1849. exousia
Strong's Concordance
exousia: power to act, authority
Original Word: ἐξουσία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: exousia
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oo-see'-ah)
Short Definition: power, authority, weight
Definition: (a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.
HELPS Word-studies
1849 eksousía (from
1537 /ek, "out from," which intensifies
1510 /eimí, "
to be,
being as a right or privilege") – authority,
conferred power;
delegated empowerment ("authorization"), operating in a
designated jurisdiction.
In the NT,
1849 /eksousía ("
delegated power") refers to the
authority God gives to His saints –
authorizing them to act to the extent they are
guided by faith (
His revealed word).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from exesti
Definition
power to act, authority
NASB Translation
authorities (7), authority (65), charge (1), control (1), domain (2), dominion (1), jurisdiction (1), liberty (1), power (11), powers (1), right (11).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1849: ἐξουσία
ἐξουσία, ἐξουσίας, ἡ (from ἔξεστι, ἐξόν, which see), from Euripides, Xenophon, Plato down; the Sept. for מֶמְשָׁלָה and Chaldean שָׁלְטָן; power.
1. power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases; leave or permission: 1 Corinthians 9:12, 18; ἔχειν ἐξουσίαν, 2 Thessalonians 3:9; with an infinitive added indicating the thing to be done, John 10:18; 1 Corinthians 9:4; Hebrews 13:10 (WH brackets ἐξουσία); followed by an infinitive with τοῦ, 1 Corinthians 9:6 (L T Tr WH omit τοῦ); with a genitive of the thing or the person with regard to which one has the power to decide: Romans 9:21 (where an explanatory infinitive is added (Buttmann, 260 (224))); 1 Corinthians 9:12; ἐπί τό ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς, permission to use the tree of life, Revelation 22:14 (see ἐπί, C. I. 2 e.); ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν περί τοῦ ἰδίου θελήματος (opposed to ἀνάγκην ἔχειν (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 3 N. 5)), 1 Corinthians 7:37; ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσία (appointed, see τίθημι, 1 a. sub at the end) according to his own choice, Acts 1:7; ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσία ὑπῆρχεν, i. e. at thy free disposal, Acts 5:4; used of liberty under the gospel, as opposed to the yoke of the Mosaic law, 1 Corinthians 8:9.
2. "physical and mental power; the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises": Matthew 9:8; Acts 8:19; Revelation 9:3, 19; Revelation 13:2, 4; Revelation 18:1; followed by an infinitive of the thing to be done, Mark 3:15; Luke 12:5; John 1:12; Revelation 9:10; Revelation 11:6; Revelation 13:5; followed by τοῦ with the infinitive Luke 10:19; αὕτη ἐστιν ἡ ἐξουσία τοῦ σκότους, this is the power that darkness exerts, Luke 22:53; ποιεῖν ἐξουσίαν to exert power, give exhibitions of power, Revelation 13:12; ἐν ἐξουσία εἶναι, to be possessed of power and influence, Luke 4:32; also ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν (both expressions refer to the ability and weight which Jesus exhibited in his teaching) Matthew 7:29; (Mark 1:22); κατ' ἐξουσίαν powerfully, Mark 1:27; also ἐν ἐξουσία, Luke 4:36.
3. the power of authority (influence) and of right: Matthew 21:23; Mark 11:28; Luke 20:2; spoken of the authority of an apostle, 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 13:10; of the divine authority granted to Jesus as Messiah, with the infinitive of the thing to be done, Matthew 9:6; Mark 2:10; Luke 5:24; John 5:27; ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσία; clothed in what authority (i. e. thine own or God's?), Matthew 21:23, 24, 27; Mark 11:28, 29, 33; Luke 20:2, 8; delegated authority (German Vollmacht, authorization): παρά τίνος, with the genitive of the person by whom the authority is given, or received, Acts 9:14; Acts 26:10, 12 (R G).
4. the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed (generally translated authority));
a. universally: Matthew 28:18; Jude 1:25; Revelation 12:10; Revelation 17:13; λαμβάνειν, ἐξουσίαν ὡς βασιλεύς, Revelation 17:12; εἰμί ὑπό ἐξουσίαν, I am under authority, Matthew 8:9; with τασσόμενος added, (Matthew 8:9 L WH brackets); Luke 7:8; ἐξουσία τίνος, the genitive of the object, authority (to be exercised) over, as τῶν πνευμάτων τῶν ἀκαθάρτων, Mark 6:7; with ὥστε ἐκβάλλειν αὐτά added, Matthew 10:1; ἐξουσίαν πάσης σαρκός, authority over all mankind, John 17:2 (πάσης σαρκός κυρειαν, Bel and the Dragon, verse 5); (the genitive of the subject, τοῦ Σατανᾶ, Acts 26:18); ἐπί τινα, power over one, so as to be able to subdue, drive out, destroy, Revelation 6:8; ἐπί τά δαιμόνια, Luke 9:1; or to hold submissive to one's will, Revelation 13:7; ἐπί τάς πληγάς, the power to inflict plagues and to put an end to them, Revelation 16:9; ἐπί τῶν ἐθνῶν, over the heathen nations, Revelation 2:26; ἐπί τίνος, to destroy one, Revelation 20:6; ἔχειν ἐξουσίαν ἐπί τοῦ πυρός, to preside, have control, over fire, to hold it subject to his will, Revelation 14:18; ἐπί τῶν ὑδάτων, Revelation 11:6; ἐπάνω τίνος ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν, to be ruler over a thing, Luke 19:17.
b. specifically, α. of the power of judicial decision; ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν with an infinitive of the thing decided: σταυρῶσαι and ἀπολῦσαι τινα, John 19:10; followed by κατά τίνος, the power of deciding against one, John 19:11; παραδοῦναι τινα ... τῇ ἐξουσία τοῦ ἡγεμόνος, Luke 20:20. β. of authority to manage domestic affairs: Mark 13:34.
c. metonymically, α. a thing subject to authority or rule: Luke 4:6; jurisdiction: ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας ἡδωρου ἐστιν, Luke 23:7 (1 Macc. 6:11 (cf. Psalm 113:2 ; Isaiah 39:2)). β. one who possesses authority; (cf. the Latin use ofhonestates,dignitates,auctoritates (so the English authorities, dignities, etc.) in reference to persons); αα. a ruler, human magistrate (Dionysius Halicarnassus 8, 44; 11, 32): Romans 13:1-3; plural: Luke 12:11; Romans 13:1; Titus 3:1. ββ. the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates; used in the plural of a certain class of angels (see ἀρχή, δύναμις, θρόνος, κυριότης): Colossians 1:16; 1 Peter 3:22 (cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. ii., p. 226f; (Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited)); with ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις added, Ephesians 3:10; πᾶσα ἐξουσία, 1 Corinthians 15:24; Ephesians 1:21; Colossians 2:10; used also of demons: in the plural, Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:15; collectively (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 469), ἡ ἐξουσία τοῦ ἀέρος (see ἀήρ), Ephesians 2:2; τοῦ σκότους, Colossians 1:13 (others refer this to 4 a. (or c. α.) above (cf. Luke 22:53 in 2), and regard σκότος as personified; see σκότος, b.).
d. a sign of the husband's authority over his wife, i. e. the veil with which propriety required a woman to cover herself, 1 Corinthians 11:10 (as βασιλεία is used by Diodorus 1, 47 for the sign of regal power, i. e. a crown). (Synonym: see δύναμις, at the end. On the infinitive after ἐξουσία, and ἐξουσία ἔχειν cf. Buttmann, 260 (223f).)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power
From exesti (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.
Forms and Transliterations
εξουσια εξουσιά εξουσία ἐξουσία ἐξουσίᾳ εξουσιαι εξουσίαι ἐξουσίαι εξουσιαις εξουσίαις ἐξουσίαις εξουσιαν εξουσίαν ἐξουσίαν εξουσιας εξουσίας ἐξουσίας εξουσιων εξουσιών ἐξουσιῶν exousia exousía exousiai exousíai exousíāi exousiais exousíais exousian exousían exousias exousías exousion exousiôn exousiōn exousiō̂n
1850. exousiazó
Strong's Concordance
exousiazó: to exercise authority over
Original Word: ἐξουσιάζω
Part 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 Origin
from exousia
Definition
to exercise authority over
NASB Translation
have authority over (3), mastered (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1850: ἐξουσιάζω
ἐξουσιάζω; 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 Exhaustive Concordance
exercise authority upon, bring under the power of.
From exousia; to control -- exercise authority upon, bring under the (have) power of.
Forms and Transliterations
εξουσιαζει εξουσιάζει ἐξουσιάζει εξουσιάζεται εξουσιάζοντας εξουσιαζοντες εξουσιάζοντες ἐξουσιάζοντες εξουσιάζοντος εξουσιαζόντων εξουσιάζουσι εξουσιάζων εξουσιάσαντες εξουσιάσατο εξουσιάσει εξουσίασεν εξουσιασθησομαι εξουσιασθήσομαι ἐξουσιασθήσομαι εξουσιαστής exousiasthesomai exousiasthēsomai exousiasthḗsomai exousiazei exousiázei exousiazontes exousiázontes
1851. exoché
Strong's Concordance
exoché: a projection, eminence
Original Word: ἐξοχή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: exoché
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-okh-ay')
Short Definition: eminence, distinction
Definition: eminence, distinction, excellence.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from exechó (to project from, be prominent); from ek and echó
Definition
a projection, eminence
NASB Translation
prominent (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1851: ἐξοχή
ἐξοχή, ἐξοχης, ἡ (from ἐξέχω to stand out, be prominent; cf. ὑπεροχή);
1. properly, in Greek writings any prominence or projection, as the peak or summit of a mountain (ἐπ' ἐξοχή πέτρας, Job 39:28 the Sept.); in medical writings a protuberance, swelling, wart, etc.
2. metaphorically, eminence, excellence, superiority (Cicero, ad Att. 4, 15, 7 ἐξοχή in nullo est, pecunia omnium dignitatem exaequat); ἄνδρες οἱ κατ' ἐξοχήν ὄντες τῆς πόλεως, the prominent men of the city, Acts 25:23.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
principal.
From a compound of ek and echo (meaning to stand out); prominence (figuratively) -- principal.
Forms and Transliterations
εξοχή εξοχην εξοχήν ἐξοχὴν εξύβριζεν εξύβρισας exochen exochēn exochḕn
1852. exupnizó
Strong's Concordance
exupnizó: to awaken out of sleep
Original Word: ἐξυπνίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: exupnizó
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oop-nid'-zo)
Short Definition: I wake out of sleep
Definition: I wake out of sleep.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from exupnos
Definition
to awaken out of sleep
NASB Translation
awaken...out of sleep (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1852: ἐξυπνίζω
ἐξυπνίζω: 1 aorist subjunctive ἐξυπνίσω; (ὕπνος); to wake up, awaken out of sleep: (transitive, αὐτόν), John 11:11. ((Judges 16:14); 1 Kings 3:15; Job 14:12; Antoninus 6, 31; Plutarch (de solert. anim. 29, 4); Test xii. Patr. (Levi § 8; Jud. § 25, etc.); the better Greeks said ἀφυπνίζω, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 224; (Winer's Grammar, § 2, 1 d.).)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
awake out of sleep.
From exupnos; to waken -- awake out of sleep.
Forms and Transliterations
εξυπνίσθη εξυπνισω εξυπνίσω ἐξυπνίσω exupniso exupnisō exypniso exypnisō exypníso exypnísō
1853. exupnos
Strong's Concordance
exupnos: roused out of sleep
Original Word: ἔξυπνος, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: exupnos
Phonetic Spelling: (ex'-oop-nos)
Short Definition: roused out of sleep
Definition: roused out of sleep.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ek and hupnos
Definition
roused out of sleep
NASB Translation
awoke (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1853: ἔξυπνος
ἔξυπνος, ἐξυπνον (ὕπνος), roused out of sleep: Acts 16:27. (1 Esdr. 3:3; (Josephus, Antiquities 11, 3, 2).)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
out of sleep.
From ek and hupnos; awake -- X out of sleep.
Forms and Transliterations
εξυπνος έξυπνος ἔξυπνος exupnos exypnos éxypnos
1854. exó
Strong's Concordance
exó: outside, without
Original Word: ἔξω
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: exó
Phonetic Spelling: (ex'-o)
Short Definition: without, outside
Definition: without, outside.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ek
Definition
outside, without
NASB Translation
away (2), foreign (1), forth (1), outer (1), outside (20), outsiders* (3).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1854: ἔξω
ἔξω, adverb (from ἐξ, as ἔσω and εἴσω from ἐς and εἰς);
1. without, out of doors;
a. adverbially: Mark 11:4; joined with verbs: ἑστάναι, Matthew 12:46, 47 (WH text omit the verse); Mark 3:31; Luke 8:20; Luke 13:25; John 18:16; John 20:11 (Lachmann omits); καθῆσθαι, Matthew 26:69; or with some other verb declaring that the person without is doing something, Mark 3:31. Preceded by the article ὁ ἔξω, absolutely, he who is without, properly, of place; metaphorically, in plural, those who do not belong to the Christian church (cf. Lightfoot on Col. as below; Meyer on Mark as below): 1 Corinthians 5:12, 13; Colossians 4:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; those who are not of the number of the apostles, Mark 4:11 ((cf. Meyer) WH marginal reading ἔξωθεν, which see). With a noun added: αἱ ἔξω πόλεις, foreign, Acts 26:11; ὁ ἔξω ἄνθρωπος, the outer man, i. e. the body (see ἄνθρωπος, 1 e.), 2 Corinthians 4:16.
b. it takes the place of a preposition and is joined with the genitive, without i. e. out of, outside of (Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6): Luke 13:33; Acts 21:5; Hebrews 13:11, 12.
2. after the verbs of going, sending, placing, leading, drawing, etc., which commonly take prepositions or adverbs signifying rest in a place rather than those expressive of motion toward a place, ἔξω has the force of the Latinforas (German hinaus,heraus), forth out, out of;
a. adverbially, after the verbs ἐξέρχομαι, Matthew 26:75; Mark 14:68; Luke 22:62; John 19:4, 5; Revelation 3:12; ἄγω, John 19:4, 13; προάγω, Acts 16:30; ἐξάγω, Luke 24:50 (R G L brackets); βάλλω and ἐκβάλλω, Matthew 5:13; Matthew 13:48; Luke 8:54 R G; ; John 6:37; John 9:34, 35; John 12:31; John 15:6; Acts 9:40; 1 John 4:18; Revelation 11:2 R G; δεῦρο ἔξω, John 11:43; ἔξω ποιεῖν τινα, Acts 5:34.
b. as a preposition with the genitive: after ἀπελθεῖν, Acts 4:15; ἀποστέλλειν, Mark 5:10; ἐκβάλλειν, Mark 12:8; Luke 4:29; Luke 20:15; Acts 7:58; ἐξέρχεσθαι, Matthew 21:17; Acts 16:13; Hebrews 13:13; ἐκπορεύεσθαι, Mark 11:19; ἐξάγειν, Mark 8:23 (R G L Tr marginal reading); σύρειν τινα, Acts 14:19; έ῾λκειν τινα, Acts 21:30.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
away, forth, without, strange.
Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively -- away, forth, (with-)out (of, -ward), strange.
Forms and Transliterations
εξω έξω ἔξω εξωτέρω exo exō éxo éxō