐ. πάρεστι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 88.11 codices; αὐτῷ ἐ. ἦν σαφῶς εἰδέναι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.6, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.12)]; ἐξουσίαν ὁ νόμος δέδωκε permission to do.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182e; ἐ. ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Cri.” 51d, etc.; ἐ. λαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.24, etc.; λαβὼν ἐ. ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.45)]; ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς εἰρήνης ἐ. with the freedom permitted by peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.44: with _genitive_ objecti, ἐ. ἔχειν θανάτου)] power of life and death, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.86)]; πρᾶγμα οὗ τὴν ἐ. ἔχουσιν ἄλλοι control over.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 57)]; ἐ. τινός power over, licence in a thing, τοῦ λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 461e)]; ἐν μεγάλῃ ἐ. τοῦ ἀδικεῖν[Refs ([prev. work] 526a, compare “R.” 554c)]; κατὰ τὴν οὐκ ἐ. τῆς ἀγωνίσεως from want of qualification for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.50)]: absolutely, power, authority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 784.)]
2 abuse of authority, licence, arrogance, ὕβρις καὶ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.38, compare 3.45, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.200; ἡ ἄγαν ἐ. [prev. work]272; ἄμετρος ἐ. “OGI” 669.51 (1st c.AD).)]
3 Lit. Crit., ἐ. ποιητική poetic licence, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.17, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.10b.)]
II office, magistracy, ἀρχαὶ καὶ ἐ. [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.135b; οἱ ἐν ταῖς ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1095b21; οἱ ἐν ἐ. ὄντες [prev. author] “Rh.” 1384a1; οἱ ἐπ᾽ ἐξουσιῶν LXX.Dan.3.2)]; ἡ ὑπατικὴ ἐ. the consulate, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.113, etc.; also ἡ ὕπατος ἐ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.1)]; ἡ ταμιευτικὴ ἐ. the quaestorship, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.77)]; δημαρχικὴ ἐ., see at {δημαρχικό; ἡ τοῦ θαλάμου ἐ}., in the Roman empire, lordship of the bedchamber, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.3.)]
II.2 concrete, body of magistrates, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.32)]; αἱ ἐ. (as we say) the authorities, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Luke.12.11, +others, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 17.)]
II.2.b ἡ ἐ. as an honorary title, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1103 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
III abundance of means, resources, ἐξουσίας ἐπίδειξις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31; πλοῦτος καὶ ἐ. [prev. author] 1.123, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.138; ἐνδεεστέρως ἢ πρὸς τὴν ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.39; τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 828d)]; excessive wealth, opposed to οὐσία, [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 25a.5D.)]
IV pomp, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 34.)]