Word Summary
exousiazō: to exercise authority over
Original Word: ἐξουσιάζωTransliteration: exousiazō
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oo-see-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to exercise authority over
Meaning: to exercise authority over
Strong's Concordance
exercise authority upon, bring under the power of.
From exousia; to control -- exercise authority upon, bring under the (have) power of.
see GREEK exousia
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1850: ἐξουσιάζωἐξουσιάζω; 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.)