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Koine Greek wordlink #129973

SR GNT Eph 3:10 ἐξουσίαις (exousiais) ‘rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms’ Strongs=18490 Lemma=exousia
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=plural

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ἐξουσίαις (N-DFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐξουσίαις’ (N-DFP) has 3 different glosses: ‘to the authorities’, ‘to authorities’, ‘authorities’.

Rom 13:1 ‘every soul to the authorities being_above let_be_being subjected not’ SR GNT Rom 13:1 word 4

Tit 3:1 ‘be reminding them to rulers to authorities to_be being_subjected to_be yielding for’ SR GNT Tit 3:1 word 6

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘exousia’ have 10 different glosses: ‘the authority’, ‘the right’, ‘to the authorities’, ‘to authorities’, ‘to authority’, ‘authorities’, ‘authority’, ‘domain’, ‘power’, ‘right’.

Greek words (5) other than ἐξουσίαις (N-DFP) with a gloss related to ‘authorities’

LUKE 12:11 ἐξουσίας (exousias) N-AFP ‘rulers and the authorities not you_all may worry how’ SR GNT Luke 12:11 word 19

EPH 6:12 ἐξουσίας (exousias) N-AFP ‘rulers against the authorities against the world_rulers’ SR GNT Eph 6:12 word 19

COL 1:16 ἐξουσίαι (exousiai) N-NFP ‘or rulers or authorities the things all by’ SR GNT Col 1:16 word 29

COL 2:15 ἐξουσίας (exousias) N-AFP ‘rulers and the authorities he exposed them in public’ SR GNT Col 2:15 word 6

1PET 3:22 ἐξουσιῶν (exousiōn) N-GFP ‘to him with messengers and authorities and powers’ SR GNT 1Pet 3:22 word 15

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural DFP=dative,feminine,plural GFP=genitive,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural