STRONGS NUMBER G830


Word Summary
authairetos: self-chosen, of one's own accord
Original Word: αὐθαίρετος
Transliteration: authairetos
Phonetic Spelling: (ow-thah'-ee-ret-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: self-chosen, of one's own accord
Meaning: self-chosen, of one's own accord
Strong's Concordance
of own accord

From autos and the same as hairetizo; self-chosen, i.e. (by implication) voluntary -- of own accord, willing of self.

see GREEK autos

see GREEK hairetizo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 830: αὐθαίρετος

αὐθαίρετος, ἀυθαιρετον (from αὐτός and ἁιρέομαι), self-chosen; in Greek writings especially of states or conditions, as δουλεία, Thucydides 6, 40, etc., more rarely of persons; voluntary, of free choice, of one's own accord (as στρατηγός, Xenophon, an. 5, 7, 29, explained § 28 by ὅς ἑαυτόν έ῾ληται): 2 Corinthians 8:3, 17.