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ἐξουσία

MainId: 001863000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1849

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 001863001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἐξουσία
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ας
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'εἰμί', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 001863001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.35
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Exercise Authority
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-09 09:47:38
    DefinitionShort: the right to control or govern over
    Glosses: ['authority to rule', 'right to control']
  LEXReferences: MAT 7:29, MAT 8:9, MAT 9:6, MAT 9:8, MAT 10:1, MAT 21:23, MAT 21:23, MAT 21:24, MAT 21:27, MAT 28:18, MARK 1:22, MARK 1:27, MARK 2:10, MARK 3:15, MARK 11:28, MARK 11:28, MARK 11:29, MARK 11:33, MARK 13:34, LUKE 4:32, LUKE 4:36, LUKE 5:24, LUKE 7:8, LUKE 9:1, LUKE 10:19, LUKE 12:5, LUKE 19:17, LUKE 20:2, LUKE 20:2, LUKE 20:8, LUKE 20:20, YHN 17:2, YHN 19:10, YHN 19:10, YHN 19:11, ACTs 1:7, ACTs 9:14, ACTs 26:10, ACTs 26:12, 1COR 15:24, 2COR 10:8, 2COR 13:10, 2TH 3:9, YUD 1:25, REV 2:26, REV 6:8, REV 11:6, REV 11:6, REV 12:10, REV 13:2, REV 13:4, REV 13:5, REV 13:7, REV 13:12, REV 17:12, REV 17:13, REV 18:1
2. LEXID: 001863001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.36
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Exercise Authority
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-09 09:47:38
    DefinitionShort: the domain or sphere over which one has authority to control or rule
    Glosses: jurisdiction
  LEXReferences: LUKE 4:6, LUKE 23:7, COL 1:13
3. LEXID: 001863001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.37
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Exercise Authority
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-09 09:47:38
    DefinitionShort: a means or instrument by which authority is marked or symbolized
    Glosses: ['symbol of authority', 'symbol of subjection to authority']
    Comments: This passage, however, is subject to a number of different interpretations, as commentaries clearly indicate.
  LEXReferences: 1COR 11:10
4. LEXID: 001863001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.38
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Exercise Authority
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-09 09:47:38
    DefinitionShort: one who has the authority to rule or govern
    Glosses: ['an authority', 'ruler']
  LEXReferences: LUKE 12:11, ROM 13:1, ROM 13:1, ROM 13:2, ROM 13:3, 1COR 15:24, EPH 1:21, TIT 3:1
5. LEXID: 001863001005000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.13
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Control, Restrain
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-09 09:47:38
    DefinitionShort: a state of control over someone or something
    Glosses: control
  LEXReferences: ACTs 5:4, ACTs 26:18, 1COR 7:37, REV 14:18, REV 16:9
6. LEXID: 001863001006000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 76.12
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Power, Force
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-09 09:47:38
    DefinitionShort: the power to do something, with or without an added implication of authority
    Glosses: power
    Comments: It is also possible to understand {L:ἐξουσία} in {S:04100301500006} as meaning ‘authority,’ and in a number of instances it is difficult to determine whether the focus is upon the power which an individual has or a granted authority to do something which naturally implies strength or power (see {D:37.35} - {D:37.38}).
  LEXReferences: MARK 3:15, MARK 6:7, LUKE 4:6, LUKE 22:53, YHN 5:27, ACTs 8:19, 1COR 15:24, HEB 13:10, REV 9:3, REV 9:3, REV 9:10, REV 9:19, REV 20:6
7. LEXID: 001863001007000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 12.44
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Supernatural Beings and Powers
  LEXSubDomains: Supernatural Powers
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-09 09:47:38
    DefinitionShort: (title for supernatural forces and powers) a supernatural power having some particular role in controlling the destiny and activities of human beings
    Glosses: ['power', 'authority', 'lordship', 'ruler', 'wicked force']
    Comments: Some scholars have believed that it is possible to reconstruct at least in part some of the hierarchy represented by these various supernatural forces and powers, on the basis of the neoplatonic system of nine such powers arranged in three orders of three each. NT terminology and usage does not, however, lend itself to such a classification, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to determine what are the significant differences between these supernatural powers and forces.|In the case of {S:04900102100010} some scholars apply the terms in question both to the supernatural and to the human sphere, thus emphasizing the totality of Christ’s rule. This has a considerable measure of justification in view of the concepts held by persons in the ancient world, since various earthly powers were supposed to reflect corresponding supernatural powers.|For the most part, translators have endeavored to render the various terms in somewhat different ways, for example, ἐξουσία as ‘authority’; δύναμις as ‘power’; κυριότης as ‘ruler’; and phrases such as τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις as ‘wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world.’ In a number of languages, however, there are simply not enough terms to designate various kinds of powers, authorities, and forces which could be employed in speaking of such supernatural impersonal powers. Accordingly, some translators have simply used a phrase such as ‘any and all kinds of supernatural powers.’ Where it is possible to make certain lexical distinctions between terms and phrases, this, of course, should be done, but in a number of contexts this may be impossible, and accordingly, some explanation in a marginal note may be required if the reader is to understand satisfactorily the intent of the passages in question.
  LEXReferences: 1COR 15:24, EPH 1:21, EPH 2:2, EPH 3:10, EPH 6:12, COL 1:16, COL 2:10, COL 2:15, 1PET 3:22
8. LEXID: 001863001008000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 30.122
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Think
  LEXSubDomains: To Distinguish, To Evaluate, To Judge
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-09 09:47:38
    DefinitionShort: the right to judge on the basis of having the potential to evaluate
    Glosses: ['right', 'freedom of choice', 'freedom of action', 'power to evaluate']
  LEXReferences: YHN 1:12, YHN 10:18, YHN 10:18, ROM 9:21, 1COR 8:9, 1COR 9:4, 1COR 9:5, 1COR 9:6, 1COR 9:12, 1COR 9:12, 1COR 9:18, REV 22:14