Word Summary
katadynasteuō: to exercise power over
Original Word: καταδυναστεύωTransliteration: katadynasteuō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ad-oo-nas-tyoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to exercise power over
Meaning: to exercise power over
Strong's Concordance
oppress.
From kata and a derivative of dunastes; to exercise dominion against, i.e. Oppress -- oppress.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK dunastes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2616: καταδυναστεύωκαταδυναστεύω; present passive participle
καταδυναστευόμενος; the
Sept. for
הונָה,
עָשַׁק, etc.; with the genitive of person (
Winers Grammar, 206 (193);
Buttmann, 169 (147)),
to exercise harsh control over one, to use one's power against one:
James 2:6 (not
Tdf. (see below)) (
Diodorus 13, 73);
τινα,
to oppress one (
Xenophon, conv. 5, 8; often in the
Sept.).
James 2:6 Tdf.; passive
Acts 10:38.
STRONGS NT 2616a: κατάθεμακατάθεμα, καταθεματος, τό, equivalent to κατανάθεμα(which see), of which it seems to be a vulgar corruption by syncope (cf. Koumanoudes, συναγωγή λέξεων ἀθησαυρων κτλ., under the word κατας); a curse; by metonymy, worthy of execration, an accursed thing: Revelation 22:3 (Rec. κατανάθεμα; cf. Justin Martyr, quaest. et resp. 121, at the end; 'Teaching' 16, 5 [ET]). Not found in secular authors.